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Ticker News may very well be the only purely FAST channel iterating news network in the world. The Melbourne, Australia-based outfit, runs on the leanest side of lean, staffing- and resource-wise, but frames itself as a global network with an emphasis on context and analysis in its offerings.
The four-year-old company says it has now picked up 3.2 million monthly viewers and is continuously adding new distribution outlets to its arsenal.
In this Talking TV conversation, CEO Ahron Young, who does double duty as the network’s primary anchor, explains why FAST was the, er, fastest way to market, how his growth trajectory is squarely targeted at the U.S. and how native advertising has been his most promising revenue driver.
Episode transcript below, edited for clarity.
Michael Depp: Ticker News bills itself as the world’s first native FAST channel news network. The Melbourne, Australia-based company has been around for four years and says it has a global viewership of 3.2 million monthly.
Ticker News produces between three and nine hours of daily news programing, along with two weekly, 15-minute mini-documentaries from its micro bureaus, one of which is now located in New York. The organization is presently trying to make inroads in the U.S. and broaden the array of FAST channel options on which it iterates. It hopes that its take leaning into context and analysis on major global stories and its younger-leaning target demographic will help gain it momentum on these shores.
I’m Michael Depp, editor of