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The Song Economy Part 2 - strategies for making songs (even) bigger

Keith Jopling

22 Jun 2020

In ‘ The Song Economy is just getting started ’ I looked at how major catalogue songs such as Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’, Toto’s Africa and Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You had all spent many years accumulating streams (audio and video), radio plays and ultimately for...

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Is streaming making it harder and more expensive for consumers to access video content?

Tim Mulligan

19 Jun 2020

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Back in 2007, Netflix made its famous pivot from being a subscription postal DVD rental provider to becoming an on-demand video streaming provider. Fast forward 13 years and the entire TV industry has now been disrupted, with 53% of US consumers in Q1 2020 now paying for subscription video on demand...

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Media Companies Divesting From Games Is A Double-Edged Sword

Karol Severin

17 Jun 2020

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Just a couple of weeks ago MIDiA Research wrote about Endeavor selling off its Epic Games stake . Now it has emerged that AT&T is looking to sell off Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment (WBIE), the games arm of Warner Media.

Bain Capital Fashions Itself Goal-Scoring Opportunity with Tabled Serie A Offer

Alistair Taylor

16 Jun 2020

Bain Capital Macquaire Close Brothers

Italian football league Serie A is attracting suitors for an equity share, following a €3 billion ($3.4 billion) ‘tentative offer’ made by Bain Capital for 25% of the league. This opened up competition with equity rival CVC Capital Partners, which offered €2.

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Just what is Tencent’s Endgame?

Mark Mulligan

16 Jun 2020

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Tencent’s combined $200 million investment in WMG follows on the heels of its $3.6 billion joint investment in Universal Music. It is hardly Tencent’s first investments in music, having spent $6.2 billion on music investments since 2016.

Music Streaming Needs a New Future

Mark Mulligan

12 Jun 2020

Alibaba China Fandom

While doing some research on the Chinese streaming market I came across this fantastic UX tear down of Xiami Music . I recommend you read it in full. The day before I found this–also must-read–article on Beyoncé’s streaming strategy ,which explains how she uses different platforms to segment ...

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What PlayStation 5 Tells Us About Sony's Trajectory

Karol Severin

12 Jun 2020

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PlayStation put on an impressive showcase of 20+ upcoming titles, culminating in presenting the design of its new console, PlayStation 5, due to launch later this year. Though no launch date, price or any other details were announced, Sony’s presentation communicated a lot about its strategy.

Premier League acknowledges priorities have changed during lockdown

Alistair Taylor

11 Jun 2020

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The English Premier League (EPL) is set to return to screens next Wednesday, over three months since the last fixture graced our screens. Considering the pandemic enforced-postponement has deprived sports fans of any live content since early March, the return of the EPL is big news for sports – ev...

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MIDiA's Recovery Economics principles for competing effectively post lockdown

Dara Jegede

11 Jun 2020

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If you missed our webinar on how media and entertainment will evolve post lockdown and how companies should adapt, the recording is available below. MIDiA analysts present in this webinar how the entertainment industries can plan not to simply bounce back, but to rebuild their value propositions and...

The BBC Steps Into A Brave New World With The Appointment of Tim Davie

Tim Mulligan

9 Jun 2020

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The appointment of Tim Davie, the current chief executive of BBC Studios – the commercial licensing and production arm of the BBC – as the next director general of the BBC is a signal that fundamental change is coming to the UK national broadcaster.

Artists are Learning How it Feels to be a Songwriter

Mark Mulligan

8 Jun 2020

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The ‘broken record’ streaming debate that continues to rage on is a natural consequence of the instantaneous collapse of live music revenue following lockdown. As soon as it was clear that live was going to be gone for some time , MIDiA predicted that the artist backlash against streaming royalt...

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HBO Max’s Existing IP Is Emerging as Its Key Asset

Tim Mulligan

5 Jun 2020

HBO Max Video

One week into the HBO Max launch and its competitive edge is starting to show in an area which streaming services are not best known – their existing intellectual property. The new season 4 of adult animation Rick and Morty has been airing on Adult Swim, one of Warner Media’s pay-TV ...

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The Global Music Industry Will Decline in 2020

Mark Mulligan

3 Jun 2020

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Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings but the global music industry will decline in 2020. Although we are now nearing the post-lockdown era in many countries across the globe, we are only just at the start of the recession phase that is coming next.

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To be Silent is to be Complicit – On Which Side of History Will the NFL be Remembered?

Alistair Taylor

3 Jun 2020

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Yesterday, social media went silent as it observed #BlackOutTuesday . Following George Floyd’s killing by a Minneapolis police officer, athletes and teams have all spoken up in solidarity, demanding justice and change for a system that disproportionately impacts the black population in the United ...

Dealing with Crises During The Crisis Is a Part Of New Normal

Karol Severin

2 Jun 2020

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Sony , EA , and Activision were among companies to postpone marketing events and product release efforts in light of the current protests against police brutality and racism in the United States. The current situation is a stark reminder that just because there is a COVID-19 crisis out there, it doe...

Recovery Economics | Bounce Forward not Back

Mark Mulligan

28 May 2020

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COVID-19 social distancing measures caused unprecedented dislocation to the entertainment economy. With a recession now a question of ‘how bad’ rather than ‘if’, entertainment companies have to adapt their businesses and identify new partners to maximise opportunities in the post-lockdown er...

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Move Over Mickey, The NBA is Set to Become Disney World’s Star Attraction

Alistair Taylor

27 May 2020

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COVID-19 forced sports leagues to think outside the box for restarting live sports. The UFC wanted to rent a private island , the NRL to ferry players to and from games, and the WWE performed to empty arenas .

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California Plans To Reopen Studios, But Return to Normality Will Take Much Longer

Tim Mulligan

26 May 2020

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Last week Gary Newsom, the governor of California announced the imminent rolling out of measures this week for the resumption of production of Hollywood movies and TV Shows. Los Angeles County, where the majority of the production studios are based will be excluded in the first phase as it prepares ...

PlayStation Now and Xbox Game Pass Increase Subscribers, But Recovery Will Favour Disruptors

Karol Severin

22 May 2020

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Both PlayStation (PS ) and Xbox have recently announced significant increases in their games streaming service user bases. Xbox Game Pass now has 10 million subscribers and PlayStation now has 2.2 million subscribers.

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The Music Industry’s Next Five Growth Drivers

Mark Mulligan

22 May 2020

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The risk with trying to imagine what the future might look like is to simply think it is going to be a brighter, shinier version of today. At this precise moment in time, this has perhaps never been truer.

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