FAST Channel Success is all about the content

FAST Channel Success is all about the content and what your audience demands. Succeeding at FAST Channel curation and FAST Channel distribution an open topic in the world of streaming. FAST is the ability for audiences to watch Linear TV…

Kapang K2 Platform launches for FAST global rollout

Kapang K2 Platform expands reach and channel line-up for global rollout using automated Geo Channel technology to deploy channels and support monetisation based on the viewer's global location. Kapang K2 has the following unique features for FAST channels and AVOD…

Live FAST – Channels Die Young

Live FAST – Channels Die Young

Live FAST Why FAST Channels Need to Look Like Legacy TV Channels to Succeed FAST channels, or free ad-supported streaming television, are a new and popular form of streaming content, that offer free linear and on-demand content to viewers, across…

FAST Food for FAST Channels

FAST Food for FAST Channels

FAST Food for FAST Channels is the latest advanced approach from View TV. FAST FOOD: The New Product for FAST Channels that Provides Sustainable Ad Revenues and Sponsorship Models FAST channels, or free ad-supported streaming television, are a growing trend…

Streaming Price Rises are changing the landscape

Streaming Price Rises are changing the landscape Death. Taxes. All your streaming services getting a little more expensive all the time. These are the new certainties in life, it seems. In recent years, as the streaming TV and movie business…

FAST Channel Bootstrapping and Investor Funding

FAST Channel Bootstraping or FAST Channel Venture Funding or Streaming TV VC Funding, which is the best way forward. Your effort, your time and your baseline overheads are the same for any size of FAST Channel Operator. Audiences have not…

How do FAST Channels make money?

How do FAST Channels make money?

How do FAST Channels make money? A FAST Channel or FAST solution is constructed of four key solution parts :- CONTENT (Video) - TV Programmes, Films or Live Events AUDIENCE (Viewers) - The Viewers watching your content, if they do…

Kapang puts TV Broadcasters in the FAST Lane

Kapang drives TV Broadcasters into the FAST Lane with FAST Channel Offering KAPANG FAST LANE - The broadcast TV product to drive streaming audeinces to existing broadcasters in days without a high capital outlay. The TV industry is undergoing a…

ITV Studios launches 15 international FAST channels

ITV Studios has announced it is building a suite of FAST channels as a showcase for its scripted and non-scripted content. Fifteen FAST channels are now now available across 16 territories with ITV Studios programming over 3,500 hours across three continents. Graham…

FAST Channel Network – Connected TV Everywhere FASTer

The world of television entertainment is undergoing a transformation, with streaming and Free Ad-supported Streaming TV (FAST) Channels becoming increasingly popular. At the forefront of this revolution stands Fast Channels Network, a dynamic and innovative distributor, taking the lead as…

Live Sports and FAST Channels are an amazing mix

Live Sports and FAST Channels are an amazing mix. An increasing number of broadcasters are making plays for sports rights, according to a new report from Ampere Analysis, levelling the playing field for both incumbents and streaming companies. But that…

Vizio Ads is smashing it with its video advertising business

Vizio Ads is smashing it in CTV. The Smart TV maker VIZIO has used its advertising services to help a leading video game company reach consumers who did not see its promotional campaign on traditional television, achieving a total incremental reach of nearly 22% for console owners. Like…

FAST Channel Revenues to exceed $17bn

FAST Channel Revenues across the Globe for TV series and movies are forecast to reach $17 billion across 138 countries in 2029. FAST Channel Earnings for Broadcasters This, according to the latest report from Digital TV Research, will be up from…

What is a FAST Channel?

What is a FAST Channel?

What is a FAST Channel? - What are the origins of Fast Channels, their significance in the UK advertising market, and why should advertisers explore this new advertising platform? Fast Channels, a revolutionary concept in advertising, have recently gained tremendous…

Streaming giants unite for lobbying clout

Streaming giants unite for lobbying clout. Netflix, Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, and others have formed a new trade group to present a unified front against government regulation. Streaming companies have formed the Streaming Innovation Alliance (SIA), reported Axios. The new trade group should…

Ofcom to regulate FAST channels in UK?

Ofcom to regulate FAST channels in the UK? The UK government has unveiled plans to bring the content of online TV channels such as FAST services available via connected TVs under the remit of media regulator Ofcom for the first…

Recast sports streamer in administration

Recast sports streamer in administration. Sports streamer Recast hits the buffers after funding talks fail. The Edinburgh-based company, which counted Manchester City and Internazionale among its partners, has called in Interpath as administrators. Alistair McAlinden and Chris Pole of Interpath…

Future of FAST is Specialised

Future of FAST is Specialised

Future of FAST is Specialised. Free ad-supported streaming TV offers consumers an unlimited amount of content and channels. Moreover, it is all available at no cost and this entire model is underpinned by ads. You might ask "Isn't this just…

Start a TV Channel or create a TV station?

Start a TV Channel with View TV – If you have ever dreamed of starting your own TV channel, you might think that it is too expensive, complicated, or time-consuming. However, with the help of View TV and kapang, you can create,…

CTV App Stores Growing FAST Channels

CTV App Stores Growing FAST Channels. The growth of connected TV app stores is increasing the growth of free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels.  While the growth of CTV platform app stores will remain constant, the number of FAST channel…

FAST Channel Marketplace open for business

FAST Channel Marketplace is open for businesses to take Free ad-funded Streaming TV to the next level and enable traditional broadcasters to adopt CTV platform and OTT service delivery with little change to their existing business. View TV Marketplace: An…

PGA launches free FAST channel on Samsung TV Plus

PGA launches free FAST channel on Samsung TV Plus. The channel features highlights from the world's best players and tournaments and original programming from the PGA Tour. The PGA TOUR and Samsung Electronics, Inc., announced on Wednesday a partnership that…

Gracenote launches FAST acceleration programme

Gracenote launches FAST acceleration programme. Unveiled at IBC in Amsterdam, it promises "better FAST content visibility, consumption and monetization." Gracenote, a unit of Nielsen known for providing entertainment metadata and content IDs, on Tuesday unveiled a new offering to help content companies…

Is TikTok the future of television?

