Streaming Wars - How Getting Everything We Wanted Changed Entertainment Forever

Streaming broadcasters have given consumers all the content they could ever want. But at what cost? Understand the business battles that transformed the world of traditional media and ushered in the age of on-demand satisfaction.

List of contents

Chapter - 00: A media upset - 'The Thing Doesn't Write Itself'; Chapter - 01: Netflix - grasping the first move(ie) advantage; Chapter - 02: The arrival of rivals; Chapter - 03: A world turned upside down: how tech became media and media become tech; Chapter - 04: Streaming sports - a good deal for fans, or signs of things to come?; Chapter - 05: Live streamers - You Tube and Twitch and prominent gamers; Chapter - 06: Audio battles, or the beauty of music at our fingertips; Chapter - 07: Who pays - do customers get what they deserve?; Chapter - 08: Reacting to a new reality but what to do about AI?; Chapter - 09: We got everything we want, but who is it good for?;

About the author

Charlotte Henry is a journalist covering tech, media and politics. Her byline has appeared in publications including City AM, the Independent on Sunday, The Times Red Box, the Telegraph, the TLS. The author runs her own media outlet, The Addition, which gives insight into the crossover of media, technology and culture. The author is based in London, UK

Product details

• Authors: Charlotte Henry, Henry Charlotte
• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 03.10.2025
• EAN: 9781398622555
• ISBN: 978-1-398-62255-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Television & Video, Technology: general issues, business strategy, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, Media, Information & Communication Industries