Posted on January 23, 2009 by Jason Heller
Over the last 5 years or so I have been keeping an eye on the growth of the internet is international markets, particularly in Asia. comScore issued a press release today that sums it up quite well. First, as of December 2008 the internet reaches over 1 billion people globally. The majority (41%) of the [...]
Filed under: BRIC, China, Social Media, Society & Culture, The Marketing Industry, Trends | Tagged: BRIC, China, Chinese Internet, Global Expansion, International Marketing | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 8, 2008 by Jason Heller
This video was bubbling around the web a bit recently, although apparently it all stems back to a research presentation compiled originally by Karl Fisch, the Director of Technology for Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado. It has since been remixed, enhanced, redesigned and used for many purposes including a recent Sony BMG executive meeting in Rome. [...]
Filed under: China, Society & Culture, Trends | Tagged: SONY BMG Rome, Did You Know?, Shift Happens, Karl Fisch, Arapahoe High School | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 14, 2008 by Jason Heller
What does it mean that China is about to surpass the US in the number of broadband connections? Furthermore, what does it mean that the Chinese government still exerts a level of control over the content and communication that occurs online in China?
Broadband Connections
The technology driven aspects of the US economy have been predicated on [...]
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Posted on August 17, 2008 by Jason Heller
I could have easily titled this post “A tale of two platforms – the old and the new”…
Have you been following the online Olympics buzz? NBC has been incredibly restrictive about where & when their 2,200 hours of video content will live online. To make matters more interesting, the video player on NBCOlympics.com requires Microsoft’s [...]
Filed under: China, Content, Digital Entertainment, Digital Video, Emerging Media, Social Media, Society & Culture, TV, The Marketing Industry, Trends, Web2.0 | Tagged: Facebook, NBC, NBCOlympics.com, Olympics, Online video, Video | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 13, 2008 by Jason Heller
I guess you can just file this one under interesting, unless you are actively marketing in China…
A had to do a double take when I first read the MediaPost headline last week – “China’s Youku Approaches YouTube Territory, Surpasses 100 Million Daily Mark“. In one year the site went from zero to 12 million users [...]
Filed under: China, Digital Video, Emerging Media, Social Media, Society & Culture, Web2.0 | Tagged: China, Video Sharing, Youku.com, YouTube | 1 Comment »
