Event Type : XFRONTS

Presentation | Smart Premium CTV Inventory: Quality At Scale

Thanks to its holistic ad monetization platform (Adserver/SSP/Buyer Tools/DSP), brands can achieve greater efficiency through their advertising spend and publishers can act with certainty and have the control they need to provide the right blend of transaction models, channels, format (Display, Audio, Video, CTV, Mobile) and audience data to deliver true value path optimization to brands.

Come and lead the charge with us in building a transparent ecosystem based on quality

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Panel Discussion | Is FAST Programming Moving in the Direction of Cable TV

Moderator
Andrew Rosenman, Global Product Marketing Lead – CTV/Video, Smart AdServer

Speakers
Adam Bergman, Vice President, National Ad Sales, VIZIO
Sam Horowitz, TUBI
Anthony Layser, Vice President, Content Partnerships & Programming, XUMO
Stuart McLean, CEO, FAST Studios

We are owners and creators of new streaming TV networks. We plug cord-cutters into the world famous sports and entertainment brands they love.

At scale.

FAST Studios simultaneously serves: the dozens of streaming platforms who need quality content channels to draw loyal audiences, brand marketers who must efficiently reach fragmented audiences at scale, and the growing population of streaming viewers who expect premium content experiences.

Welcome to the next level of television.

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Cinedigm powers custom content solutions to the world’s largest retail, media and technology companies. We provide premium feature films and series to digital platforms including iTunes, Netflix, and Amazon, cable and satellite providers including Comcast, Dish Network and DirecTV, and major retailers including Walmart and Target. Leveraging Cinedigm’s unique capabilities, content and technology, the Company has emerged as a leader in the fast-growing over-the-top channel business, with four channels under management that reach hundreds of millions of devices while also providing premium content and service expertise to the entire OTT ecosystem.

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Plex streams thousands of movies and TV shows from filmmakers around the globe. From Bollywood to Hollywood, Cannes to Japan. Classics. Animation. Family-friendly content. Documentaries. Musicals. There’s something for everyone. Save your place on your phone and continue on your TV — Plex works across all devices.

Along with streaming content, Plex gives you instant access to all of your media collections—your home videos, photos, music, TV shows, and movies—so you can quickly find and stream what you want to any device, any time. You can also DVR over-the-air content and stream it to virtually any device, as well as watch Live TV on certain clients. Platforms include Macs, PCs, smartphones, tablets, Xbox and PlayStation gaming consoles, Smart TVs, Roku, Chromecast, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, NVIDIA SHIELD, and more.

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FutureToday is a leader in premium ad-supported video publishing platforms with over a decade of experience helping content creators distribute and monetize their video content on all major OTT platforms.

With a powerful portfolio of iconic entertainment brands like HappyKids, Fawesome & iFood, our channels are spread across genres like Movies & TV, Kids, and Lifestyle. We distribute content on all major OTT platforms like Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Comcast Xfinity, etc.; the web, mobile devices and connected TV platforms. Our partners include media companies syndicating content to television networks.

We reach over 20 million households through 700+ channels that house a massive catalog of 200,000+ film, television and digital content assets from 350+ content partners. Find your target audience with a brand-safe, TV-like experience offering effective engagement – unskippable and 100% viewable, with contextual targeting.

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AfroLand TV, founded by Zimbabwean actor turned entrepreneur Michael Maponga and his wife is a subscription-based video-on-demand streaming platform that curates Pan-African film and TV content for viewing. The platform is “bridging Pan-African stories globally.”

The Dallas-based media streaming startup believes “our stories are for everyone”. It’s also been dubbed by the 2020 Berlinale International Film Festival in Germany as “the new Netflix or Disney+ for Africa,” African Business Magazine shares.

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Presentation – Why you Need to Move on Foreign FAST Markets Sooner than you Think

Papercup is a machine learning start-up transforming the media industry. 99.9% of video content is shackled to a single language. Our ambition is to make the world’s content watchable in any language. We’re translating videos by generating voices that sound like the original speaker, not only capturing the characteristics of your voice but also the way you speak.

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Presentation – Power of Influencing

As Platforms we are influencing everyday in providing content to the masses. Learn how what we’re all doing is no different than what a Tik Tok or YouTube Star is doing to connect and build our audiences.

About Frudy

Frudy is a FAST growing multi-media company that connects Content Creators, Owners and Brands together while distributing our own content and creating new forms of monetization for our content partners. Frudy has a free AVOD OTT platform available now on Roku, Fire TV and IOS Devices. In Summer 2022, Frudy is launching a set of FAST TV Channels.

