‘FAST Is Now’: Why Free Ad-Supported TV Is Rising | Video

TheGrill 2023: “It’s projected to reach $6 billion in revenue in 2023, with double that in coming years,” says Pluto TV’s global SVP Valerie Kaplan


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In the ongoing battle for streaming supremacy, a surprising contender has emerged in the form of FAST channels — free ad-supported streaming television, a hybrid of the new and the old.

According to Pluto TV’s global SVP and head of consumer marketing Valerie Kaplan, FAST isn’t the future, it’s the present tense.

“I think FAST is now,” Kaplan told TheWrap’s co-executive editor Adam Chitwood during a panel titled FAST Forward Thinking: Innovations and Strategies in Ad-Supported Streaming Wednesday at TheGrill, the publication’s annual business conference.

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