Digital Agility Now

Digital Leadership Study Series from EY’s Global Technology Center and Global Media & Entertainment Center Report No. 1 Digital agility no Creating a highelocity media and entertainment organiation in the age of transformatie technology

“ Mobile-social-cloud and big “ Media and entertainment data analytics technologies companies no longer lie in a are game-changers for M&E world where eerything lies companies. Together these in ‘their’ world. t’s a connected technologies can help the M&E ecosystem with consumer ‘digital leaders’ who broke technology leading the way.” ahead of the pack in the early stages of the digital era to etend their adantages. They also offer a new opportunity for those who fell behind to adapt uickly and catch up.” John Nendick Pat Hyek Global Media & Entertainment Leader and Global Technology Industry Leader Americas Media & Entertainment Leader EY EY rapidly evolving 

Contents 4 ­erie of the Digital Leadership Study Series 6 Digital is rapidly transforming media and entertainment 9 Digital leaders forge the agility ision 18 Creating agility and enabling a culture of innoation 21 Case studies€ deeloping agile organiations Foursuare’s startup culture etfli’s fleible approach poti­y’s suads and tribes 23 Competing for people and s‚ills in a fastchanging enironment 26 Enabling technology tools for agile organiations 31 ­utloo‚€ Insights ­rom our Agility Inde ƒc‚noledgments 33 Source notes 34 Contacts

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and distributors• product li­e cycles as their secondary segment€ i­ anyŠ are radically compressing• traditional business and distribution models Figure 1: Žespondents by continue to trans­orm• and customer demands are shi­tingŠ Companies industry segment must pursue organiœational agility€ i­ they are to respond competitivelyŠ Enabling 12% technology 8% To better understand the comple ­or eample€ is that ™ž” o­ M&E companies Social networking/ 11% challenges M&E companies ­ace as they see the potential o­ smart mobility to drive social media 12% Music 12% seeŒ to master mobilesocialcloud and big revenue gro‚th over the net ‡–‰ years€ 4% data analytics technologies€ EY enlisted but only ‡ˆ” have secondgeneration Interactive gaming 12% ¡ 6% ƒ­ord Economics to survey eecutives mobile technology deployments ­or ne‚ Publishing and 12% ­rom more than „„… M&E and technology product and service development — ‚hich€ information services 10% Broadcast and 12% companies across the globeŠ Že combined in the contet o­ M&E€ o­ course€ means ne‚ cable networks 5% the survey data ‚ith intervie‚s o­ selected content€ so­t‚are or intellectual property ˜I£šŠ Filmed entertainment 12% 8% eecutives€ secondary research and our Advertising and 12% o‚n analysisŠ Že’re sharing the results in ƒur study uncovered five Œey areas ‚here measurement 8% a series o­ five indepth reports€ o­ ‚hich M&E companies must actively rethinŒ their Primary industry Secondary industry this is the firstŠ ‘ere are a ­e‚ topline strategies as they undergo their digital Figure 2: Žespondents by country data points’ more than “„” o­ all survey trans­ormations ˜see Figure ‰€ page „š’ headŒuarters respondents are engaged in digital trans­ormation• their top strategic priority • The comple‡ challenges of the digital is “creating a culture o­ innovation” era ill demand that M&E companies ROW US ˜„™”š• and their top digital trans­ormation become more agileˆ As technologies€ 14% 20% challenge is “coping ‚ith 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deployments that incorporate lessons learned ¡ † ­rom initial deployments and go beyond to achieve more advanced ­unctionalityŠ

content to attract smartphone users€ products and services€ reanimate eisting “dentifying digital leaders M&E companies ‚ill be ­orced to thinŒ ones€ and reimagine business models about — and manage — more risŒ in ne‚ to o­­set declines in traditional revenue Among the more than „…… global ‚aysŠ ome ™¥” o­ all respondents say channelsŠ In a ‚orld ‚here so many respondents to our survey€ ‚e identified they are investing in digital sta­­ ­aster than customers epect their digital products and and categoriœed ™“ companies as digital digital revenue is gro‚ing€ and „…” say services to be ­ree€ a more complicated leaders based on certain criteriaŠ In they can accept shortterm revenue losses ‚eb o­ revenuegenerating e­­orts has these companies’ as they move up the digital learning curveŠ emerged€ including micropayments and ƒ­ course€ that means another „…” are ­reemium contentŠ All respondents indicate • ¦igital revenue already eceeds „…” reluctant to accept that tradeo­­€ ‚hich that “personaliœation” ˜™¥”š€ “anytime€ o­ their company revenueŠ suggests a di­­erent risŒ€ that o­ ­alling any‚here access” ˜™‰”š and “creating • Customer profile data is integrated behind othersŠ uniue content” ˜™ˆ”š ‚ill be the Œeys across at least t‚o channelsŠ that ensure customers pay ­or digital • econdgeneration or better solutions • Transformatie technologies such as products and services in the ­utureŠ are in place in at least t‚o o­ ­our Œey smart mobility‰ social netor‚ing‰ technologies ˜smart mobility€ social cloud computing and big data analytics • Technology and M&E companies can media€ big data analytics and cloud offer M&E companies unprecedented partner more closely ith one another to computingš to increase revenue or opportunities to meet their customers meet the digital challenges‰ but develop ne‚ products or servicesŠ hereer they areˆ £ersonaliœation is they need to better understand the a Œey trend in the digital ­utureŠ These “disconnects” that separate themˆ Žhile These digital leaders tend to have ne‚ technologies can o­­er M&E ­ar technology companies can help M&E di­­erent characteristics than all other more granular and nuanced insights into companies climb the digital learning curve€ survey respondentsŠ They are’ the pre­erences and behavior o­ their especially in the areas o­ cloud computing audiences — insights that can be used and data analytics€ many M&E companies • More li‚ely to hae been in business to refine eisting products and services€ are reluctant to seeŒ partnerships ‚ith longer™ ™‡” o­ digital leaders have create ne‚ ones and e­­ectively ensure that outside companiesŠ For eample€ ™¥” o­ been in business more than ˆ… years€ customers see your content ˜or access all respondents insist on inhouse sŒills compared ‚ith „‰” ­or all other their content over your net‚orŒšŠ ›ut only to process€ collect and analyœe data€ but respondentsŠ about ‡…” o­ all companies responding ¥ˆ” say they are not yet obtaining any • ƒre more enthusiastic about the have gone beyond studying and piloting insights and ‰¥” say that developing a potential of smart mobility to or initially deploying these technologies to data strategy to ensure the right people generate significant revenue over secondgeneration deployments that build get the right data so they can act on it is the net ‡‰ years versus all other on their initial eperiencesŠ a big obstacle to achieving their big data respondents ˜ž‰” versus ™¨”šŠ analytics goalsŠ • •ot necessarily ery large companiesŠ • M&E companies recognie that they must In ­act€ ¥ˆ” o­ digital leaders have accelerate digital product and serice This paper ­ocuses on the first o­ the revenues bet‚een ©„……m and ©ˆbŠ deelopment or face the possibility that five Œey areas’ ho‚ M&E companies are digitalsay leaders ill get there first reorganiœing to become more adaptive and usurp their mar‚etsˆ There­ore€ and responsive to shi­ting marŒetplace nnua igita  M&E companies must rapidly create ne‚ opportunities and risŒsŠ reenue eader other Figure 3: Media and entertainment transformation frameor‚ ©‡„m–©¥““m ‡“” ‰¥” ©„……m–©“““m ¥ˆ” ‰‡” ©ˆb–©„b ‡…” ‡„” n C o u i t C s ˆ…” “” a o t ª©„b z n o i Content t m n Vision e a y n e g t discovery t r r i l c i u O g r A a t ote’ our revie‚ o­ the digital leaders’ survey Targeting and i o n Culture engagement responses o­ten yielded additional valuable insightsŠ There­ore€ throughout this report ‚e ‚ill re­er to Enabling Customization/ three di­­erent types o­ responses€ as appropriate’ tools Cloud personalization • All survey respondents Social Data • ¦igital leaders Product Mobile Pace of • All others ˜all survey respondents minus the development investment digital leadersš Relationships/ th M Distribution partnerships ow r B one g g usin tiza Payment Risk agin egy es tio models an at s m n M Str ode l ource’ EY analysis€ ‡…ˆ‰Š š