Frudy also has a distribution division, distributing film and tv shows across multiple platforms generating revenues for content partners and a GenZ internet radio station playing the latest songs and sounds from Tik Tok and Instagram Reels.

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OTTera is a professional white label service that allows companies to quickly launch highly customized, affordable OTT services. Typically, to build such a solution from scratch to rival the functionality and scalability of today’s most popular services would take several years and a multi-million dollar investment. By utilizing the OTTera White Label Service companies are able to license these same technologies for a fraction of the cost, with minimal infrastructure needed to support them, in 2-3 months or less.

Building on 10 years of professional OTT experience servicing nearly 100M users, OTTera provides an end-to-end solution that is highly adaptable for any form of content. OTTera powers more than 3 dozen OTT services and 50+ linear channels.

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TriCoast is a full service media company committed to acquire, develop, produce, market and distribute audio-visual content. Bringing together filmmakers, studios, financiers, and technologists we strive to embrace change by redefining production and distribution of entertainment product.

Our goals are to acquire, develop and distribute traditional and emerging content that is relevant and engaging to audiences across all viewing platforms.

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Electric Entertainment is an independent studio headed by veteran producer Dean Devlin along with his partners Marc Roskin and Rachel Olschan-Wilson. This full-service production and distribution company also has a satellite office located in Vancouver, Canada.

The company develops and produces full-length feature films, which have included “Bad Samaritan” starring David Tennant and Robert Sheehan, the award-winning film “Say My Name” starring Lisa Brenner and Nick Blood, the critically acclaimed documentary “Who Killed the Electric Car?”, and most recently “The Deal” starring Sumalee Montano and Emma Fischer.

Electric acquires and distributes theatrical films from around the world, including “Blood On The Crown,” starring Harvey Keitel and Malcolm McDowell, “Heavy,” starring Sophie Turner and Daniel Zovatto, Rob Reiner’s historical biopic “LBJ,” starring Woody Harrelson, and “Book Of Love,” starring Jessica Biel and Jason Sudeikis. The company’s domestic division, headed by Steve Saltman, is a full-service distribution operation serving all significant outlets with various rights to films and series including: TVOD, EST, AVOD, SVOD, PTV, Linear Basic Cable and Broadcast.

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A Nexstar Digital company, The Hill is the country’s definitive digital source for non-partisan political news and information. Inside the Beltway it’s known as an essential, agenda-setting read for lawmakers and influencers. Beyond the Capitol, The Hill’s trusted content is shared more often on social media than any other major political news brand in America.

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Canela Media is a leading digital media tech company offering brands a complete ecosystem to connect with multicultural audiences leading with its free streaming service, Canela.TV, offering on-demand Latino-focused movies and TV entertainment through multiple platforms. Additionally, Canela Media reaches more than 20 million unique Hispanics across its 180+ premium Spanish-language sites and influencer database. Combined with the company’s proprietary data, Canela Media possesses in-depth knowledge and understanding of how to establish meaningful and culturally relevant connections with the new mainstream – U.S. Hispanics. Headquartered in New York, Canela Media is ranked as the fourth largest Hispanic ad-focused company and is female- and minority-owned.

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Latido Networks is a multiplatform media company dedicated to super-serving the ascending Millennial and Generation Z LatinX community. With millions of viewers and listeners in the United States, Latin America and Spain, Latido Networks creates and curates original audio, video and editorial content of the highest quality, and distributes to audiences across podcast, mobile, web and connected TV platforms

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Panel Discussion | How Does Anyone Make Money in This Business?

Moderator
Mike Woods, Founder & CEO, OrkaTV

Speakers
Jesse Baritz, Vice President, Content Acquisition & Development, Multicom Entertainment Group
Ben Lister, Senior Director, Content, Sinclair Broadcast Group
Erick Opeka, Chief Strategy Officer, Cinedigm
Jonathan Skogmo, Chief Innovation Officer, Trusted Media Brands

Presentation | Closest to the Stream, Advantages of First Party CTV Ad Platforms.

Amagi is a global leader in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV. We enable content owners to launch, distribute and monetize live linear channels on connected TV and SVOD platforms. We also offer 24×7 cloud managed services bringing simplicity, advanced automation, and transparency to the entire broadcast operations for traditional TV networks.

Amagi works with 500+ content brands, managing 2000+ channel deliveries, with deployments in over 40 countries. We have a presence in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, London, Paris, Singapore, New Delhi and Bangalore.

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Revry is the LGBTQ-first streaming media network with over 5,000 titles on free live TV, movies, series, news and exclusive Original programming.

