This Week’s MPN Video Podcast: Hollywood’s New Playbook, AI, Micro-Dramas and $100K Movies
February 26, 2026
From AI search to micro-dramas and ultra-efficient movie marketing, the media business is changing faster than anyone expected. In this Next TMT Talks midweek check-in, David Bloom and Daniel Frankel report from DEG EnTech Fest in Los Angeles, where studio executives, technologists, and creators explored how AI is reshaping entertainment production, marketing, and distribution. One big takeaway: AI doesn’t just improve one part of the business — it improves everything at once, forcing Hollywood to rethink how content gets made and discovered.
Topics covered include:
- Why AI is accelerating faster than past tech shifts like search or social
- How studios must optimize marketing for AI discovery
- The risk of AI hallucinations sending audiences to the wrong content
- Cineverse’s ultra-lean model and the Terrifier success story
- Micro-dramas as an $8B global opportunity
- Why Chinese mobile-game economics are influencing streaming
- AI leverage vs traditional labor economics in Hollywood
- What DEG EnTech Fest revealed about the industry’s next phase Next
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