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Why PewDiePie Contemplated Deleting His YouTube Channel

Tim Mulligan

9 Dec 2016

PewDiePie who runs the most subscribed YouTube channel which has just surpassed 50 million subscribers declared that he is going to close down his record-breaking channel today. PewDiePie, aka Swedish gaming vlogger Felix Kjellberg has built up a reputation as an irreverent larger than life YouTuber celebrity.

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Adblocker User Deep Dive – High Value Users That Cannot Be Ignored

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Karol Severin

9 Dec 2016

adblocker users

MIDiA Research has published our latest adblocking report:‘Adblocker User Deep Dive – High Value Users That Cannot Be Ignored.In it we combine data on adblocker user demographics, their media behaviour as well as their digital media spending habits to create the definitive assessment of the adblocking user segment.

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Meitu Is Going Public, But Can It Monetize?

Karol Severin

7 Dec 2016

Meitu, the smartphone manufacturer, digital beauty, photo and video apps company, is undertaking initial public offering (IPO) on the 15th of December, looking to raise $750 million at a $5.2 billion valuation.

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YouTube Reaches $4bn In Music Industry Rights Payments

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Mark Mulligan

6 Dec 2016

Music Royalties

YouTube just reported that it has paid $1 billion to ‘the music industry’ over the course of the last 12 months. That takes its cumulative payments (since 2007) up to $4 billion. The year-to-date payments for $900 million are a 22% on the full year payments made in 2015 – the year in which labels started going for YouTube’s jugular because they felt it was not paying its fair share (ie the value grab / value share).

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Could Facebook Spell Trouble For Snapchat’s IPO?

Karol Severin

2 Dec 2016

messaging platforms

Snapchat is gearing up for its IPO which, if successful, could provide enough capital to finalize the company’s pivot from a trendy social messaging app into a full-fledged mobile platform. With new capital Snapchat will be able to compete much more effectively with Facebook.

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Sony Downgrade Playstation VR Sales Projections – What Next for VR?

Zach Fuller

2 Dec 2016

Following a much-hyped global release only a few months ago, Sony announced earlier this week they were downgrading their Playstation VR sales projections for 2016. Although many had predicted earlier in the year that Sony held a clear-cut initial advantage in an embryonic VR industry over competitors Oculus and HTC.

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Netflix Flexes Its Licensing Muscle

Tim Mulligan

1 Dec 2016

The announcement yesterday that Netflix is going to allow TV and movie downloads for offline viewing is a seismic moment for TV generally not just SVOD (subscription video on demand) services in particular.

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Why CNN has Acquired A Video Start Up Founded By A YouTuber

Tim Mulligan

29 Nov 2016

Monday’s announcement by CNN that is has agreed to acquire Beme the social media app created by YouTuber Casey Neistat shouldn’t come as a surprise. The deal represents a tie up of the old media world and the new media world by two parties struggling to gain traction in a relentlessly competitive and evolving digital landscape.

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Quick Take: Are Telcos Shooting Themselves In A Foot With Google’s RCS?

Karol Severin

28 Nov 2016

Mobile messaging

Google has partnered up with 58 telcos via GSMA to deploy a standardized revamp to SMS in form of Rich Communication System (RCS). The upgraded system will give telcos a shot at competing with mobile messaging platforms on Android, which are miles ahead in terms of the features, which they offer.

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Are China’s Leading Tech Companies Building a Next Gen Full-Stack Sports Ecosystem?

Zach Fuller

25 Nov 2016

Chinese investment in sports is unique. True, there has been outside investment in the major European leagues for decades now, as well as the common occurrence of a former world-beater heading to obscure divisions for a final lucrative pay-day.

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Black Friday Offer: Free MIDiA VR Report

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Mark Mulligan

25 Nov 2016

Free MIDiA Report

Shamelessly jumping on the Black Friday bandwagon we have a great offer for you: sign up to the MIDiA weekly research briefing newslettertoday and get a free 18 page VR report: 'The State Of The VR Nation'.

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We're Hiring!

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Mark Mulligan

23 Nov 2016

We'vebeen fortunate enough to have had a good 2016 at MIDiA Research and we're now planning for an even better 2017. To this end we're hiring for two new positions in our London office: Production Manager / Content Editor Account Executive Details of these tworoles are listed below.

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Linear TV And The Enduring Call Of The Wild

Tim Mulligan

21 Nov 2016

natural history

Planet Earth II has shown that there’s still such a thing as appointment to view in TV for non-live events. The BBC’s flagship natural history series had 9.2 million views for its season opener on November 6th according to the overnights making it the most watched natural history programme in 15 years.

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MIDiA’s 2016 Predictions – Here’s How We Did

Mark Mulligan

21 Nov 2016

MIDiA Research Predictions

Part of our job here at MIDiA Research is to help our clients ‘look round the corner’ and see what disruptions and innovations are likely to impact their businesses. In short, our job is to help understand what the future holds.

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Why Only Now Are eSports Taking Off?

Zach Fuller

18 Nov 2016

Although organised competitions featuring video gamers have existed since the medium’s rise throughout the 70s, it is only recently that the concept of lucrative E-Sports Leagues has become a mainstream proposition.

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Why Integrating Siri Into iMessage Matters For Apple

Karol Severin

18 Nov 2016

In June,I wrote about Apple finally making leaps towards revamping iMessage in a bid to turn it into a fully-fledged messaging platform able to compete with the leaders like Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp (in terms of the iOS user segment).

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YouTube And The Power Of The Cultural Conversation

Tim Mulligan

18 Nov 2016

Content Creators

#MadeForTrends is Google’s big PR campaign to present YouTube as a content destination for mainstream consumers to rival linear TV and to show its value as a digital partner for advertisers. In a presentation at Google’s new resplendent UK Headquarters at Kings Cross on Thursday –the pitch was clear – YouTube is a thing and it’s only getting bigger.

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Streaming Music Health Check Deep Dive: Trial Hopping

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Mark Mulligan

16 Nov 2016

At MIDiA we have just published our latest streaming report: ‘Streaming Music Health Check: Streaming’s Watershed Moment’. In it we combine the latest streaming revenue data, subscriber numbers and consumer data to create the definitive assessment of where the streaming music market is now at.

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Quick Take: Amazon Music Unlimited Comes To The UK

Mark Mulligan

14 Nov 2016

amazon music unlimited

Amazon announced the anticipated launch of Amazon Music Unlimited in the UK today. For my full take on Amazon Music Unlimited see my previous post here. Make no mistake, Amazon are taking this launch seriously, with a coordinated PR campaign and press release quotes not only from Amazon’s head of streaming music Steve Boom but also from Jeff Bezos himself.

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How Snapchat’s Year of Living Dangerously Could End with a Major Win

Zach Fuller

11 Nov 2016

augmented reality

Despite an audience both of huge scale and engagement (150m Daily Active Users), this is an uncertain time for Snap Inc. Though they have impressively manoeuvred away from their original incarnation as the alternative ephemeral image-messaging app towards building an impressive advertising model of discover channels and sponsored lenses, the company will be fully aware that in order to safeguard their lucrative prospective IPO (presently valuing the company at $25 Billion), they must preserve anarrative of continual growth if they areto acquiesce with Wall Street demands of tech stocks.

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