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Chris Stokel-Walker is a British journalist and author who writes extensively on technology, media, and digital culture. His work has appeared in outlets such as The Guardian, Wired, and The Economist.
Known for: Streaming Wars
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Streaming Wars
Streaming Wars explores the fierce competition among major streaming platforms such as Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, and others. The book examines how these companies are reshaping the entertainment industry, changing consumer habits, and redefining the economics of media production and distribution.
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From Broadcast to Stream: How the Revolution Began
At the heart of the streaming revolution lies a simple idea: that viewers, not networks, should control what and when they watch. But making that idea possible required decades of experimentation. In *Streaming Wars*, I trace the lineage back to technologies like RealPlayer and YouTube, where early ...
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The Empire Strikes Stream: How Legacy Media Fought Back
By the late 2010s, the game changed again. The networks and studios that once dismissed streaming as a niche suddenly found their empires shrinking. Disney, WarnerMedia, NBCUniversal—all realized that licensing their crown jewels to Netflix had fueled the very dragon that threatened them. Disney’s d...
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About Chris Stokel-Walker
Chris Stokel-Walker is a British journalist and author who writes extensively on technology, media, and digital culture. His work has appeared in outlets such as The Guardian, Wired, and The Economist.
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