Chapter 17
Media and Entertainment: Beating the Gold Rush
IN THIS CHAPTER
Understanding how rampant technology innovation has complicated life for those in the business
Discovering how you can use AI to simplify the complications
Identifying the AI techniques that power the tools
Exploring media and entertainment use cases for AI
The twenty-first century delivered a seismic shift in the media and entertainment industry with technology playing the role of disruptor. Streaming media and subscription services spawned the cord-cutting movement, and 5G wireless liberated consumers from fixed appliances to consume media anytime and anywhere.
Artificial intelligence provides the infrastructure for key elements of this transformation. Intelligent recommendations form the foundation of most streaming media platforms, starting with music (Yahoo! Launch, Pandora, Spotify, and so on) and extending to video (Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, and so on.) and podcasts (Spotify). (For more information, see Chapter 20, “Intelligent Recommendations.”)
The influence of AI on media and entertainment ...
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