¦igital is rapidly trans­orming “ ring your own deice media and entertainment has translated into  ­ software€ which has translated into  ­ data. “Every day we’re playing three-dimensional chess.” ‚onsumer technology o said an M&E eecutive ‚ith ‚hom ‚e discussed our researchŠ is transforming how M&E ‘e ‚as commenting on the incredible speed ‚ith ‚hich digital companies produce€ technologies continue to change M&E content€ marŒeting€ distribution€ distribute€ track and business models€ supporting in­rastructure and organiœational monetiƒe their content structure — even no‚€ t‚o decades into the age o­ digitiœationŠ and „.” ark orao Global Media & Entertainment ƒdisory Serices Leader The speed o­ that technologyenabled change o M&E companies are rethinŒing the EY is still accelerating€ ‚hile average revenue o­ very structure o­ their organiœations to M&E companies is poised to cross the „…” improve agilityŠ They are embracing ne‚ marŒ ­rom ma«ority traditional to ma«ority and emerging technologies to support digitalŠ ƒur research sho‚s that revenue organiœational structures that enable a ­rom digital is epected to average ¥¨” o­ nimble response to rapid shi­ts in customer all respondents’ revenue in ‡…ˆ‰€ and gro‚ demand• that let them uicŒly seiœe emerging to „¨” by ‡…ˆ„ — maŒing digital the primary opportunities• that flatten hierarchies source o­ revenue ­or M&E companiesŠ and eliminate silos• and that accept risŒŠ These companies are also shi­ting ­rom Mean‚hile€ M&E consumers are continuously “maŒe and sell” to “sense and respond” Among all respondents assimilating ne‚ smart mobility or social business models€ as technology enables media technologies ˜thinŒ€ ­or eample€ them to get closer than ever be­ore to o­ the sudden initial rise o­ tablets and the their customersŠ šœž of subseuent rapid success o­ subžinch tabletsš€ ‚ith conseuent changes in their media consumption behaviorŠ ome even topline become doityoursel­ producers o­ their o‚n ne‚s€ music€ videos and gamesŠ Mean‚hile€ —ey characteristics of agile M&E unprecedented insights into customer tastes companies include€ reenue and behavior patterns are a­­orded to M&E companies by those same technologies€ • Advanced social listening programs ‚ill be derived ­rom acting in concert ‚ith others such as cloud to Œeep on top o­ changing computing and big data analyticsŠ customer sentiment digital channels by • Leadingedge analytics that identi­y — Že believe this landscape o­ ­astchanging in realtime — ne‚ customer ‡…ˆ„ — up ­rom ¥¨” compleity is ‚hy all respondents’ top serving opportunities o­ revenue todayŠ strategic priority ­or digital trans­ormation • ‹apid resource or ne‚ product is “creating a culture o­ innovationŠ” This deployment in response to those ‚as chosen by ™¥” o­ digital leaders and opportunities „¥” o­ all others ˜see Figure ˆ¥€ page ˆžšŠ • Cloudbased in­rastructure ˜‚here ƒnly a true culture o­ innovation ‚ill yield appropriateš to enable lo‚errisŒ the steady stream o­ ne‚ ideas ­or products rapid deployment and scalability and services€ business models€ distribution€ as conditions change etcŠ€ reuired by M&E’s constant state o­ • The ability to “­ail ­or‚ard€” ­ast — technologyinduced changeŠ iŠeŠ€ learn ­rom inevitable missteps€ fi them rapidly and move on ›ut a steady stream o­ brilliantly innovative ideas demands an etraordinarily agile organiœation to bring them to marŒetŠ ›

›Ÿž of all respondents say smart mobility ‚ill “moderately” or “substantially” drive revenue gro‚th in the net ‡–‰ yearsŠ In terms o­ the ability to “­ail ­or‚ard€” ­ast€ ƒther M&E industry segments ­eel the etfli’s acŒno‚ledged mid‡…ˆˆ misstep — pressure to adapt to rapidly changing “ ­nly the most agile M&E and agile response — is destined to become customer demands «ust as pro­oundlyŠ organiƒations will be able to a tetbooŒ case studyŠ Announcing a ™…” “It’s no longer good enough to identi­y a keep up with the etraordinary price increase ­or a combined ¦¬¦ rental problem at “ aŠmŠ€ and have it fied at the pace of technology change.” and streaming video service ˜as a prelude to end o­ the business day€” says icŒ Earl€ splitting the t‚o into separate businessesš enior ¬ice £resident ­or games publisher ­uy €anger initially cost the company ž……€……… Electronic ArtsŠ “In the mobile ‚orld€ i­ you Deputy and ƒmericas subscribers and ž‰” o­ its share priceŠ CEƒ discover the problem at “’……€ you need to Technology “ndustry Leader ‹eed ‘astings uicŒly apologiœed€ on his fi the problem by “’…„ and have it ready EY blog• the company responded by electing not to go into the field at “’ˆ…Š That’s «ust to separate the businesses€ but it did Œeep ho‚ it ‚orŒs no‚Š” the pricingŠ ubscriber and share price gro‚th returnedŠ As o­ its ‡…ˆ‰ first uarter€ etfli’s subscriber numbers matched ‘›ƒ’s€ the most ‚atched cable net‚orŒ in the § € and its share price had more than uadrupled ˆ€‡ ­rom its ‡…ˆ‡ lo‚Š The ­ollo‚ing sections o­ this report ‚ill eplore insights ­rom our research about the role o­ technology in enabling agile M&E organiœationsŠ The sections are€ • ¦igital leaders ­orge the agility vision • Creating agility and enabling a culture o­ innovation • Competing ­or people and sŒills in a ­astchanging environment • Enabling technology tools ­or agile organiœations • An ƒutlooŒ section that includes our Agility Inde identi­ying those industry segments displaying the most€ and least€ agility ˜see Figure ‡‰€ page ‰‡š œ

