{"podcast":{"title":"Digital Afterlife: Hollywood & AI Tech","slug":"digital-afterlife-hollywood-ai-tech-5717063","podcast_index_feed_id":5717063,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/bbf33818/podcast/rss","website_url":"http://www.gliumedia.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/31432790/31432790-1664223291744-d92bd1d4a68d4.jpg","author":"Ginger Liu","episode_count":61,"summary":"Digital Afterlife: Hollywood & AI Tech explores the latest news in Hollywood's AI-driven tech, artist copyright battles, entertainment policy, and film industry disruption. We explore the latest global startups and research in AI entertainment and media. Entertainment AI Tech News rounds up the latest Hollywood and global news Digital Afterlife News explores visual media, digital afterlife technology, and startups. Ginger Liu, MFA, is the founder of Ginger Media & Entertainment and is a multimedia journalist and researcher. gliumedia.com gingerliu.com https://gingerliu.substack","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T04:19:27.159178+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/digital-afterlife-hollywood-ai-tech-5717063"},"episode":{"title":"Entertainment AI Tech News","slug":"entertainment-ai-tech-news-6","published_at":"2026-04-28T13:12:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/digital-afterlife-hollywood-ai-tech-5717063/entertainment-ai-tech-news-6","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/digital-afterlife-hollywood-ai-tech-5717063","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gliumediapodcast/episodes/Entertainment-AI-Tech-News-e3hbeii","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/bbf33818/podcast/play/117864466/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-2%2F39198da3-2dc6-8eaa-b7b9-a41bd49cbbc6.mp3","summary":"Film and TV companies are competing harder than ever for audience attention as streaming, gaming, and short-form video keep pulling viewers away from traditional TV and theatrical releases. With box office recovery still uneven, studios are spending more on tentpoles, sports rights, and original programming while platforms like Netflix, YouTube, and FAST services fight for the same time, subscriptions, and ad dollars. The entertainment industry is facing a major shift as film and TV companies compete for attention across theatrical, streaming, gaming, and social platforms. U.S. box office sales remain below pre-pandemic highs even as 2026 tentpoles are expected to lift totals, while rising ticket prices are masking softer attendance and a stronger move toward streaming for adult-skewing films. At the same time, studios and platforms are pouring money into original programming, live sports, and subscription growth, with Disney, Netflix, and other major players using bigger content budgets to defend their positions in a crowded market. Streaming now dominates viewing habits, while YouTube, FAST services like Tubi and Pluto TV, and short-form video have become central to the fight for audience time. Artificial intelligence is adding another layer of disruption, with tools like OpenAI’s Sora and Google’s Veo 3 flooding feeds with generated video and raising concerns about AI slop and content quality. In Europe, the audiovisual market continues to grow, but rights and royalties for creators remain uneven, adding another pressure point to an industry already being reshaped by platform power, global competition, and changing consumer behavior. Ginger Liu is the founder of Hollywood PR agency, Ginger Media & Entertainment , j ournalist and researcher on technology and ente…","meta_description":"Film and TV companies are competing harder than ever for audience attention as streaming, gaming, and short-form video keep pulling viewers away from trad…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":358,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/digital-afterlife-hollywood-ai-tech-5717063/episodes/entertainment-ai-tech-news-6/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/digital-afterlife-hollywood-ai-tech-5717063/entertainment-ai-tech-news-6.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}