Tim is MIDiA's research director and senior video analyst. His research focus is streaming TV, and the intersection between established and emerging monetisation and engagement models for consuming TV and film. Underpinning this is a focus upon the business strategy and financial environment around which video services compete. Supporting this supply side coverage is a detailed overview of the consumer dynamics driving engagement from fandom to subscription challenges and video ad responsiveness.

Pre-empting video piracy in the streaming TV era

Report by Tim Mulligan

2 May 2023

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Video

IBCAP

Nagra

Video piracy had been downgraded as a significant disruptive risk in the era of subscription video on demand (SVOD) and free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST). While peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing piracy...

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Why Max is the one to watch in 2023

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

13 Apr 2023

Warner Bros. Discovery

Max

HBO Max

Investors attending Warner Bros. Discovery’s Streaming Product Press Event yesterday were reminded of the history underpinning D2C disruptor HBO Max as it was rebranded Max. The narrative for the rebrand...

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The great monetisation reset
New ways to monetise streaming video audiences

Report by Tim Mulligan and Ben Woods

12 Apr 2023

Free Report

Video

Product Strategy

This keynote took place at the beginning of the MIDiA webinar:The great monetisation reset |New ways to monetise streaming video audiences. The full presentation, panel, and Q&A session, can be found...

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The great monetisation reset

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

6 Apr 2023

NBCUniversal

Kerv Interactive

Twitch

2023 is shaping up to be an inflection point for video. The initial wave of streaming disruption is maturing and recalibrating to reflect a new period of adjustment to the new normal of slowing subscriber...

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Ad-supported video consumer snapshot Q4 2022
US, UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Sweden, South Korea, and Brazil

Report by Tim Mulligan

1 Apr 2023

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Video

Audience Insight

This report presents a snapshot of ad-supported video users, including age breakdowns, time spent on video (subscription video on demand (SVOD), ad-supported video on demand (AVOD), and pay-per-view),...

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How to future-proof video entertainment

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

23 Mar 2023

Strategy

Connected TV World Summit

finite digital wallets

This year’s Connected TV World Summit was in many ways a sanity-check on where the wider digital entertainment business is at the end of Q1 2023. The conference is being held amid a backdrop of rolling...

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Rebooting video fandom
Games as a video streaming genre

Report by Tim Mulligan, Karol Severin, Perry Gresham, Sam Griffin and Ben Woods

20 Mar 2023

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streaming TV monetisation

gamers

video games genres

With gamers being mainstream, video streaming services and their content offerings can benefit by increasing focus on the preferences of gamers. Crucially, this enables subscription video on demand (SVOD)...

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Finding the third way for video monetisation

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

2 Mar 2023

streaming

monetisation

streaming tv

2023 is an inflection point for streaming video; no longer young (Netflix pivoted into subscription video on demand (SVOD) back in 2007), no longer novel (monthly video subscriptions went mainstream in...

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TV monetisation
The third way

Report by Tim Mulligan

28 Feb 2023

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Video

Business Strategy

The slowing of subscription growth in developed markets means that streaming services have to look both towards post-subscription and post-advertising models. A focus on retention will maintain downward...

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It is time for video to seize the emerging monetisation opportunities of streaming TV

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

23 Feb 2023

Online video

AMC Networks

Streaming TV hird way monetisation

Last Friday, AMC Networks announced its fourth quarter 2022 results alongside its annual results. While fourth quarter revenues were up an impressive 20% to $965 million, net annual revenues only grew...

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Year of change
Themes that will shape entertainment in 2023

Report by Mark Mulligan, Tim Mulligan, Karol Severin, Hanna Kahlert, Kriss Thakrar, Ashleigh Millar, Tatiana Cirisano, Annie Langston, Perry Gresham, Sam Griffin, Ben Woods and Srishti Das

15 Feb 2023

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20,000 foot view This report deep dives into the themes identified in MIDiA’s 2023 predictions report. These themes will drive innovation in the digital entertainment landscape in 2023 across music,...

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Amazon’s bid for MX Player is the beginning of a new wave of video streaming M&A

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

15 Feb 2023

Online video

MX Player

amazon prime video

On February 10thit was revealed that Amazon is in talks with the rapidly growing India streaming service, MX Player . The service is majority owned by The Times Group and is now one of India’s largest...

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Disney versus Netflix – a tale of two contrasting commissioning strategies

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

7 Feb 2023

video commissioning

streaming TV commissioning

Disney commissioning

Tomorrow Disney announces its Q1 FY23 earnings results (calendar Q4 2022). Investors will be looking to see continued momentum from the world’s largest direct-to-consumer service (as of Q2 2022) in response...

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Peak talent is here for streaming TV

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

2 Feb 2023

Online video

acting talent

streaming TV talent

Last week, MIDiA covered the HBO phenomenon The Last of Us . Following in the footsteps of other successful games crossovers such as the Netflix Original The Witcher , The Last of Us is HBOs’ pitch at...

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Video consumer monetisation snapshot Q3 2022
US, Canada, Australia, UK, Germany, France, Sweden, South Korea, and Brazil

Report by Tim Mulligan

1 Feb 2023

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Video

Audience Insight

Online video

Introduction This slide deck presents consumer demand for video subscription services, transactional video consumption, and advertising responsiveness. The data is pulled from MIDiA’s Q3 2022 consumer...

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Why the paid sharing push by Netflix is a sign of weakness

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

27 Jan 2023

streaming

netflix

paid sharing

InNetflix’s Q4 2022 earnings, the world’s pre-eminent subscription video on demand (SVOD) service painted a bullish picture of a company having navigated a difficult 2022. In its own words : “2022...

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Match point – Tennis faces its generational pivot through Netflix

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

19 Jan 2023

Break Point

tennis

Drive to Survive

The recent success of the FIFA 2022 World Cup, despite the unwillingness of the organising body to update its brand identity ,sent out mixed messages to sports rightsholders. On the one hand, business...

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MIDiA Research video subscription forecasts 2023-2030
APAC to the fore

Report by Mark Mulligan, Tim Mulligan, Perry Gresham and Ben Woods

15 Jan 2023

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Online video

video model

subscription model

This report presents the key figures, trends, and drivers of MIDiA’s video streaming subscription forecast model. The revenue figures presented in this report are in billions of US dollars unless otherwise...

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Pivot point
MIDiA 2023 predictions

Report by Mark Mulligan, Tim Mulligan, Karol Severin, Hanna Kahlert, Kriss Thakrar, Ashleigh Millar, Tatiana Cirisano, Annie Langston and Ben Woods

12 Jan 2023

Free Report

Media and Marketing

Critical Developments

MIDiA analysts dive into our 2023 predictions, and why we believe it will be the ' pivot point '. Watch the webinareither on YouTube or LinkedIn ....

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The 2023 cinema reboot

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

10 Jan 2023

Online video

Film

Movies

The global success of the second instalment of the Avatar franchise, Avatar: The Way of Water (currently at $1.7 billion in box office revenue), is a timely reminder of the enduring consumer appeal of...

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