Tim Mulligan

Forget Cord Cutting: It’s A Bigger Cord With More Strands

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

11 Apr 2017

Amid all the noise and angst surrounding cord-cutting among the TV industry over the last two years, it is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that pay-TV is facing an irreversible decline. The reality,…

The State Of The SVOD Nation 2017
Global SVOD Markets And Consumer Trends

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Report by Tim Mulligan

10 Apr 2017

20,000 foot view: Despite the fear of an impending bubble bursting, Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) has never been in a stronger position globally. Although still dominated by the US as the largest…

Why The NFL Has Given Up On Twitter And Embraced Amazon

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

7 Apr 2017

After a much publicized 10 game streaming trial of live Thursday night NFL games on Twitter, the NFL has decided to discontinue the experiment. This week Amazon has bought the digital streaming rights…

The Challenge Of Creating Disruptive Pioneers In The TV Industry

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

31 Mar 2017

At this year’s TV Connect, the headline industry panel was on creating disruptive pioneers. The participants included Mark Wilson-Dunn -the Vice President of BT Media and Broadcast Enterprises, Faz Aftab…

The Rapidly Growing Niche Online Video Market Opportunity

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

28 Mar 2017

Yesterday Falcon Media House , the international media group focused on the streaming video market, relisted on the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market under the ticker FAL . Overseen by a management…

Why Streaming Video Services Are In Robust Health Globally

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

24 Mar 2017

Despite the additional probability of a correction in the inflated TV content market, SVOD (Subscription Video On Demand) services globally are in robust health. In mature TV markets, nearly half of consumers…

Next Generation Networks
What A Post-Pay-TV Video Network Looks Like

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Report by Tim Mulligan

23 Mar 2017

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In the cord-cutting era TV networks are having to think about what life beyond the traditional pay-TV ecosystem might look like. With SVOD services snapping up audiences in their millions, operators…

Snapchat Hooks Up With Vice To Produce An Original Dating Series

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

15 Mar 2017

Snapchat’s parent company Snap Inc. has followed up on its huge publicity around its recent IPO (Initial Public Offering) to land a significant content deal with Vice Media. Rapper chef Action Bronson…

BT Pays A Premium For Video Scarcity

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

6 Mar 2017

Today BT announced the extension of their exclusive UK broadcasting rights deal with UEFA for all Champions League and Europa League matches until the end of the 2020-2021 season. This has cost the UK…

YouTube Flicks The On Switch With YouTube TV

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

2 Mar 2017

Tuesday, February 28th could be looked back on as the day when everything changed for the pay TV industry in the US. This was the day when one of the tech majors decided to announce to the world that it…

Amazon & Netflix Go To The Oscars

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

27 Feb 2017

Yesterday’s 89 th Academy Awards made history. For the first time, streaming services were critically recognized by the Academy Of Motion Pictures and Sciences with Netflix and Amazon, the two largest…

Awesomeness TV And The Premium Online Video Content Challenge

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

21 Feb 2017

Despite the hype and the overall direction of travel, creating a premium video offering for mobile audiences remains a huge challenge. Last week Awesomeness TV and Verizon (who bought a 24.5% stake in…

Why Sling TV’s Move Into Cloud DVR Takes SVOD One Step Closer To Supplanting Non-streaming Pay TV

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

17 Feb 2017

Sling TV’s recently announced that it would be expanding its cloud DVR trial to its subscriber base who access the service through Amazon Fire TV and Android devices. This will be closely followed by…

The Significance behind The Amazon Prime Video Membership Numbers

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

16 Feb 2017

One of the challenges of following the disruption wrought by Amazon in the TV and film business is assessing the size of its Prime membership. Currently a subscription to prime membership includes a subscription…

YouTube Unleashes The Power Of Live Streaming

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

8 Feb 2017

Yesterday YouTube announced that it was opening up live streaming to its creator community who have a following of 1,000 or more on the YouTube platform. The new service called “Super Chat” allows…

The BBC’s Planet Earth II, Snapchat And The Premium Content Play

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

6 Feb 2017

Hot on the heels of last week’s S-1 Initial Public Offering prospectus release by Snap Inc, the parent company of Snapchat, was this morning’s announcement that the US messaging service is partnering…

Why Facebook Is Getting Serious About Native Video Content Creators

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

3 Feb 2017

On Wednesday’s fourth quarter earning’s call , Facebook’s CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg made a point of emphasizing the centrality of video to the future growth of the company and specifically…

Why go90 Is Where It Is

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

2 Feb 2017

18 months is a long time in the digital world. In that time, Facebook’s Messenger and Whatsapp both passed the billion monthly active users milestone and Snapchat has more than trebled its video engagement…

Amazon Steals A March On Netflix With The First Streaming Pay- TV Best Picture Oscar Nomination

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

27 Jan 2017

In the ongoing video streaming wars currently being fought out between Netflix and Amazon (globally number one and number two global subscription services) Amazon have just claimed a significant victory.…

Netflix And The Tenth Anniversary Of Video Streaming

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

16 Jan 2017

Today marks the tenth anniversary since Netflix launched its pivot into video streaming. Up until 2006, Netflix was a troubled company with repeated predictions for the inevitable demise of its DVD-rental…