2017 Expert Outlook on Media and Entertainment

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REPORT

15 Dec 2016

Why are media owners relinquishing control of content? Why are older people still picking up papers? And how is internet culture changing music? As part of our Expert Outlook 2017 series, we speak to three media and entertainment experts about how ‘Netflix and chill’ is changing.

Sector
Media and Entertainment
Location
Global

Lore Oxford

Lore Oxford is a cultural theorist and strategist. She's also the author of Substack column 'Why tho?', where she writes about internet culture and the adoption of Web3.

MUBI: art house cinema finds a home on your smartphone

case study·
5 Nov 2015·
LAST UPDATED 13 Oct 2023

While VOD services have given blockbusters a new lease of life, where can people catch up on all those local cinema gems? MUBI offers a hand-picked library of 30 cult classics to its seven million users on desktops and smart devices. How has it become the world’s largest art house theatre?

case study·
27 Sep 2016

ZH Tablet: converting print readers to digital

case study·
27 Sep 2016·
LAST UPDATED 13 Oct 2023

With a growing number of Brazilians opting to stay informed about current events through online platforms, printed publications are feeling the impact. In a bid to keep up with this shift, newspaper Zero Hora has launched a customised tablet – but can it win over subscribers old and new?

case study·
20 Jan 2016

Walter Presents: curating your next binge-watch

case study·
20 Jan 2016·
LAST UPDATED 13 Oct 2023

2015 was a historic year for TV fans, with more scripted shows to choose from than ever before. So how does anyone know where to start? For Channel 4, the answer lies in Walter, the affable face of its new streaming service and curator of the very best in serious, compulsive world drama.

case study·
6 Dec 2016

Airtime: injecting intimacy into the virtual world

case study·
6 Dec 2016·
LAST UPDATED 13 Oct 2023

From live-streaming platforms to messenger apps, social media connects people with thousands of ‘friends’ on a daily basis. But while a scroll and a ‘like’ might satisfy some, Airtime is gearing up multi-party live video. Is this the return to intimacy that the connected generation is hungry for?