The media industry is one which is directly influenced by the latest technological advances and trends. Though the media itself may not change very much, the way that people choose to receive it is changing constantly. One very good example is how people keep up to date with the latest news. 10 years ago the vast majority of people kept up to date either by watching the television or by reading a newspaper. Since the growth of the internet people have since started to use this as a way of reading or watching the news. Due to its convenience and functionality, this trend is likely to continue.
One way that this trend is likely to change is the way that people use the internet itself. Recently we have seen a switch start to take place. People have always used their office and home computers to use the internet. A few years ago this changed slightly with the widespread use of laptops and wireless networking. This trend enabled people to keep up to date with the news wherever they were, but it still had its limitations. To use a wireless network in a public place is often a hassle. To get out a bulky laptop you really need a table, and ideally, a power source. This made the number of places that you could reasonably connect fairly limited.
The latest trend is for people to use even more mobile devices to stay connected. This has meant that people either use small net-books to use the internet, or even more commonly, their mobile phones. Mobile media and entertainment is becoming a huge part of what people use their phones for. It makes sense. Almost everyone has a mobile phone. They are relatively cheap when compared to a laptop, and they are small enough to be conveniently used almost anywhere.
This latest trend is very significant for the media industry. It is a trend which has huge potential for both marketing and revenue, and is fairly easy to capitalize on.
In order to establish how your company can best use mobile media and entertainment to their advantage it is well worth speaking to a specialist company. By using a company that specializes in mobile media an