1st Edition

Beyond the Screen The Future of Television and Advertising

By Frank A. Aycock Copyright 2026
218 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

Written in an accessible style, this book explores the complex future of television, across its different industries, providing professional producers with key insights and pathways to adapt and prepare. By exploring traditional media industries, and how they have come to make up today’s streaming and broadcasting media world, the text provides a detailed discussion of the future of systems... Read more

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Where Have We Been, Where Are We Now, Where Are We Going?

 

PART I – THE FUTURE OF THE LINEAR MEDIA

Chapter 1:   The Future of the Broadcast Industry

Chapter 2:   The Future of the MVPD

 

PART II – THE FUTURE OF THE STREAMING MEDIA

Chapter 3:   The Future of Television Delivery Systems

Chapter 4:   The Future of Television Programming

Chapter 5:   The Future of Television Viewing

Chapter 6:   The Future of Cloud and A.I. Television

 

PART III – THE FUTURE OF TELEVISION MONETIZATION

Chapter 7:   The Future of Television Advertising

Chapter 8:   The Future of Product Placement

Chapter 9:   The Future of Television Content Search & Promotion

Chapter 10: The Future of U.S. Television in the Global Television Market

 

PART IV – THE FUTURE OF TELEVISION IN THE MID-21ST CENTURY AND BEYOND

Chapter 11: Final Thoughts and Future Visions

 

Notes

Biography

Frank A. Aycock, Ph.D., is in his 39th year as a professor of communication at Appalachian State University.  He received his doctorate in broadcasting from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in 1989. A former local television and radio broadcaster and a futurist, Dr. Aycock is keenly interested in the development of the television industries in light of the massive changes in technology and is a firm believer in the transformative power of the new television technologies. He is the author of three books, and has presented at numerous national and international conferences.  Dr. Aycock presented a TED talk at the 2013 TEDx Conference in Nagoya, Japan; has been an invited speaker at numerous conferences including NAB and CES conventions, and acdemic conferences including BEA conventions for the last 35 years, and was a keynote speaker at the 2013 Cloud Computing Conference – West as well as the 2014 International Conference on Broadcasting Media & Film Industry.