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Business Rockstars Highlights Revry

Named one of Business Insider’s “Top 16 Power Player Execs in AD Video Streaming Space”, Damian is the CEO and founder of Revry. Revry is the world’s largest Queer TV Network, reaching over 280 million households and devices and was featured on the cover of The Los Angeles Times Business section.

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How an LGBTQ+ Streaming Network is Changing the World

Spiffy here! I’m back with the scoop on the entrepreneurial leaders of Planet Earth. As the only Interplanetary journalist stationed on this blue planet, I’m thrilled to present this galactic exclusive with Damian Pelliccione, co-founder and CEO of Revry. Let’s see how they are tackling UN SDG 5: Gender Equality and making a positive impact in the world. Are you ready to be enlightened?

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Ditch the Niche: It's Time to Come Up With a New Term

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.

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Ad-Supported Streaming Takes Over?

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.

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