Media trends and the race for new profit avenues

Statista trend report on the latest developments in the media industry

Media trends and the race for new profit avenues

The media landscape currently stands at a crossroads. After being heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, economic downturn, and political instability, artificial intelligence is now emerging as a new market disruptor, plunging the industry even further into uncertainty. To deal with these new challenges, as well as changing consumer behavior that favors affordability above all else, the media industry needs to adapt and adopt new strategies in order to increase revenue and boost customer retention.
What are these strategies implemented by the various sectors of the media industry? What role does AI play in this period of tremendous change?
This report delves into the changes adopted by each media sector to grow profits and curb customer losses, and offers insight into video streaming, cinema, news, and podcasting market trends. It also sheds light on the involvement of AI in each sector and what its growing use means for the media industry.

Table of contents

The role of AI in Media

  • AI and humans can co-exist
  • Media industry and consumers not all against AI
  • Importance and challenges of regulating AI

Reinventing the video streaming business
  • The (profitability) struggle is real
  • Content spending is falling out of favor
  • Streaming services‘ strategies on the table

Cinema still in recovery
  • Box office results fail to meet rebound expectations
  • Barbenheimer inflated big summer season
  • Cinema chains are banking on new types of content

News - consumption evolution and tech revolution
  • Combating news avoidance: time to get tactical
  • AI in theory: key concerns
  • AI in action: the road ahead?

Podcasting is a stabilizing market with potential
  • Podcasts are here to stay
  • Changing audience drives podcasting trends
  • Providers and advertisers are playing the field

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