Chicken Soup For The Soul’s Laura Florence Joins Fremantle’s FAST Team
deadline.comChicken Soup For The Soul’s Laura Florence will expand America‘s Got Talent maker Fremantle’s FAST business out of LA. She has been hired as SVP of Global FAST Channels, reporting to Fremantle CEO of Commercial and International Jens Richter.
The hire puts her at the top of Fremantle’s push into FAST (free ad-supported TV) channels, which currently comprises 33 streaming networks on the likes of Baywatch, America’s Got Talent and Jamie Oliver and genre services Place and Space, Cook Chop Chat, Sleuth and Quip.
Major production groups with stacked libraries have been increasingly moving into FAST distribution as a way of monetizing catalog shows.
Notably, Warner Bros Discovery last year struck deals with Tubi and Roku to offer Westward through FAST channels. Florence was previously at Chicken Soup For The Soul, where she was SVP and General Manager, overseeing Redbox and Crackle+ digital platforms.
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