Is TikTok the future of television? Streaming companies like Peacock are learning that Gen Z is perfectly happy watching movies and TV shows in small increments on a mobile phone screen. TikTok has been home to dance challenges, weird food creations,…

Next Wave of Streaming Platforms

Next Wave of Streaming Platforms

Next Wave of Streaming Platforms will have to do what to survive? Niche streaming platform players have and will continue to arrive on the scene. To survive, they will have to think big or the larger platforms could destroy them…

POP and Tiny Pop launch FAST Channels

POP and Tiny Pop launch FAST Channels. Narrative Entertainment says it will launch POP and Tiny Pop FAST channels on Samsung+ and Netgem. The FAST channels will go live on Wednesday 13 September and will replace the current POP Kids…

TCL launches a streaming service

TCL launches a streaming service

TCL launches a streaming service - The electronics brand TCL has launched a new online streaming service named TCLtv+. It allows its customers in North America access to a wide variety of complimentary entertainment programming. The service is dedicated to…

Connected TV Ad Spending has surged

Connected TV Ad Spending has surged. YouTube CTV spending jumped 31% last quarter, outpacing streamers. The news: Connected TV (CTV) ad spending on YouTube surged far ahead of #streaming competitors last quarter, according to analysis from Tinuiti. Among Tinuiti’s clients, YouTube CTV spending jumped 31% while streaming services…

Content is the King – FAST Operators demand better deal options.

Content is King, and FAST is annoying it; if you blinked your eyes, you might have missed it. Free ad-supported television (FAST) has transformed from an alternative platform enabling cord-cutters to watch linear television to a complementary platform operating alongside traditional TV. For the uninitiated, FAST…

Live Cloud Production

Live Cloud Production

Live Cloud Production is changing FAST and now provides a global delivery. Cloud technology is helping live sports in many ways, such as: Enabling more flexible and cost-effective production workflows that can scale up or down depending on the demand…

NBCU rolls out FAST channels on Roku

NBCU rolls out FAST channels on Roku as it is placing more of its content on FAST channels. NBCU announced the new FAST linear content from it's Global Distribution library is now available on The Roku Channel. Further channels will…

Rapid Rise of Esports Broadcasting

Rapid Rise of Esports Broadcasting

Rapid Rise of Esports Broadcasting as Esports has exploded from nichehobby to mainstream entertainment. It rivals traditional sports, evidenced by escalating media rights deals now reaching hundreds of millions annually. As the audience expands, digital streaming has become the dominant…

“Streaming Mergers” are inevitable say experts

"Streaming Mergers" are inevitable say experts with more likely. A tie-up trend is taking root in the streaming industry. Video on demand providers are scratching around for more subscribers and trying to secure their footing in a crowded market. This…

Disney’s ESPN Network is going direct-to-consumer

Disney’s ESPN network is going direct-to-consumer, and CEO Bob Iger reaffirmed Wednesday that it’s “not a matter of if, but when,” as the company explores various potential strategic partners. Disney and ESPN made headlines earlier this week when it inked…

Busting FAST Channels Myth

Busting FAST Channels Myth

Busting FAST Channels Myth as there is, it seems, an oddly mistaken assumption that the key to wealth and riches is to "stand up a FAST channel". To grab some previously ungrabbed library content and then wait for the dozens…

Streaming Services surpass cable as America’s most-watched

Streaming Services surpass cable as America's most-watched. They now command a more significant share of viewers than cable, data published by Nielsen show. That means apps like Netflix and other streaming platforms capture 38% of all television viewing, compared with 31% for traditional cable, the data show. In…

Pluto TV launches Australia

Pluto TV launches Australia

Pluto TV launches Australia - Pluto TV, Paramount’s free streaming television service, is to launch in Australia from the end of August. Comprising more than 50 free ad-supported TV (FAST) channels, Pluto TV will be sold as a dedicated branded area within Paramount…

ZEASN buys Foxxum and rlaxx TV

ZEASN buys Foxxum and rlaxx TV

ZEASN buys Foxxum and rlaxx TV for an undisclosed fee. As a result, this positions itself as a leading provider of CTV operating systems (OS) and AVOD/FAST products in the market. Furthermore, the combined companies have an installed base of…

Amazon enforce developer policy from September 1st

Amazon enforce developer policy starting September 1st 2023 - Amazon will soon require international app developers who offer ad-supported streaming video services available to Fire TV users to opt into their in-house ad publishing service or, where unavailable, offer up…

FAST Channel Expert – Jamie Branson

The landscape of television entertainment has undergone a profound transformation with the surge in cord-cutting and the rise of streaming services. In this era of change, Jamie Branson, a renowned FAST (Free Ad-supported Streaming TV) & FAST Channel business model…

Live sports streaming and amazing fan engagement

Live Sports Streaming and amazing fan engagement. How FAST Monetization Can Benefit Fans and Teams.Live sports are one of the most popular and lucrative forms of entertainment in the world, attracting millions of viewers and generating billions of dollars in…

Virgin Media O2 launches suite of FAST channels

Virgin Media O2 launches suite of FAST channels- Virgin Media O2 has partnered with A+E Networks EMEA, All3Media International, Banijay Rights, Blue Ant Media, Extreme International, Fremantle, Little Dot Studios and Tastemade to produce a selection of FAST channels. They’ll…

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