­pportunities for technology companies ­pportunities for M&E companies In a turbulent marŒetplace ‚here agility is critical€ M&E customers are taŒing evermore control over their M&E companies must rapidly develop and roll out ne‚ media habits€ becoming their o‚n “editorsinchie­Š” technology tools to meet the increasingly changing And they are getting more in­ormation ‚ith ‚hich to dynamics o­ their audiencesŠ Žhat are the opportunities in­orm their choices€ ‚hile media consumption devices ­or technology companies to help M&E companies proli­erate in unprecedented numbers — both inhome become more nimble® and mobileŠ Thus€ the imperative ­or a clear vie‚ o­ customers and the marŒet has never been greaterŠ e‚ ¡uestions to consider€ technologies are enabling M&E companies to rethinŒ and • ‘o‚ ‚ell does your company understand the uniue retool€ to be more agile and more responsive€ and to challenges ­acing M&E companies€ and the nuances o­ allocate sŒills and resources accordinglyŠ each sector® • ¦oes your company have the capabilities to rapidly ¡uestions to consider€ deploy o­­erings and assist M&E companies in a dynamic • To ‚hat etent does your approach to investment in anytime€ any‚here digital marŒet® ne‚ technologies reflect business as usual versus the • ‘o‚ ‚ell can your company help M&E companies opportunity to maŒe cultural and operational changes integrate mobilesocialcloud and big data analytics to your organiœation® technologies® • Are your relationships ‚ith technology providers • ¦oes your company o­­er coste­­ective and fleible tools collaborative® ¦o you ‚orŒ together to better to help clients better understand customer interactions understand ho‚ mobilesocialcloud and big data across all channels ˜digital and physicalš® analytics technologies can enable your business • Žhat assurances ˜eŠgŠ€ privacy€ securityš can your ˜versus procuring o­­theshel­ solutionsš® company o­­er M&E companies that cloudbased • In ‚hat ‚ays is your company using technology to alternatives ­or hosting content and big data can be capture in­ormation that helps you better understand su­ficiently fleible and reliable€ yet o­­er the control your customers’ ‚ants® The competitive landscape® • M&E companies demand® ‘o‚ have you used technology to breaŒ do‚n traditional organiœational silos€ thereby ensuring you can deploy the best available resources ‚hen you identi­y an opportnity® Ÿ

¦igital leaders ­orge the agility vision ›ecause it is the leaders in an industry ‚ho define the ‚inning vision€ ‚e looŒed closely at the survey results o­ our digital leadersŠ Že ­ound a group ‚ith great conviction Figure 4: £o ill digital technologies ¤mobilesocialcloud and big data analytics¥ that smart mobilesocialcloud and big affect your reenue oer the ne‡t  years…¦ data analytics technologies ‚ould drive revenue gro‚th ˜see Figure ¥š€ as ‚ell as an increased emphasis on social and Mobile technology 28% 55% cloud technologies ‚ithin and across their 34% 33% o‚n organiœationsŠ Že also discovered the leaders ‚ere much more ­ocused on ne‚ product development than evolving eisting Cloud computing 29% 48% products and services€ and more concerned over evershortening product li­e cycles 34% 28% than everyone else ˜see Figure „šŠ Big data analytics 45% 28% In other ‚ords€ the digital leaders recogniœe that ne‚ technologies are altering 37% 19% customer behaviors and trans­orming marŒet opportunities at ‚arp speedŠ They 45% 25% realiœe they must build more agile€ nimble Social networking organiœations to meet the challenge o­ 39% 17% serving such a ­astmoving marŒetŠ And so they are looŒing ­or the most e­­ective Moderately (digital leaders) Substantially (digital leaders) technologies to deploy ‚ithin their companies to enable customerdriven Moderately (all others) Substantially (all others) course corrections that are both rapid and ¡£ercentages sho‚n represent respondents ‚ho chose “moderately increase” or “substantially increaseŠ” adaptive€ and to support smarter — and much ­aster — management decisionsŠ Figure ‚: „hat are the ‚ey challenges your company faces in its digital transformation…¦ Implementing this vision o­ an agile ¤Select the top three) organiœation constantly delivering ne‚ products and services to match the rapid evolution o­ customer tastes and habits is Shortening life cycle of 42% a tall orderŠ Conseuently€ our research our products/services 28% reveals gaps bet‚een the vision and its eecution€ even among the leaders and Operating in new 38% certainly among the restŠ geographic markets 32% Incorporating new digital 38% technologies into our products and systems 26% Coping with new digital 32% business models 40% Increasing competition 26% from firms with superior digital capabilities 32% Digital leaders All others ¡£ercentages sho‚n represent respondents ‚ho ranŒed each choice first€ second or thirdŠ ¢

CT­s ¤†ž¥ and CE­s ¤ ž¥ have the most responsibility ­or digital vision and strategyŠ ƒ„… or ƒ†… “oˆn” digita iion ›ut it is the prevalence o­ CEƒs taŒing direct and trategy responsibility ­or digital vision¯strategy It is a testament to the critical importance that is most notableŠ It correlates to o­ digital trans­ormation that companies’ the organiœation‚ide cultural change CEƒs ‚ere named as responsible ­or the that is reuired ­or success in digital digital vision and strategy almost as o­ten trans­ormation ˜discussed in the net as chie­ technology o­ficers ˜CTƒsš — ‡‰” sectionš€ because such ‚idespread change versus ‡¥” ˜see Figure ™šŠ And among typically is not possible unless it is led ­rom€ digital leaders€ in ­act€ CEƒs and CTƒs ‚ere or vigorously supported by€ the topŠ tied€ at ‡™” eachŠ Another ˆ‡” o­ digital leaders give the responsibility to a chie­ digital o­ficer ˜C¦ƒš and ˆˆ” to their chie­ in­ormation o­ficer ˜CIƒšŠ Figure 6: „ho is responsible for the digital technology ision and strategy ithin your company…¦ ¤ƒll respondents¥ Function †ota Advertising Film ›roadcast £ublishing and Gaming Music ocial media Technology in­ormation services CTƒ or ¬£ Technology ‡¥” ˆ™” ‰…” ‡ž” ‡ž” ‡…” ˆ¨” ‡„” ‡ž” CEƒ€ £resident€ or ¬£ ‡‰” ‡‰” ‡ˆ” ˆ“” ‡ˆ” ‰„” ‡ž” ‡‡” ˆ¨” C¦ƒ or ¬£ ¦igital ˆ‡” ˆ™” ˆ…” ˆ¨” ˆˆ” ˆ¥” ™” ˆ¥” ™” CIƒ or ¬£ IT ˆˆ” ¥” ˆ…” ¨” ˆˆ” ˆ…” ‡…” ˆ‰” ˆ¨” CFƒ or ¬£ Finance ž” ˆ™” “” ¨” ‰” ‰” ˆˆ” ™” ˆ…” CMƒ or ¬£ MarŒeting ™” ˆˆ” ¨” ˆ” ˆ…” …” „” ™” ™” Cƒƒ or ¬£ ƒperations ¥” ˆ…” ˆ” ‰” ¨” ‰” ™” ‡” ‰” C ƒ or ‘ead o­ ›usiness trategy ¥” ‰” ¥” ¨” ™” ‰” ‡” ‰” ¥” ¡£ercentages sum to less than ˆ…… because “other” and several verylo‚scoring choices ‚ere not includedŠ §¨

