Hollywood’s “Found Money” Moment: Studios Selling Content to Train AI | Next TMT Talks

What if Hollywood’s biggest new revenue stream wasn’t streaming — but AI training data?

In this episode of Next TMT Talks, hosts David Bloom and Daniel Frankel are joined by Chris Keevill, CEO of Versos AI, to explain how studios are monetizing their archives by licensing video libraries to train large language and “world” models — a business that barely existed a year ago but is already generating tens of millions in new revenue

The discussion expands into the broader media landscape, from Paramount’s merger fallout to AI ethics battles, cable consolidation, and the changing economics of entertainment.

🔎 Topics Covered

• How CuriosityStream unlocked ~$90M licensing content for AI training

• Why studios’ old libraries suddenly have new value

• How Versos AI structures and tags video for model training

• The rise of “world models” and why AI needs massive video datasets

• Paramount–Skydance fallout and streaming consolidation impacts

• Charter renaming itself Cox — and cable’s identity crisis

• Streaming maturity and the decline of linear-only households

• Anthropic vs OpenAI and the politics of AI regulation

• Why media companies must become AI-empowered businesses

Next TMT Talks explores the intersection of media, technology, telecom, streaming, and AI — delivering insider conversations for executives, creators, and industry observers.

Guest: Chris Keevil, CEO, Versos.AI