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Lionsgate’s MovieSphere channel will become the first major FAST (free ad supported streaming) channel to be measured by Nielsen. Nielsen will report channel viewership in the same measurement used by traditional TV ad buyers. MovieSphere is available on 18 streaming platforms, including Samsung…

EXCLUSIVE: The Africa Channel (TAC) has unveiled an AVOD option for its streaming service, a suite of FAST channels and struck deals with several content suppliers. Unveiled in packaged unfronts announcement was “significant expansion” of TAC’s streaming business will see its subscription streamer…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has launched more than 50 FAST channels in Europe. The likes of Seinfeld, Breaking Bad and Bewitched will become available on the Sony One portfolio following the deal struck with LG Channels, Samsung TV Plus and TiVo+. Sony One's channels will be…

BBC News is entering the growing free ad-supported TV (FAST) game in the U.S. AMC Networks and BBC Studios unveiled the launch today of a 24-hour live news channel and have landed distribution with a number of partners including Pluto, Samsung TV Plus and Sling Freestream. The FAST channel…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Global’s free streaming outlet Pluto TV has just completed a refresh of its brand and will be taking its first bow during the company’s Super Bowl broadcast on CBS, Nickelodeon and Paramount+. The impetus for the move, insiders tell Deadline, is to position Pluto as the…

Leonine's Fred Kogel To Be Feted In Zurich Leonine CEO Fred Kogel is to receive the Zurich Film Festival's Game Changer Award, which has previously gone to executives including Pamela Abdy, Patrick Wachsberger, Michael Barker and Tom Bernard. The Leonine boss will accept the award during the Zurich…

Lambert Wilson Named President Of Locarno Jury The Matrix franchise actor Lambert Wilson will be the President of the Jury at the 76th Locarno Film Festival this year. The French star will chair the panel, which will award the Pardo d'oro (Golden Leopard) to the winning film on the final night of the…

When Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav recently talked up FAST channels, calling them "a unique opportunity to increase our addressable market" (and possibly create a new home for HBO shows like Westworld), many people had the same reaction. What's a FAST channel again? Short for "free…

The Accountant and Warrior director Gavin O'Connor is in talks to helm Warner Bros’ action-thriller Fast, Deadline has confirmed. O’Connor is in post on the Ben Affleck drama Torrance for Warners, so a production start date for Fast isn’t set yet. The screenplay is written by Taylor Sheridan and follows a former…