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Bloomberg Screentime Puts AI Pay, Netflix Growth and Live Events at Center of Entertainment Debate

October 1, 2026 at 20:06 EDT

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Bloomberg Screentime returned to Los Angeles with artificial intelligence, streaming growth and new entertainment dealmaking at the center of the industry conversation. The two-day event, held September 30 to October 1, 2026, at Nya Studios, brought together executives and creators including Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos and Suno co-founder and CEO Mikey Shulman as Hollywood weighs how AI tools, live programming and creator economics will reshape entertainment.

Oct. 1, 2026 · Entertainment AI

AI moves to the center of show business

Industry leaders used a two-day Los Angeles forum to debate how generative tools, live events and licensing deals will reshape entertainment economics.

days of programming

31.4M

WBC viewers in Japan

Suno paid subscribers

$300M

Suno annual recurring revenue

Live events as the engagement test

Two Netflix live-event figures show why streamers are testing sports and music as growth tools.

31.4M

WBC viewers

18.4M

BTS live viewers

Each block represents roughly 3.14 million viewers.

The upside case

AI tools can lower production barriers, speed early creative work and open media creation to more users.

The hard question

Consent, attribution, revenue sharing and catalog access remain unresolved for many creators and rights holders.

The emerging entertainment-AI loop

Licensed inputs

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AI creation tools

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Distribution

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Creator payment

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