Mark Mulligan

Free COVID-19 Impact Webinar

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

9 Apr 2020

MIDiA Research is running a free-to-attend webinar on Wednesday, April 15 th : COVID-19 Impact on Entertainment Demand and Behaviours. Regular readers will know that MIDiA has been publishing COVID-19…

The Self-Isolation Entertainment Boom

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

7 Apr 2020

MIDiA has just published the latest report in its COVID-19 report series: “ T he Self-Isolation Entertainment Boom . This post explores some of the key findings and data. The full report is immediately …

COVID-19
The Self-Isolation Entertainment Boom

Report by Mark Mulligan

6 Apr 2020

Free Report

Following our first COVID-19 impact report, this report deep dives into how media consumption patterns have changed in the initial weeks of COVID-19 dislocation. While it is crucial to remember that these…

Exclusive COVID-19 Research Package for Independent Entertainment Companies

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

6 Apr 2020

During these unprecedented times, the entertainment industries are experiencing rapid change and have been forced to adapt accordingly – from the near collapse of live entertainment, through the cessation…

The COVID Bounce: Part II

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

2 Apr 2020

In their early stages, COVID-19 self-isolation measures have quickly created new consumer behaviour patterns, oriented around four key axes: Communication Entertainment Information/news Education (for…

Music Consumer Survey
Country Snapshots

Report by Mark Mulligan

27 Mar 2020

£3,000.00

Music consumer survey country snapshots for US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, Spain, and Sweden.

The COVID Bounce: How COVID-19 is Reshaping Entertainment Demand

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

27 Mar 2020

The economic disruption and social dislocation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is not evenly distributed. Some business face catastrophe, while others thrive. Across the entertainment industries the same…

Ad Receptiveness Consumer Survey
Country Snapshots

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Report by Mark Mulligan

23 Mar 2020

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Ad receptiveness consumer snapshots for US, UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, Spain, Sweden, France, Netherlands, and Italy.

How COVID-19 Will Affect the Media Industries

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

23 Mar 2020

The spread of COVID-19, and the responses of industry and governments alike, is unprecedented. It is, however, the restrictions on movement of people along with the response of consumers and investors…

COVID-19
Entertainment and Leisure Industry Impact Assessment

Report by Mark Mulligan

20 Mar 2020

£5,000.00

The spread of COVID-19, and the responses of industry and governments alike, is unprecedented. It is, however, the restrictions on movement of people along with the response of consumers and investors…

COVID-19’s Impact on Streaming: It’s Complicated

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

20 Mar 2020

One of the logical conclusions to draw about the impact of COVID-19 (also known as the coronavirus) is that the extra time people are spending at home will result in a boom for home entertainment. There…

Recession Impact
Cocooning Will Protect Entertainment Spend

Report by Mark Mulligan

18 Mar 2020

£3,000.00

Even before the global coronavirus outbreak, faltering confidence in the global economy suggested that a recession may be looming. With stock markets trending down following the upswing in coronavirus…

How Coronavirus Will Affect the Entertainment Industries

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

12 Mar 2020

The coronavirus is a global pandemic . Regardless of what its actual infection and mortality rates might be, it is already having seismic impacts on stock markets and consumer behaviour – the result…

Peak Attention
Competing in a Saturated Attention Economy

Report by Mark Mulligan and Karol Severin

11 Mar 2020

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Smartphones have made media consumption more interconnected than ever and are still increasing audiences time spent with entertainment. Filling the residual audience downtime from the analogue era was…

Recorded Music Revenues Hit $21.5 Billion in 2019

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

5 Mar 2020

With IPOs from Warner Music and Universal Music pending and continued institutional investment into music catalogues, the music business is firmly in the sights of big money. The performance of the recorded…

Recorded Music Market 2019
A Thriving and Transforming Industry

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Report by Mark Mulligan

3 Mar 2020

£3,000.00

With five successive years of growth, the recorded music market has transitioned from a recovering industry into a thriving business. The stars are aligning, with growing consumer demand, business model…

Spotify Q4 2019 Earnings
Great Year for Premium, Less So for Ad Supported

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Report by Mark Mulligan

29 Feb 2020

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2019 was another strong year for Spotify’s premium business, in which it saw off growing competition to retain its leading global market share. But it was also another year in which Spotify’s ad-supported…

Welcome to the Age of the Artist

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

27 Feb 2020

As it enters the third decade of the millennium, the recorded music business is in rude health. Revenues are about to enter the second half of a decade of annual growth, streaming is booming and investment…

What UMG’s IPO Means for the Business of Music

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

14 Feb 2020

Finishing 2019 on $6.4 billion, Universal Music is to go to IPO hot on the heels of Warner Music’s announcement to do the same. This of course also follows the Tencent-led agreement to acquire 10%…

WMG to IPO: Here’s What You Need to Know

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

7 Feb 2020

Throughout the last decade more than $10 billion has been invested into music catalogues. UMG bookended the merger and acquisition (M&A) boom with the Tencent-led $3 billion stake in its business,…