Content houses and studios are unhappy with FAST (free ad-supported streaming TV) platform walled gardens, and are speaking up about desires to tear those barriers down. The closing act of the 2024 Connected TV World Summit was a FAST panel session that was well worth the wait. Succeeding panels of milquetoast FAST talks culminated in a conversation full of disagreements and honest insights into the FAST world. Julie Mitchelmore, VP Digital for A+E Networks EMEA, lit the first match, plainly stating that FAST platforms are not providing enough information to studios – citing difficulties extracting data for separate channels on the same platform. Kasia Jablonska, BBC Studios Director for Digital and On Demand, echoed Mitchelmore in calling out the…