Tag: FAST

With a long history operating in the pay-TV channels space, Lightning International has expanded its lineup with a portfolio of FAST services, CEO James Ross told FAST Festival delegates today.

Jennifer Batty, head of content acquisitions in Europe, and Aline Jabbour, business development director for Latin America, discussed their acquisition and partnership strategies for Samsung TV Plus at the FAST Festival today.

Jens Richter, CEO of commercial and international at Fremantle, outlined how the company is tapping into its vast catalog to deliver a suite of single-IP and multi-genre services at the FAST Festival.

Matt Schnaars, president of content distribution at NBCUniversal, discussed how the company is approaching FAST channel opportunities at the FAST Festival.

Marcos Milanez, the chief content officer at Rakuten TV, told FAST Festival viewers about the European platform’s FAST channel bouquet and approach to acquisitions and originals.

Haymi Behar, chief marketing and digital officer at SPI International, told FAST Festival delegates about how the CANAL+ Group-owned company is tapping into its long history of operating pay-TV channels as it expands into the FAST space.

Olivier Jollet, executive VP and international general manager at Pluto TV, delivered a keynote at the FAST Festival on what’s driving viewership gains at the Paramount-owned AVOD service.

ITV Studios’ Graham Haigh, Cineflix Rights’ Mike Gould, Banijay Rights’ Shaun Keeble and All3Media International’s Gary Woolf talked about how their companies are pursuing opportunities in FAST as the FAST Festival kicked off today.

In time for the kick-off of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, Rakuten TV is adding FIFA+ to its slate of FAST channels.

The importance of localization, access to exclusive content and the challenges of discoverability dominated several of the sessions at MIPTV’s well-attended FAST & Global Summit in Cannes this morning.