The Digital Revolution has swept across the world at a dramatic pace since 1997, and created a truly global marketplace. The areas where this impact has been felt the most are: connectivity and communications; creation of new communities; content creation, distribution and consumption; e-commerce, spanning the buying and selling of all goods and services, not just 'digital' products; advertising and marketing; and the behaviours and lifestyles of individuals and corporations across the world.
In spite of increasing consumption, the challenge of monetising online video content still remains as evidenced by the experience of YouTube and Hulu.
Arun Muthirulan, 10 March 2010
Innovation in the Indian IT-BPO services industry has come a long way and has reached a tipping point as illustrated by the recently announced NASSCOM awards. The number of nominated and shortlisted companies was much higher than the previous years and much wider scope and scale of innovations....
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Arun Muthirulan, 08 March 2010
Recovering markets in Europe and North America present fresh opportunities for Indian media and technology companies with global ambitions.
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Uday Phadke, 02 March 2010
The Media Industry is now in the throes of a dramatic crisis, which has been predicted (and ignored) many times but has now struck with a vengeance. The response of the media industry so far has been poor. Media companies need to re-shape their products and services, their business models, and...
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Uday Phadke, 09 December 2009
The global economy seems to have survived the economic slowdown triggered by the collapse of the credit boom-driven asset price bubble. There are still some fundamental weaknesses in the global financial system, that could make any potential international expansion unattractive. What should...
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Arun Muthirulan, 14 September 2009