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Ecommerce wars: Can Instagram's shop window and check-out compete with Amazon's brand ambitions?

Georgia Meyer

3 Apr 2019

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Commerce has moved online. In this rapidly evolving space, the dynamics of which govern the fortunes of so many businesses and brands, Amazon, Walmart and Instagram are playing their hands fiercely. Their product strategies are defining the space for consumers and businesses alike.

We're Hiring A Video Analyst

Dara Jegede

2 Apr 2019

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We are looking for a Video Analyst to join our fast-growing team. You will either currently work in a strategy, commercial or marketing role with a TV or video company, or you will be an experienced industry analyst with a track record of delivering high-quality research and consulting.

Business Development Manager Opportunity

Dara Jegede

2 Apr 2019

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We are looking for a client-obsessed individual to join MIDiA’s sales team as a Business Development Manager, to focus on the TV, Video and Media sectors. The successful candidate will report directly to MIDiA’s head of commercial.

The bullish case for Apple’s transition into media

Tim Mulligan

2 Apr 2019

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A week on from the momentous decision by Apple to prioritise becoming amedia and consumer services-led company , the stock price for the company remains almost exactly where it was. On Monday March 25th AAPL’s price opened at $191.

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Cord cutting FY 2018: Streaming transition picks up pace

Tim Mulligan

1 Apr 2019

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Cord cutting is now an established component of the US pay-TV landscape, reinforcing the role of the US as the canary in the mine for the global pay-TV business. Cord cutting accelerated in 2018, highlighting the secular nature of the phenomenon.

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Fox News to ‘New Fox’: What is left after the Disney deal

Alistair Taylor

1 Apr 2019

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On the 20th March 2019, The Walt Disney Company ’s acquisition of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox became official. What did Disney acquire? The $71.3 billion merger significantly strengthens Disney’s value proposition as a service, solidifying its position as the world’s largest media cong...

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Downtown acquires AVL: Value chains in a post-direct distribution era

Zach Fuller

28 Mar 2019

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When Spotify announced that it was going to launch direct distribution on its platform, it was clear the various digital distributors that emerged in the post-Napster wave of online music (Tunecore, CD Baby, Ditto, etc.

Apple’s subscription pivot

Mark Mulligan

28 Mar 2019

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On Tuesday, Apple announced its arrival on the world stage as a media company, using the lion’s share of its product keynote as the platform for a succession of super star actors, directors and other personalities to tell the story of their respective Apple original TV shows.

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How YouTube’s 1bn+ club is changing the face of global music culture

Mark Mulligan

26 Mar 2019

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Throughout 2018, while locked in a bitter war of words with rightsholders and creators over Article 13, YouTube quietly but dramatically expanded its role as the most powerful platform for creating global superstars.

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Apple joins the games subscription race with Arcade

Karol Severin

26 Mar 2019

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Apple has announced that it will launch a games subscription service called Arcade. For a monthly payment (price point to be determined), the service will feature over 100 original games which users will be able to play across iPhones, iPads and Apple TV and pick up wherever they left off.

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Apple TV+ and the beginning of Apple the media company – #AppleEvent

Tim Mulligan

25 Mar 2019

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Apple today announced the launch of its much anticipated video service, Apple TV+, at its #AppleEventin Cupertino, California. It has been a long time in the making for a combination of reasons, not least of which is a concern among TV networks of making Apple too strong a partner that they cannot c...

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AI and the disruption of the music persona

Zach Fuller

22 Mar 2019

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Discussions on AI and music continue to grip the music industry, with fears we stand on the precipice of a post-musician world, yet in many ways we have been here before. History dictates that shifts in music composition are influenced more by the context in which it is consumed rather than the tech...

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Mediapro offers Eleven Sports a UK lifeline!

Alistair Taylor

21 Mar 2019

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Streaming service Eleven Sports will now have to table a new offer to maintain its UK La Liga rights, as Mediapro (the agency selling La Liga’s international rights) decides to return La Liga to the UK media rights tender market ahead of the 2019/2022 season.

Advertising Week Europe: Measuring success needs an overhaul – Lessons from OTT

Georgia Meyer

21 Mar 2019

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Advertising Week Europe has – unsurprisingly – been brimming with discussions about OTT, programmatic and measurement. What is perhaps more surprising is the fact that OTT advertising is still framed as a new space that has not reached its full potential because it lacks the reach of linear chan...

Why Facebook could be the future of social music, but isn’t yet

Mark Mulligan

21 Mar 2019

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Facebook recently secured licensing deals with music rightsholders in India (via Music Business Worldwide ), an important step in what has thus far been an underwhelming social music strategy since first inking rights deals in June 2018.

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The BBC confronts the reality of Planet (Digital) Earth

Tim Mulligan

20 Mar 2019

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Yesterday the chairman of the British Broadcasting Corporation, David Clementi, gave atalk at the Oxford Media Convention (per the BBC ), which starkly addressed the reality which the world’s oldest and arguably most iconic public service broadcaster (PSB) now finds itself confronting.

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Stadia begins tech majors' disruption of gaming

Karol Severin

19 Mar 2019

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Google announced it will launch a games streaming service named Stadia later in 2019 across US, UK, Canada and most of Europe. This much awaited announcement brings gaming a lot closer to a device and platform-agnostic gaming paradigm .

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Why Snap Inc. is launching a games platform

Karol Severin

19 Mar 2019

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Snapchat will announce a gaming platform for developers in the upcoming days, according to Cheddar . The hope is to boost engagement as well as revenue growth. Snapchat is still trying to pave its path towards profitability.

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MIDIA RESEARCH 2018–2026 STREAMING MUSIC FORECASTS

Mark Mulligan

19 Mar 2019

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MIDiA has just published its global music forecasts, with revenue and user numbers projected out to 2026 (a list of data items and countries covered are listed at the bottom of this post). 2017 was the last year of strong streaming revenue growth.

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SXSW 2019: Streaming, Radio and the Unevenly Distributed Future

Zach Fuller

18 Mar 2019

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‘The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed’. In many ways, this quote by science fiction writer William Gibson surmises the work we do at MIDiA: cautiously observing new tech developments and remaining aware of the hype cycle that characterises the adoption curve.

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