Tim Mulligan

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.

The Oscars in 2022 – Attempting to hold the line against digital disruption

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Tim Mulligan
Online video
Oscars
Film
The 94thAcademy Awards are only 26 days away, and the long-established hype machine for promoting the Oscars, as they are popularly known, is well underway. Arguably, as the first Oscars post-pandemic (where the pandemic has been side-lined in favour of a resumption of post-lockdown life), the movie industry will be hoping that the Oscars return to their traditional default position at the pinnacle of the entertainment ecosystem.
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Why the markets are wrong about Paramount

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Tim Mulligan
Paramount
d2c
ViacomCBS
Last Tuesday’s investor’s day presentation by Sheri Redstone, the chair of ViacomCBS and the president of National Amusements, should have been a milestone for the future of the media major. The event was held to announce the rebranding of the company to Paramount (the iconic name of its flagship production business) and a reiteration of the entity’s determination to focus on its streaming-first future.
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How streaming is redefining what makes a global hit

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Tim Mulligan
International Hit 2.0
Squid Game
Netflix
The hallmark of the first wave of streaming disruption was video on demand functionality which unleashed a TV show commissioning boom focused upon scripted drama whole season releases. The ad-free subscription-based model removed the need for intrusive ad breaks and sponsor considerations as well as the time and concept constraints imposed by linear prime-time scheduling.
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TV internationalisation 2.0
Video is disrupting commissioning and turbo-charging international hits

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Tim Mulligan
Discovery
video streaming services
Business Strategy
Streaming has empowered niche appeal shows to find global audiences on a scale comparable with analogue-era prime time domestic audiences. Niche is the new mainstream. For the first time a global hit is no longer synonymous with US-centric output. Niche has now found its global appeal and lean-out TV show content is building iconic in real life (IRL) brands beyond traditional linguistic and cultural constraints.
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Why DAZN needs to use its new LaLiga rights to invest in global sports fandom

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Tim Mulligan
DAZN
LaLiga
post-broadcast sports
Yesterday saw OTT sports service DAZN announce that it had been awarded the local broadcast rights to LaLiga matches over the next five seasons, from 2022 to 2027. The deal, which is worth €4.95 billion over the five-year period, has been jointly secured with Spanish pay-TV operator Movistar (which has carried the DAZN linear channels since January 2021).
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