Interviews with Digital Media Thought Leaders
About Phil Leigh
Phil Leigh is the founder of Inside Digital Media, Inc. which is a market research firm specializing in the future of media. The company’s website provides, at no cost, regular video and audio podcasts with industry leaders. Two major research reports released thus far in 2009 include “Third Generation Television” and “Future Developments in Video Advertising”.
Prior to founding Inside Digital Media Phil was a stock analyst. While at Raymond James & Associates he was one of the first analysts to focus on the Internet. As the Internet evolved, his coverage segued into Digital Media. Earlier Phil worked on Wall Street as a technology analyst at The First Boston Corporation which is the U.S. predecessor of Credit Suisse.
As a stock analyst, he is best known for his larger industry-centered studies which are listed below. The primary objective of the research was to identify, before they were obvious, media and communications technologies that would ultimately become dominant. Two of the reports have been used as study materials at the Stanford Business School.
Phil has been invited as a moderator or panelist at a number of industry conferences including Kagan World Media, Streaming Media, Comdex, Wharton Business School, Wainhouse Research, and Digital Hollywood, among others. Media credits include repeated television appearances on CNBC as well as citations in leading newspapers such as The New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, and San Francisco Chronicle, among others.
He holds a MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University and a BSEE from Florida Institute of Technology.
The following document provides more background on how Phil started Inside Digital Media, Inc.
In The Realm of New Ideas (PDF Format)
Notable Industry Research Reports:
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Future Developments in Electronic Communications |
June, 1978 |
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Second Generation Television |
December, 1979 |
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Future Developments in Digital Media |
September, 2000 |
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Future Developments in Network Efficiency |
April, 2001 |
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Future Developments in Peer-To-Peer Networking |
June, 2001 |
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Future Developments in Electronic Conferencing |
October, 2001 |
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The Second Coming of Online Music |
April, 2002 |
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Future Developments in Electronic Conferencing - Version 2.0 |
October, 2002 |
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Investment Opportunities in Digital Media |
February, 2003 |
