Broadcast TV in the Middle East and Digital Media, Strategic Approach for Sustainable engagement.
Part 2/3: News broadcast TV in the middle East and Digital Media, Strategic Opportunities
Created by: Sameer Issa / 2013
2. Middle East Tv Landscape
Indicators, Trends & Strategic Opportunities
The question isn't, 'What do we want to know about people?',
It's, 'What do people want to tell about themselves?'
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3. Middle East TV Landscape
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4. Middle East TV Landscape
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5. Middle East TV Landscape
Source: Heatsync- Data Captured 17-06-2013
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6. Middle East TV Landscape
Visitors
Unique
Visitors
Daily
PageViews
Global Traffic
Rank
Reputation/
Back-links
Time on Site/ Page views/
Minutes
User
678,920
266,342
603,070
1,824
36,326
4.40
2.70
909,710
214,938
1,033,834
1,064
13,381
5.40
3.13
66,395
13,416
129,992
8,462
698
3.40
2.73
4,494
8,161
6,975
60,897
714
2.20
1.73
Source: Alexa- 05-2013
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7. Digital media strategies adopted by Middle
East news TV organizations are struggling
to maintain audience engagement
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8. While the fact remains
Middle East is the second globally in
terms of internet usage growth !
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10. Conclusion
Missing out on great opportunities !!
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11. Strategic Opportunities
For Middle East TV broadcast to create sustainable
& Livable digital engagement experiences
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12. Opportunities in Story-Telling
Telling Better Stories
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13. Opportunities in story telling
Creativity
Human
New
in news converge and
reporting events
Telling stories through
humanizing perspective.
Introducing New Models for
Investigative journalism.
Micro
Participatory
Micro Reporting News
sites are most visited in
the Arab World
Crises reporting
combined with
participatory tools
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14. Making sense of the noise
Web - noise + context =
Responsible Journalism
The Biggest Challenge for News Industry in Todaysâ Media Landscape is how to
solve relevancy, maintain engagement, and filter the noise?
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15. Challenging Traditional Journalistic Thinking
Objectivity
Doesnât Exist !!
We are imprisoned by our societies, culture, background
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16. Strategic re-thinking
Adopting different strategic approach
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17. Conventional Strategic Approach
Measure
New
Strategy
Adjust
Big Strategy
Focus
Groups
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Launch
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18. Adaptive Strategic Framework
The Learning Adaptive Process
Big Strategy, Start small
with room to grow
People
Strategy
Implement
& Engage
Sustain
Listen & Measure
Adjust
Objectives
Insights
Adopt
Learning Curve
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19. Changing approach to digital media
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20. Middle East TV Organizations need to make the fundamental shift
From This
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21. Traditional Approach; Push Model
Thinking Platform
Mobile
Live
Streaming
Interactiv
e
Photo
Gallery
Tablets
VOD
Social Web
TV
Online Site
Audio
Podcas
t
Blog
RSS Feeds
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22. to this..
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23. Thinking Strategy
Innovative Approach
Eco-system Model
Multi-Directional Built Around Shared Collective
Experiences Across Multiple Digital End Points
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24. Eco-system Model
Multi-Directional Built Around Shared Collective
Experiences Across Multiple Digital End Points
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25. âThe question isn't, 'What do we want to know about people?', It's,
'What do people want to tell about themselves?â
Mark Zuckerberg
âThink Strategy before Platformâ
Unluckily, News organizations tend to use social media as a
distribution channel, focusing mainly on the platform rather than
strategy, seeking to get more traffic from Facebook & Twitter.
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26. Embracing innovative strategy
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27. Strategic Framework
Livable Experiences
Creating unique differentiated livable experiences within the digital
space to engage targeted audience, which can be maintained during
and after TV broadcast across multiple channels and platforms,
Experiences which can be monetized and measured for results
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28. Digital content strategic overview
The three lens approach
Consumption
#1 Wide
Lens
#3 Focused
Lens
#2
Narrow
Lens
Sharing
Creating New Engaging
Experiences For News
Consumption
Discovering Ways Readers Can
Share Stories And News Content
Repackaging
Customization
Adding Different Flavors To
News Consumption Across
Platforms and Social Streams.
To Fit Into The Audience
Personal Social Stream
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29. Engage & Monetize
emerging opportunities during disruption
Building differentiated real-time social experiences into digital and
TV properties designed to reach new fans and connect viewers
which can be monetized through sponsorable programs.
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30. Sample Monetizing Model
Using Social Media Real-time Visualization Technology
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31. Live SM Conversations
Twitter Tracker
Battle of the Tweets
Live Maps
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Twitter Fall
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32. Growing conversations in digital
space across any platform
(FB, Twitter, Google+, Instagram..)
Realtime Capture
Move Audience into TV broadcast
& Digital Screens & infuse
conversation
Monetize through
sponsors
Capturing conversation
and transferring it into
real-time visual stream
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33. Second Screen Engagement
Build specific IT models and mobile applications âTabletâ to empower
second screen engagement through; Content discovery, EPG,
interactivity, metadata, behind the scene views, scoops, insights,
social relevance, and connectivity.
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34. Social Infrastructure
Engineer differentiated engaging experiences through Integrating
cloud-based social infrastructure into TV Digital presence across
multiple digital ends which will significantly increase site registration,
drive valuable user action and provide access to personalized social data
which is essential for driving personalized content delivery.
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35. Rewarding Engagement
Design user-engagement rewarding system to Incentivize
behaviors that benefit News Organizations by rewarding users for
valuable actions; Unique content discovery, special features, and
gamification environment through digital touch points; social
web infrastructure, mobile & Facebook apps.
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36. Intelligent News & Discovery Model
Embedding âsmarterâ news discovery model giving content
suggestions based on social data & previous course of actions
taken ânews you viewed, liked, commented, and shared.
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37. Visualizing Mobile Content
Integrate a differentiated, simplified visual experience for content
consumption within mobile design application strategies.
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38. News Timeline?
Apple upcoming iPhoto App
Streams>Collections>moments
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39. Creating Original Content
For digital Media
In parallel to using broadcast assets (both pre-recorded & live
streaming) into digital space, Producing original content
specifically to digital platforms is crucial to create differentiated
consumption experiences.
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40. Engage Influencers
Identify influential online groups, advocates & opinion leaders &
design specific tools and influencer outreach programs to facilitate
and encourage their engagement within digital initiatives, programs
and activities.
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41. Specific Strategies initiatives & Projects
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Build specific strategies around every digital
end point.
Designing specific KPI tools to measure results.
Designing specific digital prototypes based on
digital engagement Pre-defined programs.
Design strategic map for brand presence within
the digital space.
Building specific strategy to Monetize digital
brand channel on YouTube.
Developing digital inventory and data set-up to
offer digital sponsorship program with major
brands.
Creating fan engagement bridge model
between their TV programs and their owned âš
social media channels.
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Awareness
Evaluation
Use
Conversion
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