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From Reality TV Host To Commander In Chief-The Enduring Power Of TV

Tim Mulligan

11 Nov 2016

Video

Amid all the post election analysis on Tuesday’s historic vote and the talk of the first Twitter president it was easy to overlook one enduring truth in America cultural discourse - TV still matters.

Facebook Is Finally Ready To Become A Media Company

Mark Mulligan

10 Nov 2016

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Facebook beat estimates with its latest earnings but announced that ad revenues would likely slow in 2017 as the digital ad market feels the pinch of advertiser budgets lagging the shift in user behaviour.

Quick Take: HTC’s VR Arcade Revival

Zach Fuller

4 Nov 2016

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Expanding the market for Virtual Reality is something we at MIDiA have spoken at length about in the past year, with pricing and the framing of its use for casual gamers remaining two major sticking points for the adoption of the technology.

Why Facebook’s Outlook Remains Strong Despite A Worried Wall Street

Karol Severin

4 Nov 2016

Media and Marketing

Facebook released its Q3 2016 results. Though the company beat analysts’ revenue estimates, it suggested a coming slowdown in ad revenues as it is nearing maximum ad load in its current shape. For a growth story obsessed Wall Street, this meant wiping 7% off the company’s value overnight.

Why is YouTube Red Struggling To Add Subscribers?

Tim Mulligan

3 Nov 2016

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Yesterday’s story in the Verge about YouTube Red’s low numbers have not come as a surprise. Acquiring only 1.5 million subscribers in its first year helps to put the relative performance of service in context.

Why Amazon Prime, China And Video Are All Interlinked

Tim Mulligan

2 Nov 2016

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Last week two big events happened in Amazon Inc’s world. Firstly the retail giant announced the launch of its Prime express delivery service in the world’s largest e-commerce market, crucially without the additional Prime video streaming functionality.

Here's Why The Music Industry Needs To Dump Non-Discretionary Pricing

Mark Mulligan

28 Oct 2016

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Spotify’s 2015 UK accounts painted a vibrant picture with both profits and above average Average Revenue Per User (ARPU). However, a little caution is required before assuming all the answers to the streaming market’s woes can be found here.

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What The Death Of Vine Means For Super Short Form Video

Tim Mulligan

28 Oct 2016

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Yesterday’s announcement of the death of Vine is a stark reminder of just how fickle the video app landscape is and underlines just how important vision is in acquisition strategy for tech companies.

Playstation VR’s Japanese Sales Spell Trouble for Virtual Reality Adoption

Zach Fuller

25 Oct 2016

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Sony’s entry into the VR market came with a lot of hype and it was easy to see why. Initially developed under the codename ‘Project Morpheus’, it arrived with brand recognition (Playstation), high-profile gaming IP content (Resident Evil), and a lower price tag than both the Oculus Rift and HT...

Why AT&T Has Decided To Acquire Time Warner

Tim Mulligan

24 Oct 2016

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The most powerful force in nature is when two landmasses moving in opposite directions come up against each other. The result of these two tectonic plates irrepressibly pushing up against one another is an earthquake and the outcome is always unpredictable.

Are You Acquiring App Users At A Loss?

Karol Severin

24 Oct 2016

Video Media and Marketing

It is no secret that reliable metrics are crucial for successful mobile growth, but even more important is knowing which ones to use when and how to use them. Technology is changing so fast that it is hard to keep up with which metrics you should be using.

Can NBA in Virtual Reality Avoid 3D TV’s Fate?

Zach Fuller

24 Oct 2016

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US Sports fans will begin to see the fruits of the highly anticipated partnership between Next VR and Fox Sports this NBA season, following the announcement that the network will begin broadcasting one NBA game in VR per week.

How Spotify Can Become A Next Generation “Label”

Mark Mulligan

21 Oct 2016

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One of the themes my MIDiA colleague Tim Mulligan (the name’s no coincidence, he’s my brother too!) has been developing over in our online video research is that of next generation TV operators. With the traditional pay-TV model buckling under the pressure of countless streaming subscriptions se...

Why Scheduling Has Come To Facebook Live

Tim Mulligan

19 Oct 2016

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Today’s rollout of live video scheduling on Facebook is both a strategic move of vision and a tantamount recognition that the current iteration now requires modification. From today verified page administrators on the social media site will be able to schedule a live video broadcast up-to one week...

Is SVOD Destined To Remain Niche?

Tim Mulligan

18 Oct 2016

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This week is a significant week for SVOD (Subscription Video On Demand) services. On Monday Netflix announced its third quarter numbers which have highlighted the slow down in growth in domestic subscriber acquisitions (which arguably reached saturation at beginning of the year with close to 50% US ...

Music Messaging Apps: Music Consumption Will Never Quite Be The Same Again

Mark Mulligan

17 Oct 2016

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Music messaging apps are one of the most exciting and disruptive music consumer behaviours to emerge since file sharing first raised its head in the late 1990s. Apps like Musical.ly and Dubsmash have catalyzed entirely new ways for young music fans to engage with music, blurring the lines between cr...

Could Limited Ad Tracking Make Apple The Largest ‘Adblocker’?

Karol Severin

17 Oct 2016

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You may have noticed the setting on your iPhones and iPads called ‘Limit Ad Tracking’ – LAT (Setting->Privacy->Advertising->Limit Ad Tracking), or if you are most people, you may not have.

Has Snapchat Learned From Twitter’s IPO?

Zach Fuller

14 Oct 2016

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Snap Inc, the parent company of messaging app Snapchat, have hired Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley for a seemingly imminent IPO. In addition to being one of the first app generation unicorns (alongside Spotify and Uber) to go public, the company is doing so at a time when fellow social media giant ...

Disney and Netflix: A Full-Stack Media Dream

Zach Fuller

7 Oct 2016

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Previously linked as being one of many suitors for Twitter, Disney additionally emerged this week as a rumoured buyer for video giant Netflix. Only last month, Disney CEO Bob Iger declared his company had ‘cracked the code for keeping moviemaking profitable’, but through this triumphalist narrat...

Cstream Aims To Break The All-You-Can-Eat Mold

Mark Mulligan

5 Oct 2016

Music

The paucity of innovation and differentiation in the streaming music market is a direct cause of the slowdown in streaming growth outside of Spotify and Apple’s continued – and now, market dominating - success .

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