World Screen
World Screen is a 35-year-old publication covering the international media business. In print and online it offers news and analysis on trends in the media industry across the globe, as well as insightful, exclusive interviews with leading executives.
Episodes
63 episodes
Speaking Spanish: The U.S. Hispanic Opportunity with Karsten Amlie
With U.S. Hispanic audiences over-indexing in FAST usage, FAST Festival delegates will hear from Karsten Amlie, senior VP of content distribution and general counsel at Canela Media, about serving the needs of this demographic.
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16:12
Independent Spirit: The Producer Perspective with Brian Volk-Weiss
Brian Volk-Weiss, CEO of The Nacelle Company, shares how his indie has developed a multiplatform ecosystem for its content, including rolling out the popular Comedy Dynamics FAST channel curated from its library of stand-up performances....
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18:30
Independent Spirit: The Platform Perspective with Chris Sharp
A veteran of the global pay-TV channels business, Chris Sharp shares how wedotv is curating a slate of channels for its AVOD platform.
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23:54
Radial Entertainment’s Garson Foos
On the heels of Shout! Studios’ merger with FilmRise, Garson Foos, CEO of Radial Entertainment, weighs in on digital distribution opportunities for the combined independent outfit.
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19:51
pocket.watch’s Albie Hecht
pocket.watch has expanded its franchise-building flywheel to also include FAST channels; the company’s chief content officer, Albie Hecht, will speak at the FAST Festival about how the outfit approaches curating its digital-first content...
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26:44
All3Media International’s FAST Track with Gary Woolf & Amanda Stevens
Exploring All3Media International’s approach to windowing, curation and more, FAST Festival delegates will hear from Gary Woolf, executive VP of strategic development, and Amanda Stevens, senior VP of global digital partnerships.
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30:35
BBC Studios Goes FAST with Kasia Jablonska
Kasia Jablonska, director of digital and on-demand for EMEA at BBC Studios, joins the FAST Festival to share how the IP powerhouse is capitalizing on its deep library to find new ways to engage with audiences.
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19:25
Rakuten TV’s Marcos Milanez
Marcos Milanez, chief content officer at Rakuten TV, returns to the FAST Festival to share his programming strategy across FAST, on-demand and TVOD.
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29:18
Lightning International’s James Ross
James Ross, CEO, will share with FAST Festival delegates how Lightning International is navigating the crowded European FAST landscape and finding new expansion opportunities across the Asia Pacific.
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27:22
Pluto TV’s Olivier Jollet
The third edition of the FAST Festival kicks off with a conversation with Olivier Jollet, executive VP and international general manager of Pluto TV, on scaling the platform’s global presence, channel curation and the importance of partn...
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40:03
The Buccaneers’ Cast, Writer & Producers
Apple TV+’s period drama The Buccaneers, based on an unfinished novel by Edith Wharton, has returned with a second season. The series centers on five wealthy American women who travel to London in the 1870s to find husbands and titles....
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29:18
Smoke’s John Leguizamo & Anna Chlumsky
Acclaimed mystery and thriller author Dennis Lehane (Shutter Island, Mystic River) returned to screenwriting with Apple TV+’s Smoke, a nine-part crime drama inspired by the true story of arsonist John Leonard Orr. The...
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4:57
Outlander: Blood of My Blood’s Matthew B. Roberts & Maril Davis
The Outlander screen franchise has expanded to include the prequel series Outlander: Blood of My Blood, which is now airing on STARZ every Friday. The new series goes back in time to tell the love stories of Jamie Fraser and C...
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5:39
Kitchen Glow Up’s Ellen Bennett & Patrick Weiland
Tastemade’s Kitchen Glow Up is back with a second season on August 26, returning after its filming schedule was disrupted by the L.A. fires in Altadena and the Pacific Palisades in early 2025 that burned through over 34,000 acres of la...
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19:45
Scaling Opportunities
The second edition of the FAST Festival will kick off with a spotlight on how distributors with significant libraries are approaching channel curation with BBC Studios’ Beth Anderson, ITV Studios’ Graham Haigh and All3Media Intern...
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43:47
Movie Time
Amid a wealth of AVOD services and FAST channels for movies, VA Media’s Mark Ashbridge, Candlelight Media Group’s Scott Wiscombe and Nicely Entertainment’s Scott Kirkpatrick will offer their views on curation, cutting throu...
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29:00
Rakuten TV’s Marcos Milanez
Marcos Milanez, chief content officer at Rakuten TV, will showcase how the service is driving AVOD usage across Europe with its slate of acquired fare and originals.
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24:12
FAST Kids
This genre spotlight on opportunities for kids’ IP owners in the FAST space will hear insights from WildBrain’s Lara Ilie, 9 Story Media Group’s Elianne Friend and pocket.watch’s Corin...
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28:27
Pluto TV’s Katrina Kowalski
As senior VP of international content programming and acquisitions, Katrina Kowalski leads Pluto TV’s strategy for serving viewers in markets outside the U.S.
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20:21
Cineverse’s Chris McGurk
Led by chairman and CEO Chris McGurk, Cineverse is driving gains with its assortment of streaming services, FAST channels and new search and discoverability tools.
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15:17
Tubi’s David Salmon
On the heels of its U.K. launch, Tubi’s executive VP and managing director for international, David Salmon, will outline the AVOD platform’s global growth opportunity.
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12:01
Lightning International’s James Ross
James Ross, the CEO of Lightning International, will discuss the traction the company is seeing with its genre-based FAST channels, including services across music, movies, documentaries and news.
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15:39
Platform Perspective
What are independent platforms looking for in content partnerships? This session will deliver that intelligence from Plex’s Scott Olechowski, wedotv’s Philipp Rotermund and Free TV Networks’ Thanasis Tsiris.
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29:45