Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Streaming promised a new era of TV experiences: heightened interactivity and personalized, self-curated content on demand with traditional lean-back passive viewing relegated to the rear-view mirror. In 2025, with FAST arguably the fastest-growing segment of the streaming ecosystem, lean-back linear is back in play. What do today’s and tomorrow’s streaming viewers really want: to be served a linear, lean-back viewing that looks suspiciously like old-school broadcast TV, or do they prefer to curate and control their own content?

Moderator:
Nadine Krefetz, Consultant, Reality Software and Contributing Editor, Streaming Media

Panelists:
Jonathon Barbato, Co-CEO, Best Ever Channels
Laura Martin, Managing Director, Senior Internet & Media Analyst, Needham & Company
Colin Petrie-Norris, Founder & CEO, Fairground
Scott Davis, CTO, Media and Entertainment, GlobalLogic