All FAST articles
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Banijay Rights to launch animated Mr Bean FAST channel
Banijay Rights, the global distribution arm of Banijay Entertainment, is to launch a dedicated Mr Bean: The Animated Series FAST channel, in a move that expands the iconic brand to free ad-supported services worldwide for the first time.
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Fremantle to launch 25 FAST channels with Pluto TV
Fremantle has signed a global deal with Pluto TV to distribute 25 FAST channels across 13 countries.
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UKTV sets launch date for ‘U’ master brand
UK broadcaster UKTV is to launch its new master brand U on July 16.
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BBC News at One moves to Salford
BBC News at One has started broadcasting from Salford in Greater Manchester, making it the UK’s first daily network TV news bulletin to be produced from outside London.
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BBC Studios expands FAST channels on Pluto TV in Europe
BBC Studios is expanding its free streaming television (FAST) channel offering in Europe with four new launches on Pluto TV.
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Accedo ties with ITV on ITVX expansion
Video solutions provider Accedo said it collaborated with UK commercial broadcaster ITV on bringing the ITVX streaming platform to PlayStation 4 and 5 consoles in the UK.
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Movie channels lead viewing on FAST services
Some 43% of all viewing on leading FAST service Pluto TV is attributed to its movie channels, according to new research from Omdia and PlumResearch.
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Bitmovin ties with Akamai
Video streaming software provider Bitmovin announced the launch and immediate general availability of Bitmovin’s Live Encoder running on distributed cloud platform Akamai Cloud Computing.
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Richard Young appointed Managing Director of Little Dot’s History Hit
UK-based digital content studio and media network Little Dot Studios has appointed Richard Young as Managing Director of History Hit and FAST.
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Comcast Launches Now into US market
Broadcasting and cable giant Comcast is launching Now, its UK streaming and broadband brand, into the US market.
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Sony expands FAST business with launch of 54 channels in Europe
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is expanding its free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) business with the launch of the Sony One Channel Portfolio in Europe.
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Veset launches AdWise
Veset has announced the launch of ad-insertion platform, Veset AdWise.
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Planetcast Media Services launches NexC cloud-first architecture
Broadcast technology and media services provider Planetcast Media Services launched its NexC architecture which is designed to simplify content management, distribution, and monetisation services and technologies.
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Industry Trends
How to create clearer reporting metrics for ad-supported streaming services
Ophélie Boucaud, Principal Analyst at Dataxis, sheds some light on the quest for more relevant and comparable performance metrics in the ad-supported streaming world, and what needs to happen to create greater transparency.
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Freely streaming service sets Q2 launch date, reveals user interface
New streaming service Freely, backed by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, will launch in the second quarter of 2024.
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UK screen industry valued at £12.5bn for 2023
Figures released by the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE), Omdia, Kantar, Futuresource Consulting, and Official Charts Company have valued the UK screen industry at £12.5bn for 2023, a 5.6% YoY growth in a year when the UK Box Office topped £1bn for the first time since the pandemic. This ...
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Norigin Media launches CTV white-label FAST apps
Scandinavian streaming TV UI/UX specialist company Norigin Media launched its brandable connected TV product for linear or FAST TV channels.
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Industry Trends
Vendor predictions for 2024: AI, CTV, FAST and Niche Sports
It’s no surprise that uses of AI are top of the agenda for media organisations in the next 12 months but so too is a drive to enhanced monetisation over Connected TV, mining niche sports, warnings of job ‘replacements’ and, notably, fewer calls for sustainability. Here are a selection of ...