Activate: What Matters

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WHAT MATTERS IDEAS THAT WILL SHAPE THE YEAR IN MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY AND ENTERTAINMENT WWW.ACTIVATE.COM

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"What Matters" is Activate's look at the ideas that companies at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment will use to grow their businesses.

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WHAT MATTERSIdEAS THAT WIll SHApE THE yEAR In MEdIA, TEcHnology And EnTERTAInMEnT

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OUR CLIENTS ARE EXPECTING A WATERSHED YEAR… AND SO ARE WE

MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY AND ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESSES ARE POISED FOR INNOVATION AND REINVENTION

THERE HAS NEVER BEEN MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH

HERE IS WHAT MATTERS

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THE App ERA

BEgInS (yES, BEgInS)

On the webpeOple are already

spending mOre time On app-like experiences

than On page-based experiences

Beyond moBile devices, winning weB experiences will Be app-like instead of page-Based

Html5 is Here, But platform-native apps still provide tHe Best user experience and distriBution model

driven By tHe app era, devices are Being redefined: game consoles, tvs, cars and appliances Become app environments

25%page-based

75%app-like

2Source: Activate analysis of consumer time spent across top websites and comScore data

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Smart voice, touch, geSture and perSonal SenSorS will combine to create new uSerexperienceS and new hitS

media companieS will need to place the right betS on deviceS, formatS and platformS

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Technology companies already Take This for granTed and now media companies need To use apis To Turn Their properTies inTo plaTforms

many key feaTures of a greaT media business can now be easily assembled

ApIs ARE BIZ dEv

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poWER oF plAcEWhere your user is right noW is as important as Who they are and Where they live

any location can be a venue for a great media experience

neW hits Will be programmed for geolocation in the same Way today’s media program for time slots

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AmAzon And iTunes hAve reduced pAymenT fricTion so ThAT recurring revenue is possible wiThouT subscripTions

consumers hAve embrAced The 99 cenT price poinT And will spend The equivAlenT of A monThly subscripTion fee, one dollAr AT A Time

TrAdiTionAl subscripTions will sTill Thrive, pArTiculArly when combined wiTh A simple All-you-cAn-eAT model

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SIMplIcITy IS THE nEW SUBScRIpTIon

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The one-size-fiTs-all era of social neTworking is peaking

iT’s noT JUsT hUnDreDs of Millions of Users, iT’s ThoUsanDs of people BanDing TogeTher To forM Deep connecTions aroUnD shareD inTeresTs, conTenT anD proDUcTs

SocIAl SpRIng

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pRIvAcy AS pAyMEnTConsumers will gravitate toward experienCes that provide transparenCy and Control, instead of experienCes that ColleCt and sell Consumers' data behind their baCks

expeCt innovators to allow people to use their personal data as CurrenCy

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Laws that don’t match the reaLity of how peopLe use media wiLL Be iGnored

coLLaBoratinG with consumers can heLp media companies BuiLd compeLLinG new products and reduce LeGaL entanGLements

InnovATE don’T lEgISlATE

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LikeLy changes to federaL Laws wiLL enabLe anyone to heLp fund a new business as easiLy as they can make a purchase on amazon

eXpect more competition from web scaLe crowd-funded startups

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THE DASHBOARD REQUIRED TO RUN A MEDIA BUSINESS IS GETTING MORE COMPLEX

INNOVATION IN THE MEDIA UNIVERSE WILL CONTINUE TO OUTPACE ADVERTISING METRICS

MEDIA COMPANIES WILL NEED TO CREATE NEW ADVERTISING UNITS THAT ARE MEASURED IN REAL TIME WITH MORE DATA FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES

METRIcS MAyHEM

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UnBURdEnEd By lEgAcy conSTRAInTS

REdEFInERS ARE FREE FRoM THE lIABIlITy oF lEgAcy

Distribution Deals

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The biggesT innovaTions in media and Technology are being driven by companies ThaT don’T force Their producT processes To fiT in The schedule of board meeTings and earnings reporTs

greaT consumer experiences Will be builT on design, user experience, communiTy and audience developmenT Which require cycles of monThs and years, noT days and Weeks

SpEndIng MoRE THAn A QUARTER IT’S ABoUT TIME, noT MonEy

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ACTIVATE IS A SMART, FAST AND NIMBLE NEXT-GENERATION STRATEGY CONSULTING FIRM

WE ARE A SPECIALIST TEAM OF MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY AND ENTERTAINMENT INNOVATORS WITH EXTENSIVE OPERATING AND BUSINESS BUILDING EXPERIENCE

WE FOCUS EXCLUSIVELY ON HELPING OUR CLIENTS GROW – REINVENTING THEIR COMPANIES ANDBUILDING NEW GROWTH BUSINESSES

OUR APPROACH IS BASED ON A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF HOW PEOPLE USE MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY TODAY…AND HOW CONTENT AND TECHNOLOGY CAN CREATE NEW EXPERIENCES

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