Your next TV likely will have AI, whether you want it or not
You couldn't turn on a TV at CES 2024 without AI practically hitting you in the face. And that's probably a good thing.
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You couldn't turn on a TV at CES 2024 without AI practically hitting you in the face. And that's probably a good thing.
Navigating today's streaming apps and subscriptions can seem unnecessarily complicated, particularly as paid subscription and free service apps from major content companies often sit side by side, even appearing to compete with each other. Is this a necessary condition, what factors are driving it, and how is it likely to change? Warner Bros. Discovery's Daniel Trotta, Conde Nast's Jennifer Jones, and ESHAP's Evan Shapiro discuss in this clip from their panel at Streaming Media Connect 2023.
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Has peak TV peaked, as some pundits suggest? And with the M&E industry thrust largely into limbo by the first simultaneous writers' and actors' strikes in 60 years, how are FAST channel providers and aggregators responding, and how is it impacting their business? Fubo's Marisa Elizondo, Estrella Media's Christina Chung, Hartbeat's Jeff Clanagan, and Chris Pfaff of Chris Pfaff Tech Media offer a range of perspectives in this clip from Streaming Media Connect 2023.