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Clearly€ M&E companies understand that pattern remained the same and “ Today’s workforce is also smart mobility o­­ers ne‚ ‚ays to deliver the percentage that has gone beyond personaliœed content that is constantly firstgeneration deployments is consistent’ today’s digital consumer — re­reshed and even “in the momentŠ” ­or marŒeting and product and service their media eperience is onetheless€ even some leading media development€ ‡ˆ”• ­or revenue optimiœation€ across multiple deices — companies ‚ere surprised by ho‚ rapidly ˆ¨”• ­or research€ ˆ™”• ­or employee it’s social. They epect their their audience migrated to the smartphone engagement¯communication€ ˆ„”• and and adopted it in a variety o­ innovative ­or customer engagement€ ˆ‡”Š organiƒation to mirror this — ‚aysŠ Tim Žestergren€ Founder and Chie­ and uickly.” trategy ƒ­ficer o­ the music service ¦igital leaders appear to have accurately £andora€ eplains’ “The smartphone ‚as the anticipated the rapid transition to mobile artyn €hiter biggest surprise ­or usŠ ƒnce the smartphone enabled content and are prepared to respond Media & Entertainment came out€ people began plugging it into rapidly ˜see Figure ˆ…šŠ For eample€ ¥“” Lead ƒnalyst thingsŠ o the home stereo system became have secondgeneration or later deployments EY a £andora device€ and your car became a ­or product and service development€ ¥¥” £andora device€ etcŠ That triggered a domino ­or marŒeting€ ‰ž” ­or revenue optimiœation e­­ect across consumer electronics€ and our and ‰…” ­or customer engagementŠ engineering e­­ort completely re­ocused on onetheless€ this indicates a real gap the device distributionŠ” bet‚een the demands o­ the M&E agility vision and ‚here the ma«ority o­ Figure “ illuminates ‚here M&E companies M&E companies stand in terms o­ deploying lie on the adoption curve ­or smart mobile needed mobile technology to achieve that technologyŠ Že find it surprising that the visionŠ A­ter all€ smart mobility enables an vast ma«ority in every M&E segment are entirely ne‚ plat­orm o­ M&E possibilities still studying and piloting or «ust beginning that are locationbased€ contet a‚are and their firstgeneration deployments o­ mobile physically a‚are€ and that can monitor technology ­or product distributionŠ ƒnly ˆ¥” customer behavior and allo‚ them to have gone beyond these stages to second provide instantaneous ­eedbacŒŠ This ‚ill generation deploymentsŠ Že asŒed this same be eplored ­urther in ­uture reports o­ uestion ­or numerous ­unctions€ but the this seriesŠ Figure 1“: Žespondents employing secondgeneration or later mobile solutions to help achiee the folloing business goals †¢ž Product/service 49% Product/service 49% development 16% development 16% o­ digital leaders Marketing 44% Marketing 18% 43% 18% say they are using Revenue optimization 38% Revenue optimization 14% 38% secondgeneration 14% Employee engagement/ 32% Employee engagement/ 13% 32% communication 13% mobile technology communication Customer engagement 30% Customer engagement 10% 30% to develop products 10% Distribution 26% and servicesŠ Distribution 13% 26% 13% Digital leaders Followers Digital leaders All others §

ig data anaytic and ma«or opportunities eist ­or companies ›ig data analytics technology has been to employ more sophisticated analytics to adopted even less by M&E companies than boost revenuesŠ Considering all respondents€ smart mobile€ ‚hich maŒes sense because Figure ˆˆ sho‚s the same pattern seen in its importance ‚as amplified a­ter smart Figure “ on page ˆ‡€ ‚ith an average o­ mobile devices achieved critical massŠ o «ust ˆ“” having gone beyond the first ‚hile digital leaders are three times more generation stageŠ liŒely than other respondents to use second generation big data analytics techniues Yet it is clear that big data analytics o­­ers to improve customer engagement ˜‡™” media companies enormous opportunity to versus “”š€ there is enormous potential ­or segment their customers€ understand their all companies to do moreŠ ƒnly onethird pre­erences and buying habits and develop o­ digital leaders use secondgeneration relationships that deepen over time and techniues to improve their marŒeting€ across multiple plat­ormsŠ Figure 11: “n hat stage of deelopment is your company in deploying big data to help achiee your reenue generating business goals… ¤ƒll respondents¥ ­nly §¢ž 60 o­ all respondents 50 43% have deployed second generation big data s 40 30% analytics solutions in 30 spondent re 19% generating revenueŠ of % 20 8% 10 0 Not deploying Studying/piloting Beginning deployment/ Second-generation first generation deployment or later Advertising and measurement Publishing and information services Social networking/social media Filmed entertainment Interactive gaming Enabling technology Broadcast and cable networks Music Average of all respondents §†

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­pportunities for technology companies ­pportunities for M&E companies As M&E companies adapt to a digital ‚orld€ they must Enabling technologies have created an opportunity ­or appreciate ho‚ mobilesocialcloud and big data analytics M&E companies to rethinŒ ho‚ they ingest in­ormation€ technologies impact and shape their products and share it around their organiœation and translate it into services€ organiœational structure and longterm goalsŠ products and services and distributionŠ ›ut technology ›ut M&E companies are generally reluctant to partner alone is not enough• a clear organiœational vision is ‚ith technology companies€ pre­erring to develop reuired to use it e­­ectivelyŠ internal solutionsŠ ¡uestions to consider€ ¡uestions to consider€ • In ‚hat ‚ays ‚ill your organiœational model evolve • In ‚hat ‚ays can your company help M&E companies over the net ‡–‰ years® ‘ave you outlined the role develop a technology road map to implement their technology ‚ill play in realiœing your vision® digital vision® • ‘ave you prioritiœed areas ­or technology investment • ‘o‚ can your products and services help accelerate over the net ‡–‰ years® M&E product development and time to marŒet® • As content consumption volumes increase and • In ‚hat ‚ays can you help M&E companies turn consumer choices proli­erate€ to ‚hat etent have you in­ormation into insight to enable them to better react challenged your business to use technology to absorb to changing customer demand and real time epectations® in­ormation€ generate insights and act on them® • Can you communicate the business benefits o­ mobile socialcloud and big data analytics to M&E customers® • ‘o‚ many ‚ays can your technology be used to help reanimate M&E clients’ eisting products and services — or create ne‚ products altogether® §œ

Creating agility and enabling a culture ›†ž o­ innovation o­ digital leaders As their businesses undergo digital trans­ormation€ the top priority cite “creating ­or ™¥” o­ digital leaders is “creating a culture o­ innovation ˜‚ith a culture o­ collaboration tools€ innovation labs€ etcŠšŠ” It also ‚as chosen by „¥” innovation” as o­ all other respondents ˜see Figure ˆ¥šŠ a top strategic priority ­or digital trans­ormationŠ M&E companies recogniœe that to achieve For eample€ borro‚ing the phrase “loosely the culture o­ innovation they desire€ they coupled” ­rom so­t‚are architecture€ etfli must structure their organiœations ­or labels its o‚n organiœational approach agilityŠ M&E companies’ vision o­ meeting “highly aligned€ loosely coupledŠ” That highvelocity€ continuous change ‚ith a means strategy and goals are clear€ and steady stream o­ innovative product€ management ‚orŒs hard to ensure they service€ distribution€ marŒeting and are ‚ell articulated and broadly understoodŠ business model ideas can only be achieved ›ut tactics are eecuted ‚ith minimal through organiœational agilityŠ ƒur research cross­unctional discussion or approvals€ indicates that M&E companies epect to use replaced by trust among groups€ and technology to enable agility and a culture leaders ‚ho reach out proactively ­or ad o­ innovationŠ Their goal is to breaŒ do‚n hoc coordination as appropriateŠ‰ This organiœational silos so the business can attracts topflight talent and a­­ords ‚orŒ synergistically — and rapidly — to significant po‚er to solve problems deliver products and services that are highly ‚ithout etensive chains o­ command integrated and meet customer epectationsŠ that slo‚ decisionmaŒingŠ Figure 14: „hat are your strategic priorities as you digitally transform your organiation… (Select top three) Creating a culture of innovation 64% 54% Listening to customers and 57% analyzing customer interactions 48% Building alliances with media, 51% entertainment and technology partners 30% Acquiring digital skills through 33% hiring, training or acquisitions 44% Undertaking competitive analysis 28% to understand the digital activities of other companies 29% Making venture capital investments in 25% digital companies and/or technologies 29% None, we are not undergoing 4% digital transformation 4% Digital leaders All others §Ÿ

