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Are you binge-watching every episode of "Lovely Runner" because of Ryu Sunjae? 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥, 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞! 🙈 If you're a die-hard KDrama fan, you know the thrill of discovering the next must-watch series just as your current favorite is wrapping up. It's almost as if 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝑮𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒂, your streaming service has got you covered, ensuring that your KDrama journey is as smooth and enjoyable as possible. But how? What kind of sorcery is this? 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫. 

For KDrama enthusiasts, the excitement never ends. Just when you think the "Queen of Tears" fever has reached its peak, along comes the "Lovely Runner" to steal your heart. This seamless transition from one obsession to the next isn't just luck—it's the result of sophisticated 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬. 𝐊𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐫. As we continue to enjoy these beautifully crafted stories, 𝐥𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞. #datascience #pursuegrowthandlearning #technology #machinelearning

Months ago, I posted about what I would do if I were the CEO of Netflix. It's hard to really understand how disruptive AI will be for all industries, but particularly the TV show and movie Industries. Anyone who's seen me speak or heard any of the Podcasts I've been on will have heard me say this:"Within 5 to 10 years, we'll have a Netflix streaming service that's fully A.I. driven, where you tell it what type of show you want to watch, "Like Friends, but with more Joey!" and it will generate you a series, which you can then share on social media and which can go Viral all on its own. Everybody will be a Director. Last year I predicted the introduction of Real-Time translation on phones and zoomcalls within two years. In January, Samsung launched its S24 series with Live Translate. Now it's happening again, bold predictions turn out to be conservative. A.I. keeps blowing things out of the water. This is the Never Normal and it's accelerating... Fable studio has opened up the Waitlist for it's new A.I. powered Streaming Service. "SHOWRUNNER" Now I'm sure this won't be a NetFlix killer just yet... But this is a clear sign of how fast things are moving. Your move, Netflix!

🎬🤖✨ Amazon’s AI-Powered Recaps – The New “Previously On…” or Just Cliff Notes for Streaming? ✨🤖🎬 Amazon Prime Video just launched AI-generated X-Ray Recaps that give you a “previously on…” for everything from entire seasons to mid-episode updates. It’s like those classic recaps from broadcast TV—only on steroids. I can see the appeal for binge-watchers, but are we losing something in the process? Remember the suspense of waiting a whole week, tuning in, and catching that “previously on…” clip that jogged your memory and set the stage? There was a thrill to it. Now, with AI recaps, we’re getting the whole plot summarized instantly. Cool, but maybe a little too convenient? 🤔 On one hand, AI recaps help us pick up where we left off without missing a beat (or a plot twist). But there’s a fine line here—are we enhancing storytelling or giving it the “fast-forward” treatment? Half the fun of a series is piecing it all together over time, not having it spoon-fed on demand. So, is this the evolution of the classic recap, or just cliff notes for today’s streaming generation? Curious if this keeps the magic alive for you, or if you think we’re losing the suspense. 📺✨

From Indiewire: One cool feature that’s relatively unique to Amazon Prime Video is the streamer’s X-Ray feature, which pops up the name of an actor or the music you’re currently hearing or seeing on screen when you pause the show. No need to go to IMDb.com to figure out where you recognize that guy from or to Shazam that song — so long as you’re actually watching a show or movie on Amazon. Now Amazon Prime Video is extending that X-Ray feature a step further by summarizing full episodes or even entire seasons of TV through the push of a button. The company is calling it “X-Ray Recaps,” and it’s available now in Beta version on Amazon MGM Originals and for Fire TV users specifically. X-Ray Recaps is powered through generative AI models trained on various video segments of shows, subtitles, and other dialogue, and it manages to generate a brief, detailed description of the key moments and even specific places, times, conversations, and character names, present in an episode or a season of #TV to help you catch up. It’s like having ChatGPT on your remote, but you can only prompt it to tell you what happened last week on “The Wheel of Time.” At any time while watching, you can pause the show and activate the feature, electing to have it summarize single episodes, the most recent season, or the entire series up to that point. X-Ray is also supposed to know how far along you’ve specifically watched and has some guardrails in place to make sure that whatever the #AI generates doesn’t spoil the rest of the show for you. The idea is that it saves you the trouble of going online and risking looking up something and reading a spoiler you didn’t want to know about. For now, the feature is only available on Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios original shows, and the blog post announcing the tool mentions “Daisy Jones and the Six,” “The Boys,” “The Wheel of Time,” and “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” that are making use of the #tech. No word on if other older Amazon shows and movies will add it as well, or if the feature will be extended to other content licensed through Prime Video. #streaming

