As Faultline closes out its penultimate weekly issue of 2022, predictions for the year ahead are beginning to trickle in from the video technology community. What we will say is that if anyone makes a 2023 prediction without jumping on the bandwagon of a proliferation in ad-funded VoD tiers and FAST (free ad-supported streaming TV) services, then we applaud you. It makes for frustrating reading to see respected and established companies and individuals alike describe exactly what has happened over the past year, only then to wrap these up as crystal ball insights into the year ahead. To say that 2023 will see more video streaming companies follow the lead of Netflix and Disney into rolling out ad-supported tiers is…