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decisionsŠ “Že have “Autonomy is one o­ our guiding principles€” the argument goes on longer than a couple a very nonhierarchical approach that eplains ‘enriŒ ²niberg€ an agility coach at o­ days€ then I’ll step in and maŒe the stresses ­reedom and responsibility€” poti­yŠ “Že aim ­or independent suads decisionŠ” eplains °onathan Friedland€ Chie­ that can build and release products on Communications ƒ­ficer and a member o­ their o‚n ‚ithout having to be tightly ‘is company€ he says€ doesn’t have time ­or the etfli eecutive committeeŠ Eecutives coordinatedŠ” ³uarterly audits o­ its teams ­ormal committee meetingsŠ “Everyone is spend a lot o­ time “maŒing sure everybody identi­y ‚hich suads are ‚orŒing ‚ell€ and ‚eighing in on these critical decisions all the has the right contet to ­orge ahead ‚ith ‚hich might reuire additional supportŠ time€” he says€ “because ‚e’re maŒing ‡„ ‚hat they’re doing” by laying out specific o­ them every single dayŠ” strategic goals and timetables€ 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­pportunities for technology companies ­pportunities for M&E companies As M&E companies drive to create a culture o­ Creating an innovative culture reuires balancing core innovation€ they must embrace collaborative decisionmaŒing ‚ith empo‚erment o­ individuals€ teams technologies€ accelerate internal decisionmaŒing and communities ‚ithin an organiœationŠ It necessitates and speed deployment o­ digital contentŠ a move a‚ay ­rom traditional silos to communities o­ interest based around specific products and services ¡uestions to consider€ or customer groups that come together to achieve • Is your company positioned as an industry innovator® shared goalsŠ • ‘o‚ can your solutions o­­er M&E companies the speed and fleibility they ‚ill demand to rapidly innovate their ¡uestions to consider€ organiœations® • Žho creates your digital vision€ ‚ho “o‚ns” it and ho‚ • In ‚hat ‚ays does your company support the is it shared around the company® To ‚hat etent does numerous approaches to digital innovation ­ound it balance centraliœed decisionmaŒing ‚ith unit or across the M&E sector® teambased entrepreneurialism® • ‘o‚ do your o­­erings help M&E companies to ensure • ‘o‚ e­­ectively does your company utiliœe technology their internal processes are adaptive® to collaborate® Is technology in place to enable easy in­ormation sharing and rapid convening o­ groups€ particularly across team and silo boundaries® • ‘o‚ do you attempt to ­uture proo­ your digital strategy and investments in technology so that they can evolve and adapt as your company responds to the customer and marŒet® 

Competing ­or people and sŒills in a ­astchanging environment Žhen it comes to the people and sŒills challenge ­acing M&E companies€ our survey data is clear’ there’s a siœable gap bet‚een the level o­ “ ‰igital leaders are fully eploiting technology sŒills companies reuire and those they possessŠ ›ut this is the fleibility€ speed and cost not big ne‚sŠ A­ter all€ ¥‰” o­ all survey respondents ranŒed “acuiring benefits of cloud computing to digital sŒills” as a top strategic priority• the only strategies that surpassed create real agility adantages it ‚ere “creating a culture o­ innovation” and “listening to customersŠ” for their M&E companies.” e” ender ‘o‚ever€ ‚idespread recognition o­ this ƒ­ note€ the competition ­or talent is liŒely „est Žegion Technology “ndustry Leader challenge does not diminish itŠ Že believe to ‚orsen in the short term€ as more EY many M&E business opportunities ‚ill be companies vie ­or the same people and ‚on or lost based on companies’ ability to the lines bet‚een M&E and technology hire the right talent and — «ust as critically — companies continue to blurŠ At £andora€ to put it to ‚orŒ in the right environmentŠ Founder and C ƒ Žestergren agrees that † ž In both cases€ the Œey‚ord ­or M&E recruiting ne‚ talent ­or Œey technical «obs companies is changeŠ They must realign “is one o­ the biggest challenges right no‚€” o­ all respondents cite the sŒills profiles o­ their people€ they must especially as his company€ headuartered reimagine their organiœational structure near ilicon ¬alley€ must regularly “acuiring digital sŒills” and culture ˜as discussed in the section on compete ­or talent ‚ith highprofile as a top strategic culture o­ innovation€ page ˆžš and they technology companies and the plethora must rethinŒ their hiring and retention o­ startups continuously emerging thereŠ priority ­or digital strategies to ad«ust ­or more intensive Companies must ‚eigh the advantages and trans­ormationŠ competitionŠ disadvantages that come ­rom locating near a talent hub such as ilicon ¬alleyŠ Figure 1Œ: ©ercent of each industry segment e‡pressing “lac‚ of s‚ills” as a ‚ey obstacle to “buildªmaintain” cloud computing systemsˆ¦ ¤ƒll respondents¥ Advertising and 42% measurement Filmed entertainment 42% Music 42% Interactive gaming 39% Social networking/ 37% social media Enabling technology 34% Broadcast and 25% cable networks Publishing and 25% information services ¡£ercentages sho‚n are o­ all respondents in each industry segment ‚ho chose “LacŒ o­ sŒills to build¯maintain cloudcomputing systems” as their first€ second or third top obstacleŠ 

Eacerbating the issue€ certain technology o­ responses is that the sta­­ o­ many M&E companies are driving technologyenabled companies simply don’t Œno‚ ho‚ to distill trans­ormationŠ everal technology insight ­rom the data they’re gettingŠ ›†ž companies€ ­or eample€ are developing original content o­ their o‚n or ­ostering imilarly€ some ‰™” o­ all respondents o­ all respondents content development ­rom third parties€ say they lacŒ the sŒills to build or maintain putting them into competition ­or creative€ cloudbased computing systemsŠ As rely on inhouse sŒills as ‚ell as technical€ talentŠ Figure ˆ¨ ˜see page ‡‰š sho‚s€ this percentage is even higher ­or advertising€ to analyœe dataŠ ƒverall€ M&E eecutives must identi­y sŒill music€ film and gaming companies€ ‚hose deficits and determine ho‚ best to move digital trans­ormations o­ten reuire cloud resources into the right areas in a ‚ay that technology to improve agility and respond is timely and e­ficientŠ Among the gaps more rapidly to changes in customer yet€ †§ž indicated by all survey respondents is one behaviorŠ in big data analyticsŠ For eample€ ™¥” say they rely on inhouse sŒills to analyœe Clearly understanding the opportunities o­ all respondents data but a surprisingly high ¥ˆ” also say specific technologies o­­er and ho‚ they have yet to gain they have not yet obtained insight ­rom can be used most e­­ectively is imperative the analysis o­ customer dataŠ For music as M&E companies generate a road map ­or customer insight companies€ the figure rises to „‰” ˜see determining ‚hich sŒills need to be brought ­rom their data Figure ˆžšŠ Among the many possible into the organiœation and in ‚hat priorityŠ conclusions to dra‚ ­rom this «utaposition analysisŠ Figure 18: ©ercent of each industry segment stating they are not yet obtaining insight from the analysis of customer dataˆ¦ ¤ƒll respondents¥ Music 53% Social networking/ 43% social media Interactive gaming 42% Advertising and 41% measurement Filmed entertainment 41% Broadcast and 38% cable networks Enabling technology 35% Publishing and 35% information services ¡£ercentages sho‚n are o­ all respondents in each industry segment ‚ho chose “agree” or “strongly agree” ‚hen asŒed to rate their agreement ‚ith this statement on a ˆ–„ scaleŠ †

