Includes bibliographical references and index.

SECTION A: PRINCIPLES

Business models in media, and the basic tools of AI

(1) Introduction

A four section approach: Principles, Platforms, Producers, Pioneers.

(2) Media Management & Artificial Intelligence

The radical impact of AI on the media business

(3) Media Business Models

A four stage value creation model for each media segment: Development, Production, Distribution, Monetisation

(4) Overview of AI

Radical new tools are available to media management and beyond

　

SECTION B: PLATFORMS

The engines of media distribution

(5) Games

AI is powering game platforms, and games are powering AI

(6) Social Networks

The defining distribution platform of the digital age

(7) Streamers

An entirely new media industry is defined by its use of AI

(8) Broadcasters

Existentially threatened, pivoting to video on demand, and fighting back

(9) Digital Publishers

News sites and social channels now share revenue models and AI technologies

　

SECTION C: PRODUCERS

Content creation at scale - and the transformative impact of AI

　

(10) Scripted

Digital-driven change in production and distribution models

(11) Entertainment

A rapidly globalised content footprint

(12) Factual

Merged distribution channels have changed a traditional industry

(13) Marketing Content

Video content is now used in marketing at unprecedented scale and range

(14) Creators

A new, global, democratic model of media ownership

(15) Music

A business model transformed by technology, from creation to monetisation

　

SECTION D: PIONEERS

New sectors building the future of media production and distribution

　

(16) Podcasters

A digital-driven content development factory

(17) Esports

A new digital business, but with echoes of 20th century models

(18) The Metaverse

A virtual world that does not yet exist still has growing momentum

(19) Future of the Media Business

Challenges and opportunities for media management in the age of AI



Index

This cutting-edge textbook examines contemporary media business models in the context of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital transformation. AI has dramatically impacted media production and distribution, from recommendation engines to synthetic humans, from video-to-text tools to natural language models. "AI is really the change agent of the media industry," answered a natural language generation model when AI was ‘asked’ about the subject of this book. "It will open incredible opportunities." This book seeks to explore them.

The media is examined through four sections. ‘Principles’ maps business models and the key tools of AI. ‘Platforms’ covers distribution channels in Games, Streamers, Social Networks, Broadcast and Digital Publishing. ‘Producers’ covers the engines of content-making, including Scripted, Entertainment, Factual, Content Marketing, Creators and Music. Finally, ‘Pioneers’ covers emerging sectors of Podcasting, Esports, the Metaverse and other AI-driven developments. Then in each chapter, a standard value creation model is applied, mapping a single sector through development, production, distribution and monetisation.

Diverse case studies are analysed from India, Nigeria, South Korea, South Africa, France, the Netherlands, the US, the UK, Denmark and China – around creative entrepreneurship, revenue models, profit drivers, rights and emerging AI tools. Questions are provided for each case, whilst chapter summaries cement learning.

Applied and technology-focused, this text offers core reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduates studying Media Management – or the relationship between Entertainment, Media and Technology. Online resources include chapter-by-chapter PowerPoint slides and an Instructor’s Manual with further exercises and case studies.