Jonathon Barbato, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Best Ever Channels (BEC), has been in broadcast, cable and streaming media for over 25 years. BEC, founded in 2019, is a major supplier of FAST and AVOD channels to the streaming marketplace, with 5 FAST networks already in front of over 30 million Monthly Average Uniques (MAUs), thousands of AVOD titles on most major platforms and two successful subscription channels on Amazon Prime.  

Before founding BEC, Jonathon ran Apricot Corp for over 10 years, specializing in driving audiences and retention to video content, with a huge client roster including PLUTOTV, TUBI, LIFETIME, OUTDOOR CHANNEL, EDGE TV and many other. 

Jonathon dug his roots in TV over 25 years ago.  He started in TV Syndication and was Head of Marketing for MGM TV as well as an executive at Warner, Sony and Genesis Entertainment (later a division of FOX). He served seven years as Head of Marketing for STARZ Movie Channel and co-founded Ripe Digital Entertainment, which launched three of the first Free On Demand networks to be carried by every major cable system.  Jonathon has won over 27 Creative & Marketing trophies from CTAM, PROMAX and Telly for marketing campaigns and is a regular speaker at many industry conferences including Streaming Media; CTAM; PROMAX; Digital Hollywood; CES; NATPE and many more.