­pportunities for technology companies ­pportunities for M&E companies M&E companies need to acuire ne‚ technology sŒills as Many o­ the creative sŒills reuired in M&E remain ‚ell as “ne‚ media” sŒillsŠ Technology companies o­ten unchanged — but the impact o­ technology cannot be ­ocus on developing the most advanced and sophisticated underestimatedŠ Technologyenabled innovation has tools to solve emerging issues but may not match the changed the M&E business system€ ­rom understanding the solutions they’re o­­ering to the sŒills and capabilities o­ customer to creating€ curating and distributing contentŠ their M&E clientsŠ ›y necessity€ the sŒills profile ‚ithin M&E companies is evolvingŠ ¡uestions to consider€ • ¦oes your company have the right balance o­ technical ¡uestions to consider€ sŒill and industry understanding to e­­ectively implement • ‘o‚ do you balance the creative needs o­ your M&E or integrate digital technologies ­or M&E clients® company ‚ith the technical sŒills reuired to master • In ‚hat ‚ays can your company help identi­y technical ne‚ technologies® ‘o‚ do you identi­y sŒills gaps and sŒills gaps ­or M&E clients and o­­er the right level o­ then build capabilities or evolve the sŒills profile® complementary epertise® • An increasing proportion o­ your ‚orŒ­orce ˜«ust liŒe • ¦oes your company understand the sŒills obstacles M&E your customersš is tech savvy — ‚ell versed in social€ companies must address to taŒe advantage o­ the latest mobile€ search and other technologiesŠ ‘o‚ does your technologies and tools® Žhat roles can you play to organiœation and its technology strategy cater to and mitigate these and bridge the gaps® taŒe advantage o­ this gro‚ing resource® • ¦oes your company o­­er M&E companies enough guidance and training so they can achieve the best per­ormance ­rom the tools and systems delivered to them® š

Enabling technology tools ­or “ †gile M&E companies are agile organiœations using mobile-social-cloud and big data analytics technologies to sere As companies rapidly rethinŒ their organiœational structure to become customers in new ways more agile€ they must also reimagine their company’s underlying and to pull away from technology in­rastructure to support greater speed and fleibilityŠ competitors that respond slowly.” aid Nicho M&E companies are concerned ‚ith three “Žhy€ a­ter ‚e ‚ent through the ‘ impsons€’ ƒmericas “T types o­ technology in­rastructure’ ­ront did ‚e go through the same problems ‚ith Transformation ©ractice Leader o­fice€ bacŒ end and bacŒ o­ficeŠ Fronto­fice ‘ imCity®’” asŒs EA’s icŒ Earl€ rhetoricallyŠ EY systems support the ­ull range o­ interactive The problems€ he says€ reflected specific customer touch points and ‚ill be eplored but distinct in­rastructure issues around in a ­uture report in this seriesŠ ›acŒend putting games online ­or either £C or mobile systems enable products and services plat­ormsŠ As a result€ he says€ EA has and include technology such as so­t‚are “changed the state o­ readiness” it demands development tools€ content management o­ its bacŒend servers ‚hen it launches systems and digital rights managementŠ ne‚€ live gamesŠ ›acŒo­fice systems enable company operations and include enterprise resource Foursuare€ mean‚hile€ decided to planning ˜E‹£š€ supply chain management launch its service on a cloudbased bacŒ ˜ CMš and customer relationship end€ as do many startupsŠ The launch management ˜C‹MšŠ Mobilesocialcloud used Amaœon Žeb ervices€ but eventually and big data analytics technologies have the company built its o‚n data centerŠ roles to play ­or both bacŒend and bacŒ “Everyone builds their stu­­ on Amaœon at o­fice systemsŠ the beginning€” says Foursuare’s Cro‚leyŠ “›ecause i­ you need to scale it up really ack•end technoogy yteŠ uicŒly€ you «ust thro‚ some more money As already discussed€ ­or eample€ at them every month and suddenly you have leading M&E companies are using all o­ itŠ” ƒnce the company reaches a certain these technologies to help them rapidly siœe€ ho‚ever€ “it’s cheaper to build out your “sense and respond” to changing audience o‚n data centersŠ” pre­erences and behavior patternsŠ The cloud€ ­or instance€ has become a proven Žhile Cro‚ley may be right in saying solution ­or managing the launch o­ ne‚ that every ne‚ startup uses the cloud ­or content o­­erings — maŒing it easier and bacŒend systems€ our research sho‚s more e­ficient to manage demandŠ that established M&E companies are not universally convincedŠ For eample€ ‡¥” o­ Electronic Arts ˜EAš learned this the survey respondents are still studying and hard ‚ay€ ‚hen its March ‡…ˆ‰ release piloting their use o­ cloud ­or product and o­ the highly anticipated online version service development€ „¥” are in the process o­ “ imCity” resulted in multiple crashed o­ their first deployments and «ust ˆ™” have servers and thousands o­ angry customersŠ gone on to secondgeneration deploymentsŠ EA underestimated the in­rastructure that Further€ „” aren’t considering it ˜see Figure ‚ould be needed to support the game’s ˆ“€ page ‡¨šŠ immediate rush o­ ­ansŠ More embarrassing ‚as that the incident tooŒ place less than a year a­ter the similarly un­ortunate roll out o­ a ­ree mobile game€ “The impson’s’ Tapped ƒut€” ‚hich crashed the company’s servers and caused users’ data and game progress to be erasedŠ ›

‹esponses to the similar uestion about gain insight ­rom the increasing volume€ using big data analytics ­or product and velocity and variety o­ data they no‚ have “ Today’s digital consumer service development are comparable€ but at their fingertipsŠ looks for the content they sŒe‚ed to‚ard even less usage’ ¨” are not want€ when they want it considering it€ ‰‰” are still studying and Certain M&E companies€ ho‚ever€ have built and on whateer deice is piloting€ ¥„” are in the process o­ initial their business model on big data analyticsŠ deployments and only ˆ„” have moved ´ynga€ ‚hich o­­ers ­ree games through most conenient. † digital on to secondgeneration deploymentŠ The its o‚n ‚ebsite and FacebooŒ€ IncŠ’s social organiƒation must not only obstacles respondents cite are basic ones’ net‚orŒ€ studies data on audience behavior respond to such shifts in topping the list ‚as ensuring data accuracy patterns to determine ho‚ to lengthen user behaior and demand€ it and reliability ˜¥…”š€ ­ollo‚ed by delivering playing times€ encourage recommendations the right data to the right people at the to ­riends and increase sales o­ virtual must anticipate them.” right time ˜‰¥”š€ determining ‹ƒI ˜‰ˆ”š goodsŠ As one eecutive told The Œall …treet and lacŒing data analysis sŒills and tools Žournal€ “Že’re an analytics company –ein Price ˜‡™”šŠ This highlights the challenges M&E ™ Global Technology “ndustry masuerading as a games companyŠ” companies are eperiencing as they try to ƒdisory Serices Leader EY Figure 19: “n hat stage of deelopment is your company in deploying cloud computing to achiee your product and serice deelopment business goals… ¤ƒll respondents¥ 70 54% 60 †¨ž 50 s o­ all respondents cite 40 24% data accuracy and spondent re 30 of reliability as the biggest % 16% 20 obstacle to their big 5% 10 data analytics goalsŠ 0 Not deploying Studying/piloting Beginning deployment/ Second-generation first generation deployment or later Advertising and measurement Publishing and information services Social networking/social media Filmed entertainment Interactive gaming Enabling technology Broadcast and cable networks Music Average of all respondents ote’ percentages do not total ˆ…… due to roundingŠ œ

