Digital technologies have already transformed all content genres, created new products, enabled new services and facilitated new business models. This trend will be accelerated in the second wave of digital market development.
NTT DoCoMo, Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) and Tata Sons Limited, the prime promoter for Tata companies including TTSL, have announced their agreement on a strategic alliance in India, under which DoCoMo will acquire 26% of TTSL for US$2.7 billion
Reiko Uchida, 13 November 2008
- Devices,
- On-Premise Software,
- Software as a Service,
- 'Wired' Services,
- Mobile Services,
- IP-TV Services,
- Financial Services,
- Social Networks,
- Virtual Worlds,
- Music,
- Sport,
- News,
- Film,
- Gaming,
- Education and Learning,
- User-Generated Content,
- Newspapers & Magazines,
- Books,
- Radio,
- Television,
- Travel
Telenor is paying over $1bn dollars to buy a majority stake in Indian mobile operator Unitech Wireless in spite of reservations from some of its shareholders. This puts Nordic region's largest telecom operator in competition with Vodafone in the growing Indian marketplace.
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Reiko Uchida, 01 November 2008
Warner Brothers Entertainment will release its films online in South Korea before they are released in the country on DVD, in a major break from the established Hollywood distribution model which could lead to a big increase in movie downloads. The film studio, which is part of Time Warner, has...
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Sarita Jones, 15 October 2008
The US Copyright Royalty Board has published its ruling which effectively imposes a truce between the demands of songwriters, music labels and digital music services by keeping royalties on CDs, music downloads, online streaming services and ringtones broadly unchanged. The ruling gives none of...
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Michelle Wong, 14 October 2008
MySpace has launched it music store at long last with all the major record labels on board but it will only be available in the US to start with. The focus of the store will be on full-length audio streaming, with music downloads provided by Amazon MP3, so the service is not really a direct...
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Sarita Jones, 25 September 2008