You're about to revolutionise your TV watching experience—and it's not what you think. Imagine never having to ask "Wait, what did I miss?" again. Amazon's Prime Video is introducing X-Ray Recaps, a game-changing AI tool that's set to transform how we catch up on our favourite shows. This innovative feature doesn't just summarise—it analyses video segments, subtitles, and dialogue to create detailed, spoiler-free recaps of entire seasons or even specific episodes. Say goodbye to confusion and hello to seamless viewing. No more frantically Googling plot points or pestering friends for updates. X-Ray Recaps is your personal TV companion, ensuring you're always in the loop. But here's the real kicker: this tool isn't just convenient—it's reshaping our relationship with content. As AI continues to integrate into our entertainment, we're witnessing a shift in how we consume and interact with media. The question is: how will this change our viewing habits and our expectations of streaming services? #AIStreamingRevolution #BingeWatchingUpgrade #TVTechEnthusiasts #JamieBykovBrett #BykovBrettEnterprises

🔥 NEW episode of Webcology is out. 🎧 Listen to myself and Jim Hedger talk about all things Search, Social, AI, and more. ⭕ Available on all major streaming channels including TuneIn. ⭕ Latest Episode. "Back from a the July 4th long weekend's rest, hosts Jim Hedger and Kristine Schachinger talk through events of the last couple weeks, that look like Google and other players in the search world are pulling back from the promise of A.I. generated answers to the real world queries of their users. One example is how Google is showing far fewer A.I. Overviews in result sets today than it was in early May when it announced a disaster ridden shift to the A.I. everything universe. Given the enormous expenses in money and resources used in training, maintaining, and running A.I., economists are speculating on if the hype around A.I. is producing real value or inflating the world's biggest bubble based on rampant speculation. But that's not the confusing part. We also look at some simplified answers to some complicated questions from Google spokespeople who are usually clearer when muddying stuff up. Happily, our reports about the Helpful Content Update and decimation were apparently quite helpful. Some people still think it's Redditiculous how a Reddit expert's opinion can rank above that of a medical, legal, engineering, or other certifiable expert's opinion in search engine rankings. That might be because of the complex dimensions of credible information beyond the flat first one, credibility. Confused? We still are and you might be too but we still gotta sell soap." 🔥🔗 https://lnkd.in/gCecrPKn

