Case Study - Building a new Digital Content Universe for Middle East 1 | Page 4

INTRODUCTION The Middle East is fast developing into an important hub for digital services management with key market, demographic and consumption trends shaping the digital consumption revolution. The rise of a tech savvy millennial class in the GCC countries is driving new formats in content delivered over the mobile. Meanwhile the demand for Arabic content continues to grow unabated with a huge following consisting of rich and influential locals. The demand and supply gap for vernacular content is also growing causing of worry for operators catering to the diaspora from South East Asia. Customers are demanding personalized experiences, but, most of the customers who are receiving personalized experiences say they are annoying, not compelling. As customers deepen their interaction with content, there is a need to create centralized and personalized profiles, leveraging analytics, in order to pro- vide compelling user experiences. This e-book seeks provides an overview of digital landscape in the Middle East and provides answers to several of rising challenges in the region. 2 www.mahindracomviva.com