Visionary predictions for 2007

December 28th, 2006

David Cushman has some predictions for 2007

1) Access to the internet via mobile will surpass 40% of all internet use (globally).

2) A UK national newspaper will close its print operation. And a series of one-time print only magazine brands will become digital only (pick a number between 25 and 100).

3) Broadcast TV on your mobile will become commonplace. Sky will offer it as a bolt-on upgrade to your home services.

4) Microsoft/Google/Yahoo (one or all) will launch a mobile phone.

5) All mobile operators in the UK will follow 3 and offer fixed price mobile internet access.

6) A mobile operator will seek the edge by launching a fixed price for all services (ie ?40 a month for all-you-can-eat internet, voice, text, mms…TV(?)

7) More than 10% of internet users will blog.

8) A citizen-journalism TV channel made up entirely of video shot on and uploaded from mobile phones will launch.

9) TV on demand will revolutionise how you consume TV and send advertisers into a blind panic.

10) A slow-burn campaign for users to claim back their digital identities will turn to a riot of noise by the end of the year…

The point is, it ain’t over… its just warming up.

Any one else with their top 10 predictions?

We would love to hear what they are….. ’cause there is no going back

And we’ll post them

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  1. 3 Responses to “Visionary predictions for 2007”

  2. By Raimo van der Klein on Dec 29, 2006

    Ok..Here we go!

    * TV will change forever: mobile TV, interactive TV, amateur TV and P2P TV
    * Hollywood needs to make distribution decisions..DVD vs IP
    * Before june a company will be brought down to their knees by a community activity
    * The Physical World Connection via 2D barcodes, location and RFID will start to enrich our lives.
    * Mobile IM will become mainstream from second half 2007. Usage is dissappointing( I dare it)
    * Location based services will become big(on the basis of cell-id not GPS): location aware communities, Geotagging,
    * Vlogging will create new idols. Vlogging is nit for the masses(not everyone is entertaining)
    * The gap between the connected(web2.0 ers) and the not connected start to become a political item.
    * At the same time ?the connected? start to use their power, creativity and skills to do good.. Think sustainability(www.worldchanging.com)
    * Companies who take cocreation seriously will start to see their first positive results
    * Advertising agencies are on the long term predicting financially difficult times
    * YouTube?s growth starts to slowdown. The original fans start to spread out to new sites(the MySpace effect)
    * Mobile internet does not grow as much as expected(that one is easy)
    * Pressure on government starts to grow as they are the only entity which is not connected(no cocreation, dialogue)
    * Online addiction becomes an social issue..People just need to be 24 hours a day online..
    * Apple Iphone is delayed untill summer because of unstable software

  3. By alan moore on Dec 29, 2006

    Dear Raimo,

    Very interestinng, I like the poltical and social impacts of the networked world.

    And in my mind that is going to become a significant issue.

    Thanks for posting.

    And happy new year

    Alan

  4. By Raimo van der KLein on Dec 31, 2006

    Hi Alan,

    Happy new year to you too.. :-)

    and for Tomi Onnelista Uuta Vuotta or something…

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