In six years since we've launched Revry, the way in which we have distributed our content has vastly changed. We started as a subscription video on demand (SVOD) product. That was before the major streamers entered the LGBTQ+ market in 2016.

Chris Pfaff moderated a discussion at Streaming Media East featuring Damian Pelliccione, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Revry, Chris Yates, General Manager, Redbox On Demand, Nick Colsey, Vice President, Business Development, Sony Electronics Inc., Srinivasan KA, Co-founder, Amagi and Philippe Guelton, EVP, Online Networks, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment; President, Crackle Plus.

The NextTV Summit, part of the Virtual: Fall TV 2021 returns on November 17, 2021 as the professional video industry’s authoritative benchmark for assessing the progress and debating the future of television’s digitally-driven transformation in content and distribution.

You never know what's going to be controversial. We've had panels focusing on niche video services at the last few Streaming Media events, both in-person and virtual, but it wasn't until Streaming Media East Connect 2021 that people started pushing back against the term "niche." We saw a shift coming when we named a panel "Premium Niche Services—New Content Frontiers," but it seems as if it might be time to stop using the term entirely.

FAST, SVOD and AVOD are all different ways to bring programming to viewers with different costs to the viewer. All delivered over the internet, FAST is a service that unites live, linear TV with a VOD service whereas AVOD only has video on demand. Both FAST and AVOD are free to watch thanks to adverts whereas SVOD is usually advert-free as this is subscriber VOD where you pay monthly. This video from Streaming Media discusses the rise of FAST and its importance in the market.