Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown: Why Content’s Kingdom is Slipping Away
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Content and technology are locked in a struggle whose outcome may determine the future of the entertainment industry. The problem is this: Content is becoming a commodity. In contrast, although distribution used to be the exclusive province of Hollywood—movie theaters, television networks, home video, among others—this is no longer true. Instead, new distribution technologies have arisen, and the ascendancy of those technologies has come at the expense of content.
Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown: Why Content’s Kingdom is Slipping Away
Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown…
Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown: Why Content’s Kingdom is Slipping Away
Content and technology are locked in a struggle whose outcome may determine the future of the entertainment industry. The problem is this: Content is becoming a commodity. In contrast, although distribution used to be the exclusive province of Hollywood—movie theaters, television networks, home video, among others—this is no longer true. Instead, new distribution technologies have arisen, and the ascendancy of those technologies has come at the expense of content.