Theologian and film maker Phil Cooke is working on a new book (see his other works here ) and recently asked on his blog “Will Christian media (particularly radio and TV) exist in 5-10 years? Will it look like it does today? Will it be effective? What will it look like?”
I posted my two cents on his blog comments:
I think Christian movies and music media we know now will exist in the net 5-10 years but will increasingly be dominated by the influence of secular-owned companies.
Hollywood, New York, and Nashville know there is an audience in the Evangelical market and they want to dominate it since it is one of the few larger segments that it pays well to target. I look for them to seek to dominate the Christian conference circuit further too.
Right now older media companies are using their higher production quality to attract believers. Some Christians will follow the mainstream media funded path until that eventually dries up. The media moguls don’t really like us, it’s just business to them.
I look for Christian independent media to proliferate in the years to come as some Christians follow the “Indie” trends seen in the general market now. I think the shape of Christian media will change and become more independent faster if believers get over their star-struck desire to be accepted by the mainstream media.
With such a large TV raised Boomer cohort heading into retirement, I think there will be TV, but it will be fed through Internet channels.
As far as I am concerned, I wish most of the TV would go away. :-)
Same goes for radio, I wonder if satellite radio will become more widespread.
What do you think will happen? Answer here
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