For prospective colleagues joining the conversation framing the strategy thesis optimizing global licensed co-productions this same unit of production quality can be shot at 50% or less of costs excising unnecessary financing fees managing development with our partners @ Greenlit’s emerging digital contract / financial management producers operating system. Combined with A.I. supported project management software tools at the script writing + development level measuring softwares like Writers Room Pro, Storyblocker, + EOS One management software among other tools what we have effectively seen is a transition of the screenwriting + studio process much less finance negotiation + management + strategic partnership process reducible to being able to be managed from a lap top with a headset + cellphone coordinating with collaborators anywhere in the world which the unknown frontier of global licensed co-productions makes even more exciting developing at a more efficient unit cost while seeking to retain international rights building integrative marketing with strong seeding I.P. to monetize. Even more curious measuring tools like Unreal Engine stages blending with natural photography. To achieve this moderately scaling as I have been defending vigorous competition law enforcement must occur in the U.S. on anti trust cartel standards with imposing duties to deal to license in 30% of each of the Big 7 with the lack of vertical separation laws overlapping with joint E.U. / Eurasian oversight The legal opinion government intervention isn’t probable with the view of Lina Khan being removed from the FTC is highly misguided when you look at resources that have been installed for protecting franchises from unfair market conditions alone. Mergers + acquisitions there really aren’t claims against. Likewise in financial markets with blended fin tech models as with bitcoin / smart contracts mixing with angel / VC / high net worth / reg A deregulation works for us. I’m just stressing the existential threat ongoing with platform giants of dominance as with Amazon + it’s ad tech stack presiding over Amazon MGM Studios / Prime Video giving nothing back financially cutting its infrastructure off from licensing as is the same easily digested nature with Apple presiding over Apple Studios , the Netflix enterprise model, or Disney Plus with its subsidiaries. Buyers are still going to be selective so the story + team in your genre will have to be elite as always but allowing the incumbent exec management class to continue without collective legal reprisal is our own demise. More precisely also measure if you listened to Landgrafs psychology on the recent two part interview with The Town the issues with exec management diluting creative control with the synthesis of business are harmful to the ability to invest time / craft. The biggest hedge + entrepreneurial initiative of our industries times will be how we jointly organize factoring President Trumps DOGE + the new FTC

From Variety: Six days before the debut of “Shōgun” last February, John Landgraf was worried about the “Endless Scroll.” The “endless scroll” is not a talisman from “Shōgun” or an artifact of the Middle Ages but rather a symptom of our times. It refers to the never-ending stream of content that so many of us now have at our fingertips. When asked if he was worried viewers wouldn’t turn out for the most expensive production in the 30-year history of FX, Landgraf paused to think. Any butterflies he had about the show’s launch, he said finally, were wrapped up in his larger concern about the “endless scroll” effect that may be training us to have shorter and shorter attention spans. “You get 10, 15, maybe 25 seconds of somebody’s attention before they make a decision whether this is for them or not for them,” Landgraf said. “That’s the thing that I worry about most.” “The technologies enabled by computers and the internet are orders of magnitude bigger than almost any disruption we’ve ever seen, because they’re not just economic — they’re cognitive. They’re cultural,” Landgraf said. “They’re fundamentally transforming the way we live and the way we think and the way we learn.” Moreover, FX’s rebound started just when its parent company, The Walt Disney Company, needed some good news. “Shōgun” not only paid off on Disney’s considerable investment — estimated to be around $200 million for the production of Season 1 alone — but the show’s impact in the U.S. and key overseas territories helped quiet CEO Bob Iger’s critics as Disney’s stock price slumped. Beyond award-season bragging rights, the success of “Shogun” helped reinforce FX’s role as a content engine driving Disney’s adult #streaming strategy for Hulu and Disney+. “You couldn’t make ‘Shōgun’ for anything other than a global streaming platform. You need a global audience to amortize the cost,” Landgraf says. One indisputable result of the quickening pace of innovation is the increasing amount of global economic activity that revolves around engaging consumers in some form of #media — whether a #TV show or a TikTok feed or a live virtual concert staged within a Fortnite video game. Will the soft power of media eventually become the most valuable commodity of all? The global economy seems to think so. And that also really worries Landgraf, as the largest of what he calls the “trillion-dollar companies” move deeper into the business he knows best. “There’s something really strange in an economy where there are 500 companies in the S&P and seven of them account for 70% of the growth in the U.S. economy. That’s different,” he says, referring to the group of companies dubbed the “Magnificent Seven” by Wall Street: Apple, Alphabet Inc. (Google), Amazon, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Meta and Tesla. “I’m not making any value judgment on what they do or what they don’t do. But I can tell you, they’re not long-form storytelling companies,” he says. Disney Streaming