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Viewsroom Predictions 2017: Part 2

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4.458 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Breakingviews columnists offer their take on the year ahead: magic mushrooms could be an economic and investment hit, big business will take drones to the skies and Uber's IPO faces an uphill struggle. Plus: Harry Potter's 20th anniversary is a lesson in preparing for surprises. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:13.1

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0:20.0

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0:29.6

Welcome to the Views Room, a weekly conversation among Breaking Views columnists about big numbers, crunchy deals, and nasty spats.

0:40.6

I'm Jennifer Saba.

0:41.9

This week, I'll be joined by my colleagues in Asia, Europe, and the United States to discuss the second part of our latest predictions.

0:49.9

First up, Pete Sweeney talks to Robin Mack about why 2017 will be the year commercial drones

0:55.3

will really take off.

0:57.2

So Robin, commercial drones have been of high interest to consumers in recent years.

1:02.0

There's been some companies making a lot of money in this sector.

1:04.6

What do you see is coming up for the industry next year?

1:08.0

So the market today is very dominated by consumer, tech enthusiasts, and hobbyists.

1:14.8

This year, there have been a lot of legislation in different countries that will allow companies

1:19.8

like Amazon to do things like use small drones to deliver packages.

1:24.0

So the hope is that when these different rules and regulations are finalized, then more businesses

1:29.6

and companies can start using drones.

1:31.8

Well, so has there been a big hold-up from the legislation front, or has it been...

1:35.7

Yeah, so that's mainly been one of the biggest obstacles, because legally this is very untested.

1:41.1

So right now, Amazon just recently trialed its first drone delivery, but they

1:46.0

had to do it in the United Kingdom because the United States just doesn't have the type of

1:50.0

laws that would allow them to do something like this.

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