TV’s bloody disruptions
Last night, Zeitgeist eagerly devoured the first episode of the new season of Netflix‘s House of Cards, a series that has received lavish praise – not least from us – both for its content and its...
View ArticleTech’s impact on business and culture in 2014
It would be impossible to capture the disruptive influence the latest digital technologies are currently having on the world in a single blog post. But what Zeitgeist has collated here are some...
View ArticleHow Apple flaunts precedents
If a market sector hasn’t seen a great deal of activity or customer engagement, after several attempts by respected companies, it might be deemed a bit of a risk for a business to enter the market....
View ArticleFirefighting at Sony
‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2′ made a cool $700m+ at the global box office. Elsewhere, the news for Sony was less rosy. We’ve written about Sony multiple times over the years, rarely in a good light. A...
View ArticleTMT Trends 2015 – Star Wars, Tech Wars & Talent Wars
Our most popular article this year by far was a piece we wrote on trends in the media and entertainment industry for the coming twelve months. That nothing has been written since January that has...
View ArticleImitation & Innovation in China
It is said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If true, it should follow then that China are huge fans of most consumer electronics brands. We’ve written before about threats to...
View ArticleWhen does Microsoft stop being Microsoft?
An astounding twenty years ago, my father bought Bill Gates’ book, “The Road Ahead”. A business book barely interested me at that age, but it came with a CD-ROM (contents above) that showed an...
View ArticleTrials and tribulations for film franchises in 2015
While the Mission: Impossible franchise looked set to continue unabated – with, in Zeitgeist’s opinion, a superb Rogue Nation – others were not so fortunate. The revival of the Fantastic Four franchise...
View ArticleMedia Trends 2016
The most enjoyable pieces we pen for this blog are our looks ahead to TMT trends in the next year (they also, coincidentally, happen to be our most popular articles). Do check out our 2015 and 2014...
View ArticleMedia & Tech firms on corporate governance and shareholder responsibility
In this post we’ll be looking at a variety of firms in the media and tech sector as we examine how their vision impacts on the broader economy. Short-termism and misdirection (Amazon and legacy...
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