Our mission is to inspire exploration of LGBTQ content for the community and allies. Revry is led by a diverse founding team with technology, digital media, and LGBTQ advocacy experience.

Revry reaches millions of global viewers on connected TV, Smart TV, OTT and mobile platforms including Samsung, Vizio, Roku, Apple, Comcast Xfinity, Cox Communications, Google, TiVo, and many others.

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TMB (Trusted Media Brands) is the world’s leading community-driven entertainment company. Our portfolio of leading brands that includes FailArmy, Family Handyman, People Are Awesome, Reader’s Digest, Taste of Home, The Healthy, and The Pet Collective, is powered by content that’s inspired and created by our fans. Engaging more than 100 million consumers worldwide, our content —– available across streaming TV, social media, web, and print —– sparks curiosity, fuels laughter, and inspires people to live big, full, fantastic lives.

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Crackle Plus owns and operates ad-supported VOD networks Crackle and Popcornflix and reaches 30M Monthly Active Users, making it one of the largest AVOD streaming platforms in the U.S. Crackle Plus has over 80,000 hours of content available across all its networks, and premieres at least one original and one exclusive program each month. Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSSE) owns Crackle Plus and also acquires and distributes video content through its Screen Media subsidiary, and produces original long and short-form content through Landmark Studio Group, its Chicken Soup for the Soul Originals division and APlus.com. Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment is a subsidiary of Chicken Soup for the Soul, LLC, which publishes the famous book series and produces super-premium pet food under the Chicken Soup for the Soul brand name.

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Presentation -The IRIS_ID: Making CTV More Transparent for Buyers and Sellers

IRIS.TV is the only data platform built for video. We provide video data connectivity to enable better viewing experiences and advertising outcomes. For CTV and online video, we structure, connect, and activate the world’s video-level data. Since 2013, we’ve enabled our partners to build scalable solutions on top of our platform for video-level contextual and brand-safe ad targeting, verification, planning, measurement, and video recommendations.

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Our mission at VIZIO Holding Corp. (NYSE: VZIO) is to deliver immersive entertainment and compelling lifestyle enhancements that make our products the center of the connected home. We are driving the future of television through our integrated platform of cutting-edge Smart TVs and powerful SmartCast™ operating system. We also offer a portfolio of innovative sound bars that deliver consumers an elevated audio experience. Our platform gives content providers more ways to distribute their content and advertisers more tools to target and dynamically serve ads.

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As the leading Spanish-language media and content company in the world, TelevisaUnivision features the largest library of owned content and industry-leading production capabilities that power its streaming, digital and linear television offerings, as well as its radio platforms. The Company’s media portfolio includes the top-rated broadcast networks Univision and UniMás in the U.S. and Las Estrellas and Canal 5 in Mexico. TelevisaUnivision is home to 36 Spanish-language cable networks, including Galavisión and TUDN, the No. 1 Spanish-language sports network in the U.S. and Mexico. With the most compelling portfolio of Spanish-language sports rights in the world, TelevisaUnivision has solidified its position as the Home of Soccer. TelevisaUnivision also owns and manages 59 television stations across the U.S. and four broadcast channels in Mexico affiliated with 222 television stations, Videocine studio, and Uforia, the Home of Latin Music, which encompasses 57 owned or operated U.S. radio stations, a live event series and a robust digital audio footprint. TelevisaUnivision is home to the global streaming services ViX and Blim TV, which altogether host over 50,000 hours of high-quality, original Spanish-language programming from distinguished producers and top talent. The company’s prominent digital assets include Univision.com, Univision NOW, and several top-rated digital apps.

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We are a premium provider of curated direct-to-consumer and B2B services, including audio television and streaming channels, more than 100 radio licenses, SVOD content, 4K UHD television channels, karaoke products, digital signage, in-store music, and music apps, which have been downloaded over 100 million times. We reach over 400 million subscribers (or users) in 156 countries. Our vision is to unleash the power of music to the world.

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A global independent distribution company focused on both the traditional and digital marketplaces, multicom publishes, licenses and merchandises its ip library through hundreds of partners worldwide. Multicom’s extensive catalog of feature films, specials and series include thousands of broadcast-quality programming hours featuring countless stars, genres, and formats, available in all media.

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Column6 is comprised of video and tech veterans with deep expertise in ad delivery and television. We lean on our experience to build products that push CTV advertising forward for our partners, and we aim to humanize the experience with real relationships and reliable customer service.

We understand the distinct challenges of CTV ad delivery and programmatic transactions.

We simplify for the unique complexities of digital inventory meeting linear TV buying behavior.

We develop proprietary technology that is easily adapted and flexible to our partners’ needs.

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