†echnoogy in the ’ack o‹fice imilarly€ „„” say they provide employees Mean‚hile€ bacŒo­fice systems such as access to systems€ applications and E‹£€ CM and C‹M must also become more net‚orŒs over mobile devices€ leaving †¨ž fleible to support agile M&E organiœationsŠ ¥„” that are not yet using mobility as an ƒur survey indicates that M&E companies e­­ective internal toolŠ Gaming and music o­ all respondents currently place a high value on o‚ning and companies are ahead o­ the curve here€ controlling their technology in­rastructure along ‚ith publishing companies ˜see Figure say un‚illingness to — yet they might achieve their goals more ‡ˆ€ page ‡“šŠ rapidly i­ they partnered ‚ith trusted relinuish IT control technology providersŠ In terms o­ social media€ «ust ¥„” o­ is an obstacle to respondents say it is “very” or “etremely” For eample€ „‡” o­ all respondents say it is important to use the technology ­or internal cloud useŠ “very” or “etremely” important that their collaboration and sharing€ leaving „„” business tools and so­t‚are are hosted in that do notŠ aturally€ social net‚orŒing the cloud — leaving ¥ž” that are not companies ˜™¨”š are ahead o­ the curve ˜see Figure ‡…šŠ The top obstacle€ cited by here€ as are gaming companies ˜„‡”š• ¥…” o­ respondents€ ‚as un‚illingness to ‚hile film ˜‰“”š and the advertising relinuish control o­ IT in­rastructureŠ ›ut industry ˜‡ž”š lagŠ Asian companies have ‰¨” also said they don’t even understand proven themselves to be uicŒer adapters€ the benefits cloud technology can o­­er€ ‰™” ho‚ever€ as „ˆ” o­ Asia£acific firms use lacŒ cloud sŒills€ and others are concerned social net‚orŒing€ compared ‚ith ‰¨” ‚ith an inability to customiœe cloud services o­ companies in EMEA and ¥™” in the ˜‡ž”š or figure out ‚hat so­t‚are to host AmericasŠ ocial net‚orŒing may prove in the cloud ˜‡ž”š€ among other concernsŠ to be a particularly valuable internal This suggests that M&E eecutives may technology ­or advancing M&E companies’ ‚ant to ­urther eplore ho‚ maŒing bacŒ organiœational agility€ as it enables o­fice systems accessible through the cloud “communities o­ interest” to ­orm around could help enable greater fleibilityŠ important conversations€ cutting across geographies and corporate silosŠ Figure 2“: „hat are the biggest obstacles to achieing your cloud computing goals…¦ ¤ƒll respondents¥ (Rank the top three) It is “very” or “extremely” important that our organization’s 52% business tools and software are hosted in the cloud But there are several obstacles: Unwillingness to relinquish direct control of our IT infrastructure 40% Lack of understanding of the benefits of cloud computing 37% Lack of skills to build/maintain cloud-computing systems 36% Concerns about resiliency of cloud-based systems (i.e., downtime) 34% Determining ROI of cloud computing efforts 33% Inability to customize the solution to fit our needs 28% Determining what content, software and processes should be enabled in the cloud 28% Concern over information security/privacy issues in the cloud 28% Concern over losing control of our intellectual property 20% Finding ways to monetize cloud computing 11% £ercentages sho‚n ­or cloud hosting represent all respondents ‚ho chose “very” or “etremely” important• percentages sho‚n ­or obstacles represent respondents ‚ho ranŒed each choice first€ second or thirdŠ Ÿ

For every technology ‚e asŒed about€ Figure 21: „e proide access to company netor‚s or information ¤beyond email¥ ia the most pre­erred approach that M&E mobile deices to enhance our employees’ ability to do their «obsˆ¦ ¤ƒll respondents¥ companies use to access the technology ‚as to build it themselvesŠ ‘o‚ever€ Interactive gaming not all such systems provide the Œind o­ 63% di­­erentiating value that merits such a customiœed€ proprietary development Music 61% e­­ort ˜as opposed to a standardiœed Publishing and cloudbased solution€ ­or eamplešŠ information services 58% And€ given the ne‚ness o­ certain technologies and their current state o­ Enabling technology 56% rapid evolution€ M&E companies may create more value by partnering ‚ith Filmed entertainment 55% technology companies to leverage those Social networking/ companies’ Œno‚ledge and sŒillsŠ In ­act€ social media 52% i­ you looŒ bacŒ to Figure ˆ¥ on page Broadcast and ˆž€ you’ll see that’s ‚hat digital leaders cable networks 50% do’ „ˆ” have it as a strategic priority to build alliances ‚ith technology ˜and Advertising and 45% measurement other M&Eš partners€ compared ‚ith ‰…” o­ all othersŠ All respondents ¡£ercentages sho‚n are o­ respondents in each industry segment ‚ho chose “very” or “etremely” important ‚hen asŒed to rate the importance o­ this statement to their organiœation on a ˆ–„ scaleŠ ƒther‚ise€ given the sŒills issue previously discussed€ M&E companies could find themselves building secondrate solutions• or€ as business Figure 22: „hat is your company’s preferred approach for gaining access to the reuirements evolve rapidly€ companies folloing digital technologies…¦ ¤ƒll respondents¥ may be stucŒ ‚ith proprietary legacy (Select one approach or each technology) systems that cannot meet today’s needsŠ Although actual needs ‚ill vary significantly by segment and place in 31% Build/grow within the 31% 34% Build/grow within the 34% 40% the value chain€ in general€ reducing organization 40% resistance to technology alliances may organization 41% 41% ‚ell be a necessary step many M&E 27% companies must taŒe in order to become Buy/acquire 27% 33% Buy/acquire 21% 33% agile organiœations ˜see Figure ‡‡šŠ 21% 24% 24% 26% Lease/pay for use 18% 26% Lease/pay for use 18% 23% 13% 23% 13% 16% 16% Partnerships/alliances 14% 14% Partnerships/alliances 16% 16% 23% 23% Social networking Mobile technology Cloud computing Big data Social networking Mobile technology Cloud computing Big data ¡£ercentages sho‚n are ­or all respondents• total ­or each technology may not sum to ˆ…… due to roundingŠ ¢

