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Lifestyle Programming Offer and Brand Positioning

Drama with a Pan-Arabic Appeal The United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, which were the main consumers of Turkish drama, banned Turkish drama from broadcasting in their stations. The ban has left a gap in the drama segment since Turkey was the major producer of this type of content. Saudi Arabia has lacked good writers who can create content that has a pan-Arabic appeal, which explains why Turkish series became popular in the region. The audience could easily relate to the Turkish culture and there was no competition from the Middle East because a majority of the productions are too local. According to Gianluca C h a k r a , Managing Partner at Front Row Filmed Entertainment, the productions “ were far too local …either it was to Lebanese or too Egyptian. By comparison, Turkish series had a pan-Arab appeal.”

Railroads: Commercial Process and Shipper Pain Points

  The seven Class I freight railways in Canada and the US, Union Pacific, Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway, Kansas City Southern, CSX Transportation, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, and Norfolk Southern. These seven railways are presented as case studies. To e n a ble comparison, the information provided in relation to each railway is consistent. An overview of each railway is provided, followed by the manifest rail, bulk rail, and i n t e r m o d a l r a i l options available. Each of the three shipping options is then examined in the context of sales, account management, pricing, consumer experience, and technology. This information has then been synthesized to determine the key commercial shipper pain points and the touchpoints in the commercial shipper journey. A l l o f t h e c o m p a nies have opportunities where the implementation of digital and a n a l y t i c s w o u l d benefit their o p e r a t i o s . DEFINITIONS The definitions that have b...

Cybersecurity Awards

The majority of the awards feature multiple categories that might interest startups. Of the ten awards listed, 6 features a "best" or "top" startup of the year award. We were able to identify the application dates for all the awards, except for the Fortress Cyber Security Awards . Most of the awards incorporate categories for specific cybersecurity products or applications in such diverse fields as malware, fraud prevention, forensics, identity management, mobile security and more.

Wrestling Demographics

40% of WWE's viewers are female and 17% of its viewers are below the age of 18. Wrestling has an aging demographic , and its audience is getting older faster than any other sport . These and other insights on WWE viewers and the US wrestling industry have been provided in the findings below. WWE VIEWERS WWE Viewer Demographics According to the WWE website, 40% of WWE's viewers are female (therefore 60% are male) and 17% of its viewers are below the age of 18. In 2019, the average age of TV viewers of wrestling was 54 , older than every other sport except baseball (57) and horse racing (63). The median age of pro wrestling viewers increased by almost double from 28 in 2000 to 54 in 2016 . This increase in the median age is the largest among all sports , with the next-largest being a 16-year increase in the median age of NHL viewers during the same period. Those who started watching when they were kids have stuck around and continue to watch using traditional means , but it ...