Monday, September 26, 2016
Friday, September 23, 2016
How tech stole the show at fashion week
https://www.theguardian.com/media-network/2016/sep/23/tech-fashion-week-burberry-tommy-hilfiger-virtual-reality
‘See-now, buy-now’ and virtual reality are in vogue as brands seek to engage with consumers beyond the catwalk
‘See-now, buy-now’ and virtual reality are in vogue as brands seek to engage with consumers beyond the catwalk
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
The Scientists Who Make Apps Addictive
https://www.1843magazine.com/features/the-scientists-who-make-apps-addictive
“There are people who worry about ai [artificial intelligence],” Harris said. “They ask whether we can maximise its potential without harming human interests. But ai is already here. It’s called the internet. We’ve unleashed this black box which is always developing new ways to persuade us to do things, by moving us from one trance to the next.”
https://www.1843magazine.com/culture/box-baron
Since the start of 2015, FX has been host to the most critically acclaimed limited series (“Fargo”), the most acclaimed serial drama (“The Americans”), one of the most critically acclaimed comedies (“Louie”) and a highly praised and popular phenomenon (“The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”). According to scores from Metacritic, a website that aggregates critics’ reviews, FX at the moment is better than every one of the big names: cable outlets such as HBO, Showtime and AMC – the network of “Breaking Bad” and “Mad Men” – as well as the video-streaming services, Netflix and Amazon. In July FX won more Emmy nominations than Netflix. In August it was the biggest winner at the Television Critics Association awards.
Friday, September 16, 2016
Friday, August 19, 2016
The future of television - Streaming on screens near you
http://www.economist.com/news/business/21705353-can-netflix-stay-atop-new-broadband-based-television-ecosystem-it-helped-create-streaming
Some years hence, Mr Hastings envisages a future in which the main networks are Netflix, Amazon, YouTube, HBO, assorted sports networks and only a very few existing channels that are able to thrive on the internet, including the BBC (which has its online iPlayer and a captive subscriber base thanks to Britain’s licence fee). Live sports will be delivered online in ultra-high definition. Scripted television could become still more cinematic and expensive. HBO’s “Game of Thrones” costs around $10m an hour to make. Baz Luhrmann’s “The Get Down”, six episodes of which were released on Netflix on August 12th, cost roughly the same (see article). “What does $20m-an-hour television look like?” Mr Hastings muses. Whether it is Netflix or one of its rivals that casts caution to the wind and splurges the cash will hardly occupy viewers’ minds as they lower the blinds and prepare to binge.
Some years hence, Mr Hastings envisages a future in which the main networks are Netflix, Amazon, YouTube, HBO, assorted sports networks and only a very few existing channels that are able to thrive on the internet, including the BBC (which has its online iPlayer and a captive subscriber base thanks to Britain’s licence fee). Live sports will be delivered online in ultra-high definition. Scripted television could become still more cinematic and expensive. HBO’s “Game of Thrones” costs around $10m an hour to make. Baz Luhrmann’s “The Get Down”, six episodes of which were released on Netflix on August 12th, cost roughly the same (see article). “What does $20m-an-hour television look like?” Mr Hastings muses. Whether it is Netflix or one of its rivals that casts caution to the wind and splurges the cash will hardly occupy viewers’ minds as they lower the blinds and prepare to binge.
Friday, August 5, 2016
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
How technology disrupted the truth
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jul/12/how-technology-disrupted-the-truth
“Social media hasn’t just swallowed journalism, it has swallowed everything. It has swallowed political campaigns, banking systems, personal histories, the leisure industry, retail, even government and security.”
“Social media hasn’t just swallowed journalism, it has swallowed everything. It has swallowed political campaigns, banking systems, personal histories, the leisure industry, retail, even government and security.”
Saturday, July 16, 2016
The future of television
http://www.economist.com/news/business/21702177-television-last-having-its-digital-revolution-moment-cutting-cord
The winners and survivors will be media companies who provide the most “must-see” TV and the fewest unwanted channels. Coveted content will still be king, as seen in the recent sale of a niche martial-arts league for $4 billion. Cable firms can still earn their keep selling broadband internet and, perhaps, streaming services.
The winners and survivors will be media companies who provide the most “must-see” TV and the fewest unwanted channels. Coveted content will still be king, as seen in the recent sale of a niche martial-arts league for $4 billion. Cable firms can still earn their keep selling broadband internet and, perhaps, streaming services.
Smaller rivals are assaulting the world’s biggest brands
http://www.economist.com/news/business/21701798-smaller-rivals-are-assaulting-worlds-biggest-brands-invasion-bottle-snatchers
THEY make some of the world’s best-loved products. Their logos are instantly recognisable, their advertising jingles seared in shoppers’ brains. For investors, they promise steady returns in turbulent times. They seem to be getting ever bigger: on June 30th Mondelez International made a $23 billion bid for Hershey to create the world’s biggest confectioner; and on July 7th Danone, the world’s largest yogurt maker, agreed to buy WhiteWave Foods, a natural-food group, for $12.5 billion. Yet trouble lurks for the giants in consumer packaged goods (CPG), which also include firms such as General Mills, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. As one executive admits in a moment of candour, “We’re kind of fucked.”
THEY make some of the world’s best-loved products. Their logos are instantly recognisable, their advertising jingles seared in shoppers’ brains. For investors, they promise steady returns in turbulent times. They seem to be getting ever bigger: on June 30th Mondelez International made a $23 billion bid for Hershey to create the world’s biggest confectioner; and on July 7th Danone, the world’s largest yogurt maker, agreed to buy WhiteWave Foods, a natural-food group, for $12.5 billion. Yet trouble lurks for the giants in consumer packaged goods (CPG), which also include firms such as General Mills, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. As one executive admits in a moment of candour, “We’re kind of fucked.”
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