A Discussion with Authors Michael Smith and Rahul Telang led by Hollywood Reporter Senior Editor Eriq Gardner, hosted by TPI
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm – Discussion
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm – Reception
October 6, 2016
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
City Club of Washington
Columbia Square
555 13th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004
For the entertainment business, this period of unprecedented technological disruption has affected pricing, production, distribution, and piracy. To survive and succeed, the industry has to adapt rapidly and creatively. How can they discover who their customers are, what they want, and how much they are willing to pay? The bottom line: follow the data. In Streaming, Sharing, Stealing: Big Data and the Future of Entertainment, Michael Smith and Rahul Telang, experts on entertainment analytics, show how technological advances are changing the rules for entertainment industries.
Please join us for a discussion of the book with co-authors Smith, TPI Adjunct Fellow and Professor of Information Technology and Marketing at Carnegie Mellon University, and Telang, Professor of Information Systems at Carnegie Mellon’s Heinz College. Smith and Telang will discuss niche products and the long tail, product differentiation, price discrimination, and incentives for users not to steal content. The event will be moderated by Eriq Gardner, Senior Editor at The Hollywood Reporter and author at the THR Esq. blog.
Registration for the event can be performed online here.
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