Connected TV & FAST Platforms stories from across the industry as the industry is growing exponentially.
In the face of unprecedented competition, media companies must find ways toinnovate — but the cost of delivering content in an era of multiplying platformsis eating into their operations budget for trying new things. FAST channels represent a significant new…
Deep Bagchee, Chief Product Officer at ITV, will detail the broadcaster’s plans for innovative new streaming service ITVX during his IBC Conference session today With several leading global services recently discussing the possibility of ad-supported tiers alongside existing subscription offers,…
Red Bee Media, the media services provider, has announced the addition of Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) services to its Red Bee Pulse product. Red Bee’s scalable OTT virtual channel and advanced ad insertion capabilities help organisations launch FAST services…
Adsmovil’s free video streaming service is programmed to appeal to the diversity of the Hispanic community. In the latest move by companies to target the rapidly growing Hispanic streaming audiences, Adsmovil USA has launched a new free streaming service, Nuestra.TV…
As the 2022 NFL Regular Season kicks off, Frequency, the top cloud-based video SaaS platform powering linear channels for content providers across the globe, and sports and entertainment omnichannel production company Bleav, launched Bleav’s free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels. Frequency’s Studio platform…
Samsung TV Plus is set to unveil a host of new programs under a new brand logo. This raft of premium content will grant users all around the world access to diverse, high-quality TV shows. Samsung is also expanding compatibility with…
Note: This guest column extrapolates from the VIP+ report “Life in the FAST Lane,” which delves into the state — and future — of free ad-supported streaming TV, available only to subscribers. The streaming landscape is facing a period of immense…
The percentage of U.S. TV watchers who say they use a free, ad-supported TV streaming service rose to 55%, according to Hub Entertainment Research The percentage of U.S. TV watchers who say they use a free, ad-supported streaming service like…
The taxonomy of streaming video services is expanding. Historically, the market was split between ad-supported services offering videos for people to watch on-demand, otherwise known as AVOD services such as YouTube, and subscription-based services offering videos for people to watch…
The TV segment has become an integral part of human life which covers the daily entertainment and information needs of consumers. According to Statista, the average time spent watching TV in 2021 by US adults was 3 hours and 17 minutes…
New York – May 30, 2022 – On the back of NAB 2022, View TV Group have announced that Newsmax, one of the top rated news networks in the US, has signed an agreement to be broadcast in the UK…
Press Release “Kapang announces 80/20 revenue share to BroadcastCDN customers" Kapang is Connected TV platform delivering more than 400 FAST & subscription channel services to viewers in the UK and USA using an internally developed private content distribution network (CDN),…
Kapang is Connected TV platform delivering more than 400 FAST & subscription channel services to viewers in the UK and USA using an internally developed private content distribution network (CDN), BroadcastCDN, to provide broadcast-grade encoding, delivery & monetization from an…
In its first year under the Warner Bros. Discovery umbrella, Discovery’s Shark Week is diving into the deep end with a host of new marketing partners. The American Red Cross, the MLB, MeUndies and Sugarfina have all signed on to participate…
CTV advertising is gaining popularity among marketers. However, some are still on the fence as they have several questions, especially related to CPM. Here, Jason Fairchild, CEO, tvScientific, answers some of those questions and explains why performance buyers should consider…
So many companies are making channels with some companies with more than 100 channels which are all unwatchable or uninteresting. FAST broadcasting has opened a few opportunities to launch channels with a few hours of content and assume that the…
Los Angeles CA – May 11, 2022 – Off the back of NAB 2022, View TV Group has announced that Volty the unique channel featuring only electric vehicles currently a FAST channel, has aligned with and will be rebuilt using the…
London – May 6 2022 – On the back of NAB 2022, View TV Group have announced that BITE the premium food network has signed an agreement to be broadcast in UK and US on the Kapang CTV platform owned by…
Los Angeles CA – May 6, 2022 – On the back of NAB 2022, View TV Group have announced that Dark Matter TV the premium Horror and Sci-Fi channel from TriCoast TV, currently a FAST channel on many platforms has aligned…
New York NY – May 6, 2022 – On the back of NAB 2022, View TV Group have announced that three FAST channels owned by Monarch Films Inc., has aligned with and will be rebuilt using the FAST 2.0 Standard. “TV…
