Chris McGurk of Cineverse gives keynote speech at FAST Festival

Chris McGurk, Chairman and CEO of Cineverse, will attend the FAST Festival, which runs from July 23-25. You can sign up for your free registration Here.

Before joining Cineverse in 2011, McGurk was founder and CEO of Overture Films and CEO of Anchor Bay Entertainment. McGurk also served as vice chairman and COO of MGM Studios. Earlier in his career, McGurk held various executive roles at Universal Pictures and several senior roles at The Walt Disney Studios, including CFO of the Studios and President of the Walt Disney Motion Picture Group.

The second edition of FAST Festival will feature keynotes and panel discussions with leading FAST channel operators, AVOD acquisition managers and distributors. The event will be streamed live and available on demand at www.FastFest.tv. The first festival attracted more than 1,700 registered attendees and hundreds more viewers watched the sessions on demand. Watch for speaker and session announcements in the coming weeks.

McGurk joins the previously announced list of FAST Festival speakers: David Eilenberg of Roku, David Salmon of Tubi, Marcos Milanez of Rakuten TV, Jenn Batty of Samsung TV Plus, Katrina Kowalski of Pluto TV, Chase Brisbin of Lionsgate, Philipp Rotermund of wedotv, Scott Olechowski of Plex, Thanasis Tsiris of Free TV Networks and James Ross of Lightning International. More announcements to follow shortly.

Unlike other events that charge high registration fees, participation in the FAST Festival is FREE. ONLY registered attendees will receive access to our exclusive FAST Trends white paper, which contains key event information in a concise, easy-to-understand format. To register for free, please go to Here.

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