­pportunities for technology companies ­pportunities for M&E companies Žhen it comes to technology in­rastructure€ M&E The maturity and scale o­ M&E companies help shape companies still largely pre­er a “command and control” their technology strategyŠ Žhen to invest and ‚ho to philosophyŠ ›ut our data suggests most M&E companies partner ‚ith are critical uestionsŠ don’t have the sŒills necessary to manage all o­ the technology reuired to enable their agilityŠ ¡uestions to consider€ • Is o‚nership the right option® Žhat ­actors are ¡uestions to consider€ influencing your decision to o‚n versus outsource€ and • In ‚hat ‚ays can your company help M&E companies ho‚ do you thinŒ about this at di­­erent stages in your integrate customer­acing applications ‚ith bacŒend company’s evolution and ­or di­­erent parts o­ your systems to increase organiœational agility® company’s technology in­rastructure® • ‘o‚ can you help M&E companies develop and eecute • Is there an e­­ective balance among the investments a comprehensive big data analytics strategy® being made in technology ­or the ­ront o­fice€ bacŒ • Is your company able to communicate the business o­fice and the bacŒ end€ and ho‚ do you thinŒ about benefits o­ sourcing M&E companies’ data and bacŒ these di­­erently® o­fice technologies® • To ‚hat etent do you ‚orŒ ‚ith your technology • ‘o‚ can you help M&E clients understand the benefits partners to better understand opportunities and risŒs® o­ partnering — and build the necessary trust® ¦o you ­eel su­ficiently in­ormed about the technology • Žhat are the best ‚ays your technology can help M&E choices available in the marŒet and their impact on your companies improve internal collaboration® business® • To ‚hat etent do you consider ‚here technologybased di­­erentiation can have the highest impact on your business® Žill suggesting standardiœed solutions su­fice€ ‚here little di­­erentiation is possible® ¨

ƒutlooŒ “nsights from our ƒgility “nde‡ ­ur †gility nde ranks the relatie organiƒational I­ ‚e taŒe the long vie‚€ media has al‚ays evolved in partnership agility of different M&E ‚ith the leading edge o­ technologyŠ And their partnership has al‚ays segments as well as enabling changed societyŠ ThinŒ ˆ¥¥… and the printing press• thinŒ about technology and digital leaders. the advent o­ television in the middle o­ the last century and the The aerage score of all subseuent rise o­ popular cultureŠ respondents is indeed to ‘’’. “or eample€ a score Žhat’s ne‚ and pro­ound today is an and systems€ people and processesŠ of ‘‘’ denotes performance etraordinarily ­ast pace o­ change enabled The ­uture belongs to the nimbleŠ Žinning ‘’” aboe aerage• –’ is by t‚o characteristics o­ modern broadband M&E companies ‚ill be those that best ‘’” below aerage. net‚orŒs’ they connect us all at the speed leverage audience analytics across channels€ o­ light ˜no matter ‚here ‚e goš and anticipate emerging trends€ identi­y they are interactiveŠ The ­ormer leads to synergies across lines o­ business and uicŒly the “anytime€ any‚here” reuirement ­or deploy the most e­­ective responsesŠ content ubiuity and content curation€ to ensure the right content meets the right To better understand ‚hich companies audiences€ ‚hen and ‚here they ‚ish itŠ and sectors meet that agility test€ ‚e The latter empo‚ers the audiences that reanalyœed our survey data to develop comprise popular culture to talŒ bacŒ to an Agility IndeŠ It’s based on a subset o­ their media providers€ both eplicitly in€ survey uestions that bear on a company’s ­or eample€ social media and implicitly agility€ and is ‚eighted in ­avor o­ ans‚ers through the big data “ehaust” generated that demonstrate agile behaviorsŠ For by all their digital interactionsŠ eample€ ans‚ers such as “creating a culture o­ innovation€” “analyœing customer From these simple initial conditions€ interactions” or “building alliances” ‚ith mobilesocialcloud and big data analytics M&E and technology partners ‚ere heavily technologies are spinning out ne‚ digital ‚eightedŠ “Getting to marŒet ­aster ‚ith M&E possibilities that are changing media ne‚ or evolved products and services ‚as consumers’ habits€ pre­erences and€ ‚eighted” as a Œey gro‚th driverŠ In all€ ‚e ultimately€ demands at a diœœying paceŠ ­actored together ans‚ers to ˆ™ uestionsŠ This report maŒes the case that in order to For clarity€ ‚e indeed the average score o­ anticipate ne‚ directions in this accelerating all respondents to ˆ……Š There­ore€ a score o­ M&E evolution€ and get out in ­ront o­ ˆˆ…€ ­or eample€ denotes per­ormance ˆ…” changing customer behavior€ M&E companies above average• “… is ˆ…” belo‚ average• must become etremely agile organiœations€ and so onŠ enabled by the right technologies€ structure §

€here doe Applying our methodology to the eight As a reminder€ ‚e defined digital leaders industry segments surveyed€ ‚e ­ound that’ by three characteristics’ your coŠpany • Interactive gaming ˜ˆˆ¨š and social • They’re already generating more than core on the net‚orŒing ˜ˆ…“š segments indeed hal­ their revenue ­rom digital products as most agileŠ and servicesŠ giity ™nde”˜ • Advertising and measurement ˜ž‰š and • They’ve integrated customer data across publishing and in­ormation services ˜“¥š at least t‚o channelsŠ ˜see Figure ‡‰š ‚ere least agileŠ • They’ve deployed secondgeneration or later solutions o­ at least t‚o o­ ­our Œey This finding is consistent ‚ith the ma«or technologies ˜smart mobility€ cloud dislocations a­­ecting media industriesŠ computing€ social media or big data re you prepared to Gaming companies€ ­or instance€ have been analyticsš ­or product development ­orced to move rapidly to embrace the or revenue generationŠ ’e a digita eader˜ rising popularity o­ first social€ then mobile games€ ‚hich represent ma«or distribution Given their ˆ‡“ score on the Agility Inde€ • and business models shi­tsŠ it appears that the leaders’ greater Žhat is your agility vision® technology eperience has o­­ered them a • In addition€ ‚e ­ound’ clear vision o­ the digital ­uture this report ‘o‚ do you plan to describes€ in ‚hich a continuous stream o­ implement and continuously • Asia£acific ˜ˆ…“š companies indeed innovative ne‚ products and services re­resh that vision higher than those in orth America ˜“¨š is necessary to meet ­astchanging throughout your organiœation® or EMEA ˜“¥šŠ customer behaviorŠ • Midsiœe companies ˜©„……m–©“““mš • ‘o‚ prepared are you to indeed higher€ at ˆ…“€ than small ˜“‰š They also appear to have seen€ and acted identi­y and compete ­or the or big ˜““š companiesŠ on€ the reuirement ­or organiœational people and sŒill sets you • And digital leaders indeed highest o­ all’ agility to overcome the challenges o­ that need to ecel in a digital this ™“company subset scored ˆ‡“€ ­astmoving ­utureŠ compared ‚ith “™ ­or the more than ¥ž… environment® other respondentsŠ And they are more advanced in terms o­ using technologies such as social media • ‘ave you invested in and the cloud to create an internal culture enabling technology tools around collaboration€ and in using enabling that allo‚ you to anticipate technology tools to create fleibility in their and respond to customer and bacŒend and bacŒo­fice in­rastructureŠ marŒet changes uicŒly Figure 23: ƒgility “nde‡ by M&E segments‰ enabling technology and digital leaders and confidently® Digital leaders 129 Interactive gaming 117 The ™“ digital leaders ranŒed Social networking/social media 109 Music 101 ¢ž Enabling technology 101 more agile than the Filmed entertainment 100 study averageŠ Broadcast and cable networks 96 Publishing and information services 94 Advertising and measurement 83 ource’ EY analysis€ ‡…ˆ‰Š 

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