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Amazon’s Latest VR Play: Commerce Over Content?

Zach Fuller

19 Jan 2017

Amazon

Facebook

Google Daydream

As the world’s largest e-commerce retailer increasingly flexing its content muscle, following a notable presence at the Golden Globes, Amazon has announced it is hiring a ‘Creative Director of Virtual Reality’.

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Will Amazon Eat The Voice Command World?

Karol Severin

9 Jan 2017

Alexa

Amazon

Amazon Echo

Last year was undoubtedly the year of video. As CES kicked off to shine more light on where the efforts of the industry are headed this year, it is becoming increasingly clear just how much voice command is emphasised, particularly as the battle for connected homes and cars heats up.

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Music Subscriptions Passed 100 Million In December. Has The World Changed?

Mark Mulligan

6 Jan 2017

Amazon

Amazon Prime Music

Apple Music

In streaming’s earlier years, when doubts prevailed across the artist, songwriter and label communities, one of the arguments put forward by enthusiasts was that when streaming reached scale everything would make sense.

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MIDiA Research Predictions 2017: The Year Of The Platform

Mark Mulligan

13 Dec 2016

Access Industries

Alphabet

Amazon

Following an 84% success rate for our 2016 Predictions report, we today launch our 2017 predictions report: ‘ MIDiA Research Predictions 2017: The Year Of The Platform’. The report is immediately available to all MIDiA subscription clients and can also be purchased for individual download from our report store here.

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Quick Take: Amazon Music Unlimited Comes To The UK

Mark Mulligan

14 Nov 2016

Amazon

Amazon Echo

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 Spotify Can Become A Next Generation “Label”

Mark Mulligan

21 Oct 2016

Access Industries

Amazon

Apple

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 services like Netflix (there are more than 50 services in the US alone) pay-TV companies have responded with countless apps of their own such as HBO Go and CBS All Access.

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Has Snapchat Learned From Twitter’s IPO?

Zach Fuller

14 Oct 2016

Amazon

augmented reality

echo

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 Twitter is in the process of selling itself, having seemingly been stalled by acquisition discussions with Disney, Google and Salesforce.

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Soundcloud, Amazon, Tidal: Streaming’s Other Runners

Mark Mulligan

16 Jun 2016

Amazon

Apple Music

Music streaming

Apple, Spotify and YouTube have all been grabbing the streaming headlines of late, albeit for different reasons. While these companies will continue to set the pace over the next couple of years (again, for different reasons) there is much more to the streaming market than these three.

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Chart Of The Week: Online Video Subscriber Penetration By Age

Mark Mulligan

2 Jun 2016

Amazon

Amazon Prime

Amazon Video

Streaming video subscriptions are now firmly established as a key component of the pay-TV landscape and look set to be an even bigger part of its future. With Netflix leading the way, SVOD is gaining ground fast.

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Chart Of The Week: Video P2P

Mark Mulligan

2 May 2016

Amazon

Chart Of The Week

hulu

It has long been well understood that what is popular on TV is popular on P2P. The list of the top 10 most downloaded TV shows in 2015 thus holds few surprises. All of these shows are either available to stream online via SVOD services.

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Viacom, Dish Networks And The Content Carriage Squeeze

Tim Mulligan

26 Apr 2016

Amazon

dish networks

Netflix

The last minute renewal of the carriage agreement between TV Network giant Viacom and Dish Networks, the third biggest pay TV operator in the US, revealed just how much the balance of power is shifting in the US TV industry.

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Amazon Ups The Stakes For Netflix

Tim Mulligan

18 Apr 2016

Amazon

Amazon Prime

Amazon Video

Next Monday Amazon will roll out its standalone SVOD (Subscription Video On Demand) service which will for the first time enable consumers to access its video services without being Prime customers. Prime is the premium delivery service which has been heavily promoted by the online retailing giant and has been at the forefront of its video service strategy.

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Google And The Battle For The TV Set

Tim Mulligan

2 Feb 2016

Amazon

Apple

Facebook

The Future of TV Coalition , a coalition of US Pay-TV companies whose 47 members include Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications and Dish Network has reacted strongly to Google’s latest attempt to enter the premium video content market (or Pay-TV market as it has largely been up until this point in time.

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Why Netflix and Amazon Are Outbidding The Competition For The Best Of Sundance

Tim Mulligan

27 Jan 2016

Amazon

manchester by the sea

Netflix

Amid the cold wintery weather of Utah, something extraordinary is happening, and it is not just the annual Sundance Film Festival currently being held in the scenic location of Park City. For the world’s preeminent independent film festival is now firmly in the sights of the two largest global SVOD (subscription video on demand) services: Netflix and Amazon.

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MIDiA Chart Of The Week: Netflix Leads Format Innovation

Mark Mulligan

22 Dec 2015

Amazon

Chart Of The Week

The advent of Video On Demand transformed the business models of the broadcast and pay-TV industries. Now it is set to have an equally disruptive impact on the nature of video content itself as the old analogue limits of linear TV programming no longer apply.

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Quick Take: Facebook Music Stories

Karol Severin

6 Nov 2015

Amazon

Apple

digital content

Facebook launched‘Music Stories’ for iPhone users who use Spotify or Apple Music with more hardware and listening options to follow. Music Stories let’s you share 30 second music snippets from Spotify and Apple Music.

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MIDiA Chart Of The Week: Online Video Subscriber Forecasts

Mark Mulligan

19 Oct 2015

Amazon

Chart Of The Week

Over the last few years online video subscription services from the likes of Netflix, Amazon and Hulu havekick started a revolution in premium video that is threatening to disrupt the traditional TV business to the core.

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Why The Novel Is A Key Component Of The Multi Media Landscape

Tim Mulligan

16 Oct 2015

Amazon

BBC

devices

Perhaps the most revealing comment at MIPCOM 2015 was the one made by Nick North, the BBC Director of Audiences. He stated, that he was more concerned about losing the attention of young viewers distracted by their devices than about the new online video competitors such as Netflix.

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How Game Apps Will Benefit From Amazon's Entry Into The Merch Market

Karol Severin

2 Oct 2015

Amazon

app publishers

Content Creators

After the launch of Amazon Underground, Amazon continues its strategy to actively support the long tail of more budget-constrained developers and content creators. Merch by Amazon, launched yesterday, is an on-demand merchandise service.

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Amazon Underground Challenges Dynamics Of The App Economy

Karol Severin

27 Aug 2015

Amazon

Amazon Underground

app charts

Amazon has partnered with developers to make over $10,000 worth of games, apps and in-app items for free. Instead of traditional monetization models, Amazon will pay developers based how long consumers use an apps for.

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