2026 NAB Show Interview Studio: Backlight – Kathleen Barrett, CEO
Kathleen Barrett, CEO at Backlight, joined us at the 2026 NAB Show to talk about:
- How Backlight enables teams to find, understand and activate content regardless of where it is stored
- Key growth opportunities in better monetizing existing content libraries, optimizing assets for new channels and personalizing content at scale
- What Backlight showcased at NAB Show, including major updates to Iconik for media asset management and collaboration, and Wildmoka for large‑scale publishing and distribution
- What’s ahead for Backlight, with deeper investment across the full ingest‑to‑publish workflow, enhanced semantic understanding and easier reuse and repurposing of media
April 20, 2026