FAST Festival Panel to Explore Kids’ Space

WildBrain’s Lara Ilie, 9 Story Media Group’s Elianne Friend and pocket.watch’s Corinna Fisher will delve into the opportunities for IP owners in the kids’ FAST space during the FAST Festival, which is being held from July 23 to 25. You can sign up for your free registration here.

Ilie is VP of AVOD and FAST at WildBrain. Friend serves as VP of digital and distribution at 9 Story Media Group. Fisher is senior director of programming at pocket.watch. Together, the executives will discuss how their FAST strategies have evolved over the years, what revenue models are working best, their approach to analytics and more.

The second edition of the FAST Festival will feature keynotes and panels with leading FAST channel operators, AVOD acquisition executives and distributors. It will be streamed live and available on-demand on www.FastFest.tv. The first festival attracted more than 1,700 registered participants and hundreds of additional viewers watching the sessions on demand. Look for announcements in the coming weeks about speakers and sessions.

Ilie, Friend and Fisher join the previously announced roster of FAST Festival speakers: Roku’s David Eilenberg, Tubi’s David Salmon, Rakuten TV’s Marcos Milanez, Samsung TV Plus’s Jenn Batty, Pluto TV’s Katrina Kowalski, Lionsgate’s Chase Brisbin, Cineverse’s Chris McGurk, wedotv’s Philipp Rotermund, Plex’s Scott Olechowski, Free TV Networks’ Thanasis Tsiris, Lightning International’s James Ross, BBC Studios’ Beth Anderson, ITV Studios’ Graham Haigh and All3Media International’s Amanda Stevens. Look for more announcements soon.

Unlike other events requiring hefty registration fees, attendance to the FAST Festival is FREE. ONLY those registered will receive access to our Exclusive White Paper on FAST trends, featuring key intel from the event in a compact, easy-to-digest format. For your free registration, please go here.