All Business Strategy articles – Page 8
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NewsJohn Honeycutt joins Google Cloud unit
John Honeycutt has stepped down from his role as Discovery CTO to join the Google Cloud division as the new head of telecommunications, media and entertainment verticals.
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News
Facebook’s focus on Watch as profit hits $6.9bn
Facebook has posted record profit for the last three months of 2018, as the company reiterated its plans to take the social media giant’s Watch video offering into the mainstream.
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Thought Leadership
We can do it: Taking action and changing culture
With women remaining notably absent from this year’s Academy Awards nominations, it is of vital importance that the industry does more to attract and retain women, says Digital Orchard managing director Sam Margaritis.
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News
Apple CEO bets on video to drive revenue growth
Announcing its fiscal first quarter results for 2019 yesterday, Apple boss Tim Cook revealed “huge changes in customer behaviour” set to drive Apple’s strategy for the year ahead.
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Tech CEOs back new Digital Declaration
Ericsson, Sony, Verizon, IBM, Orange and Vodafone are among 40 technology bosses to declare responsible leadership in the digital era.
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UK tech firms reject no-deal Brexit
Some 51% of UK technology companies are in favour of a second referendum on Brexit, according to a survey conducted by Tech UK.
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Facebook set to invest $300m in journalism
Facebook has announced it will invest $300 million in news programmes, partnerships and content in a bid to combat fake news and support local news organisations.
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Industry Trends
2018 review: January to June
The first instalment of a two-part round-up of the main talking points of 2018 includes the battle for net neutrality, 5G advances at the Winter Olympics, the Premier League rights battle and a Facebook scandal that still haunts the social media giant.
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Thought Leadership
Challenging the status quo
Championing women who influence and drive change across the industry was pivotal to this years’ IBC conference strategy writes IBC Head of Event Content Jaisica Lapsiwala.
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Industry Trends
SMPTE announces new mission
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) revealed its new strategic plan at its Annual General Membership meeting yesterday in Los Angeles.
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Industry Trends
Animal Planet: Rebranding for a revolution
As well as overhauling its editorial offer and commissioning framework, Animal Planet is getting a change of identity, Global President Susanna Dinnage told the Wildscreen Festival this month.
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Industry Trends
Analysis: Why NEP acquired SIS Live
NEP’s latest acquisition, a deal for connectivity services firm SIS Live, was announced yesterday. And it’s unlikely to be the OB giant’s last, writes Adrian Pennington.
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Executive Interviews
Interview: Mike Darcey, M247
The TV industry is grappling with a ‘three-way profit squeeze’, which means many companies will not make as much money as they did in the past, warns veteran broadcasting executive Mike Darcey.
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Industry Trends
Analysis: Can OneWeb straddle the ‘Valley of Death’?
OneWeb has some hefty backers but how will the scheme to provide broadband coverage to millions cope with moving from idea to implementation?
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Executive Interviews
Breaking into banks for a living
Hacking banks is not a pastime you’d normally associate with a leading executive of a major telco. However, it’s part of the day job for Konstantinos Karagiannis at BT Americas.
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Industry Trends
IBC grows in scope, reach and diversity
IBC2018: Positioned at the centre of the changing media, entertainment and technology industry, IBC has confirmed visitor attendance of 55,884, across the six day event.
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Industry Trends
MTGx calls for brands to play eSports
IBC2018: Advertisers as well as TV and the sports production industry should wake up to the huge potential of eSports says MTGx CEO Arnd Benninghoff.
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Industry Trends
Technical innovation and excellence celebrated at IBC Awards
IBC2018: Awards presented to Eurosport, Medialaan, RTÉ, Econet Media, BBC R D as well as Sesame Street co-creator Joan Ganz Cooney
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Industry Trends
"We’re customer obsessed” says world’s fastest growing tech company
IBC2018: Reliance Jio has disrupted the Indian mobile market, adding a staggering 215m customers within 21 months of launch.
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Executive Interviews
Interview: David Kline, Viacom
The media business stalwart discusses the impact of 5G on content consumption, the economics of blockchain, and the long-term Viacom vision.
