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TikTok Steals a March On Disney

Tim Mulligan

19 May 2020

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Kevin Mayer who has been instrumental in leading the Disney direct-to-consumer (D2C) strategy has left Walt Disney Co. to become CEO and COO of TikTok, the disruptive social media app owned by Chinese tech major ByteDance.

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The Last Dance – ESPN Raining Threes

Alistair Taylor

18 May 2020

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With the pandemic-enforced postponement of live sports creating an entertainment void for sports fans, US broadcaster ESPN played its trump card to capitalise on the thirst for stimulating content during lockdown.

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Radio strategies 2020 & beyond

Keith Jopling

18 May 2020

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This is part 2 of our blog on Radio’s future and focuses on strategies for radio networks. MIDiA’s full report “Radio Is Switched On Again / Strategies for 2020 and Beyond” is now available to subscribers.

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Endeavor, Epic Games and the Future Of Digital Entertainment Venues

Karol Severin

15 May 2020

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Just a couple of months ago Endeavor was on its journey of building a true cross-entertainment conglomerate. Endeavor recognised a long time ago the synergies which can be achieved from cross-entertainment partnerships and bet heavily on this for its future evolution.

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Video Steps into the First On-Demand Recession

Tim Mulligan

13 May 2020

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A much-cited phrase used to quantify the recent run of cable and satellite TV subscriptions cancellations in the US has been “horrific”. In Q1 the leading publicly-reporting traditional pay-TV providers reported a record 1.

Artists – Have Your Voice Heard

Mark Mulligan

12 May 2020

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MIDiA is fielding its third biannual Artist Survey. Our two surveys last year were very successful and got hundreds of artist responses. MIDiA’s artist surveys takes the pulse of the artist community and provides this information back to the artist community.

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‘You’re not singing anymore’ - English Premier League set to lose over $1 billion

Alistair Taylor

7 May 2020

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The English Premier League (EPL) is faced with the very real possibility that it will have to play out the entirety of the 2020/2021 soccer season behind closed doors, starving teams of more than $1 billion in lost matchday revenue.

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Disney’s Results for Calendar Q1 Underlines The Importance Of its D2C Pivot

Tim Mulligan

7 May 2020

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There was no dressing it up. Disney had a bad start to the year from a financial perspective. In its Q2 2020 (calendar Q1 2020) report the company announced an 85% decline in income from its continuing operations before taxes, and an even greater 91% decline in net income from continuing operations.

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What is the value of exposure when exposure is all there is?

Mark Mulligan

6 May 2020

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There is an existential debate going on at the moment, around whether streaming is paying artists enough. It may feel like a rerun of old debates but it is catalysed by COVID-19 decimating artist income.

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Does Virgin Media Plus O2 Equal A New UK Communications Major?

Tim Mulligan

6 May 2020

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Liberty Global which is the parent company of Virgin Media, is in talks with Telefonica subsidiary O2 about combining the two businesses together to create a new UK challenger to BT. Virgin Media is the second largest pay-TV operator in the UK with four million video subscribers and 5.

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How COVID-19 Catalysed Competitiveness Among The Video Majors

Tim Mulligan

5 May 2020

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While the previous two months of pandemic disruption has had a dramatic impact upon video streaming, the overall direction of travel for video has remained constant, with video streaming remaining the future of TV and film consumption.

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Collapsing Maul: Sport Facing Global Rights Re-valuations

Alistair Taylor

4 May 2020

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The English Gallagher Premiership Rugby provides another case study that demonstrates just how significant COVID-19’s impact on rights holders is likely to be moving forward, as it faces a substantial drop in the value of its broadcast rights.

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The IFPI Confirms 2019 was the Independents' Year for Streaming

Mark Mulligan

4 May 2020

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UPDATE: this post has been updated to correct an erroneous data point. Previously it stated that independent market share was 41%. It has been corrected to 29% Recently I wrote about how a little-known Spotify statistic revealed that independents (labels and artists) outperformed the majors on its p...

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The ‘Covid Bounce’ In Games Can Cloud Judgement About What Lies Ahead

Karol Severin

1 May 2020

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Compared to most, the games industry has benefited from the Covid-19 outbreak and related lockdowns. For a lot of games companies, engagement has increased and so have revenues, albeit just partially. Looking at the wider landscape suggests this will be a temporary dynamic which can cloud the view o...

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Travis Scott has Only Scratched the Surface of Music Games Tie Ups

Mark Mulligan

1 May 2020

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In February 2019 Marshmello caused ripples of almost tidal proportions across the music business when 10.7 million Fortnite fans watched him perform a ‘concert’ in the game. Then in April 2020 Travis Scott followed in his shoes with his own Fortnite concert, pulling in 12 million players.

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YouTube Ad Revenue Continues To Grow But For How Much Longer?

Tim Mulligan

30 Apr 2020

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On Tuesday (28th April), Alphabet, the holding company for Google released its Q1 2020 results. The performance of Google is hugely important across both the digital economy and the financial sector. Google and Facebook between them account for the overwhelming majority of digital advertising outsid...

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Spotify Q1 2020: Choppy Waters Ahead

Mark Mulligan

29 Apr 2020

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Spotify’s first quarter earnings were a mixed bag, with a largely positive picture for Q1 but some warning signs for the remainder of the year: Subscribers: Spotify’s Q1 earnings may not have matched Netflix’s for over-performance but subscriptions did show over performance, ...

Historical and Crime Dramas Are Dominating Lockdown Viewing

Tim Mulligan

29 Apr 2020

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As a quarter of the world goes into a second month of lockdown some interesting trends are starting to emerge. First of all was the spike in TV and video consumption with linear viewing challenging the long-term trend away from appointment-to-view schedules.

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Independents Grew Fastest on Spotify in 2019, But There’s a Twist

Mark Mulligan

28 Apr 2020

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Tomorrow (Wednesday 29 th April) Spotify announces its Q1 2020 results, at which point we will find out whether it had a COVID-bounce like Netflix did ( adding 15.8 million subscribers in Q1 ) or whether growth slowed.

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HBO Max Now Has Its Launch Date-Will This Turn Out To Be Good Or Bad Timing?

Tim Mulligan

24 Apr 2020

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On Tuesday, AT&T subsidiary Warner Media announced the launch date for its forthcoming D2C streaming video service HBO Max. On May 27 th HBO Max will launch into a world radically different from the one envisaged at the HBO Max debut event held in October 2019.

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