Digital in Asia

Category: Insights

Market Overview: The Rise of Asia’s Mobile Messaging Apps

The emergence of mobile messaging apps has been one of the big tech – in fact any news category – stories of recent years. Both globally and in Asia. Disrupting everyone from Telcos wedded to SMS revenue, to established social networks such as Facebook, to the Chinese government, apps have been a big hit with…

October 1, 2014
PWC Digital IQ study reveals appetite for change from the top

The latest PWC Digital IQ study shows that Asia CEOs lead the way on Digital. There is however concern on the ability of businesses in Asia to deliver transformational Digital strategies top to bottom.

September 8, 2014
APAC Digital Ad spend to grow almost 20% in 2014

Digital advertising investment across Asia-Pacific is projected to increase 17.9% to $41.07 billion this year, according to eMarketer’s latest estimates of global digital ad spending.

July 18, 2014
Google creates new ‘Zero Moment of Truth’ Handbook Asia edition

Google has created a new edition of it’s online media and marketing handbook aimed at Asia, named “Winning the Zero Moment of Truth in Asia”. The Zero Moment of Truth is an interesting concept, and highly relevant to brand advertisers both globally and regionally.

May 26, 2014
Half a Billion New Smartphone Users Across China, India, Vietnam and Indonesia in 2014

According to latest forecasts from Mediacells, consumers in India and China alone will buy almost 600m smartphones in 2014, comprising half of the global total. Smartphone penetration will grow fastest in China, India, Vietnam and Indonesia where half a billion new users will be added in 2014.

March 23, 2014
IAB Digital Asia Video Series: Innovation, Creativity and Big Data

The IAB in Singapore has just created a series of videos around digital marketing and media in South East Asia, featuring interviews with a series of regional industry leaders.

February 24, 2014
Digital Marketing and Consumer Trends Summary 2014

It’s that time of year again, as the industry gets out the crystal ball, and places bets for the next 12 months in Digital. Then of course waits to be proved wrong, as it doesn’t turn into the fabled “Year of Mobile”… yet again! (Disclaimer: It will probably actually be the “Year of Mobile” this year.) With…

January 7, 2014
Consumer Electronics Path to Purchase in Asia Pacific

Two in every three Asian shoppers has already researched and made a decision regarding which brand of consumer electronics product they will buy before they approach point-of-sale, online or offline, according to Text100’s Digital Index: APAC Consumer Electronics Study. The research looks at how different information sources vary in importance at each stage of the…

December 3, 2013
ASEAN Consumer Insight Report

In 2015, The ASEAN Economic Community, or AEC, will come into effect, creating a single market that encompasses 600 million people across 10 countries. Brands in the region have a historic opportunity to connect with consumers as ASEAN enters a new growth phase.

November 28, 2013
Asia a Digital Hot Spot, Hottest for Mobile

A new report from World Newsmedia Network looking at global Digital hot spots, highlights again the impact of mobile in Asia. With large parts of the region having higher mobile than desktop penetration, mobile internet is currently leading broadband and desktop and will do so for the foreseeable future.

November 26, 2013