Digital technology in the Fourth Industrial Revolution is expected to significantly impact the cultural content industry and businesses. This study aimed to investigate the current status, characteristics, and implications of digital technology utiliz...
Digital technology in the Fourth Industrial Revolution is expected to significantly impact the cultural content industry and businesses. This study aimed to investigate the current status, characteristics, and implications of digital technology utilization among cultural content companies. Data were extracted from a business activity survey conducted by the National Statistics Office of Korea. The results indicated that the ratio of digital companies in the cultural content industry was higher than that of the entire industry and the rate of increase was higher than that of the entire industry. Each specific cultural content industry had unique characteristics and types. In particular, cloud, big data, and artificial intelligence were the three core technologies. The findings indicated that a customized strategy is required based on types and characteristics of digital technology. The characteristics and implications of digital transformation of the cultural content industry and digital technology based on the characteristics of cultural content companies should be utilized in the future.