HBO plans to go D2C in Spain. The report interestingly states “The broadcaster will retain the exclusive rights to its shows for its streaming service and will no longer license its programming to payTV services in the country, according to a report in Bloomberg, citing HBO CEO Richard Plepler.” The decision to jump the line & reach consumers directly would necessitate support […]
A conversation during an interview for a Product Manager Imagine a conversation between the Head of Product (HoP) and a candidate interviewing for a product manager position in his team. HoP: You need a build a feature which allows users to do <a specific task with the product>. How would you go about it? Candidate: First figure how the user […]
Following up on the previous one. Having laid out the content value chain, I pointed to the demand side indication that – availability of content has made discovery a problem worth solving. A quick glance at each of them below. Content Creation Premium content makers like Disney and Discovery Communications have taken a leap towards Direct to Consumer […]
That is a million dollar question. Unless if you are extremely opinionated on what you like to watch! The internet and other rapidly evolving technologies have drastically lowered the barriers of content creation and distribution. This has resulted in an explosion of content for consumption. Content creators like Studios now compete with likes of Netflix and niche artists […]
After two back to back events, IFA at Berlin and IBC at Amsterdam, its finally good to get back home. These are two places where you would expect a lot to happen in the consumer electronics space and the closely related content-space. I took the opportunity to attend a few conferences this time at IBC […]
Flipkart, the leading Indian eCommerce company recently launched its own brand of Android Tablet devices, starting with a Digiflip Pro XT712. Flipkart claims that this step will take it closer to building an eCommerce eco-system. But, with the low price positioning of this device in an already crowded tablet & smartphone market – does this […]
Yves Morieux claims ‘Simplification’ is the key to many leaders’ problems. Look for ‘interplay’ between organizational teams & refrain from creating more ‘boxes’. An energetic talk! [ted id=1911]
Coopetition (Cooperation + Competition) has been an aggressively researched topic in the recent past. I was introduced to this term only during my studies at HEC Paris and while I read this interesting article – ‘Coopetition based business models‘ it brought a few more thoughts to my mind. This piece on strategy-business.com puts forth various perspectives about Coopetition based […]
Interesting perspective into “What it takes to be a great leader” by Roselinde Torres [ted id=1930] Are prepared to anticipate change? Do you attempt to diversify your network? Are you courageous to abandon the past?
If This blog entry is to be believed, Samsung’s next flagship release – the Galaxy S5 should come with a faster chipset, fingerprint scanner, metal case, super high resolution display, and a higher resolution camera. Is this a case of sustaining innovation trap that large firms should be careful about? Though Samsung is doing its […]
