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Who will own the virtual concert space?

Mark Mulligan

28 Aug 2020

2020 will go down as a rough year for many artists, largely because of the income they lost when live ground to a halt. Unfortunately, the live music sector is still going to be disrupted in 2021 and it may take even longer for the sector to return to ‘normal’.

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Can LiveScore learn valuable lessons from Eleven Sports’ UK failings?

Alistair Taylor

24 Aug 2020

streaming service LiveScore OTT

Streaming insurgent LiveScore launched its first ever over-the-top (OTT), ad-supported direct-to-consumer (D2C) streaming proposition in the UK back in June, harbouring a similar rights portfolio to that of Eleven Sports’ failed proposition back in 2018 .

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The post-peak Twilight Zone: A defining cultural trend of uncertainty

Hanna Kahlert

24 Aug 2020

It has been eight months since the onset of the global coronavirus pandemic which has created an unprecedented global socio-economic crisis. As Wuhan residents are beginning to attend music festivals once more and UK consumers are incentivised to uplift their local restaurants with the “eat out to...

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Epic Games takes on the media giants in #freefortnite fiasco

Karol Severin

21 Aug 2020

Fortnite Epic Games Apple

Conflict between the gaming world and the tech giants erupted last Thursday, with Fortnite being removed from the App Store and Play Store, two lawsuits being registered, and a (niche) viral outbreak of Epic Games’ #freefortnite campaign.

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MIDiA’s UK video consumer deep dive Q2 2020 report

Tim Mulligan

20 Aug 2020

YouTube Netflix Streaming video

MIDiA Research has published its Q2 2020 UK Video Consumer Deep Dive report, with an update on where the leading streaming services are and how they have adapted to the ongoing disruption wrought by COVID-19.

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COVID fallout: BBC no longer considers UK Athletics value for money

Alistair Taylor

19 Aug 2020

Covid-19 covid pandemic

COVID-19 exposed live entertainment as a vulnerable asset class , specifically following the pandemic-enforced postponement of live sports . One of the hardest hit during this hiatus and ensuing uncertainty has been athletics, which saw its largest engagement driver and the ‘greatest show on earth...

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Fortnite’s Party Royale provides sports untapped avenue for reaching digital natives

Alistair Taylor

19 Aug 2020

Universal platform Fortnite Epic Games

Burgeoning universal platform Fortnite’s ‘ Party Royale ’ is slowly becoming the gateway for rights holders to reach digitally native audiences. Party Royale, Fortnite’s ‘ experimenta l’ game mode has been a breakthrough for the platform ever since it was released.

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Facebook’s “Reels” bid to move into TikTok gap will fail

Hanna Kahlert

17 Aug 2020

Mobile content Media Social video

The rollout of Instagram Reels comes cleverly timed, sweeping in the wake of the announced TikTok ban to claim the many app users who will be searching for a new proposition on which to spend their attention.

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What AWAL’s $100k artists mean for the streaming economy

Mark Mulligan

14 Aug 2020

Music

Kobalt’s AWAL division announced that‘hundreds of its artists have reached [the] annual streaming revenue threshold [of $100,000]’ . Make no mistake, this is major milestone for a record label that has around 1% global market share.

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The Song Economy Part 3 – creating in the song economy

Keith Jopling

13 Aug 2020

Music Strategy Spotify

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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Apple to launch subscription bundle – we called it!

Mark Mulligan

13 Aug 2020

Video Music Games

In MIDiA’s 2020 Predictions report published in December 2019 we predicted that tech majors would start creating subscription bundles, with Apple leading the fray. Lo and behold, news has just come out that Apple is working on ‘ Apple One’ – a multi-genre subscription bundle that will includ...

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Could gaming kill the video star?

Karol Severin

12 Aug 2020

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The Video Games Entertainment & News Network, or ‘ Venn’ , was launched on the 5th of August – marking another important milestone on entertainment’s journey of intertwining across formats and verticals.

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Streaming’s remuneration model cannot be ‘fixed’

Mark Mulligan

12 Aug 2020

Music Streaming remuneration

The #brokenrecord debate continues to build momentum and new models such as user-centric are getting increased attention, including at governmental level in the UK. But as Mat Dryhurst correctly observes , there is a risk of the market falling into streaming fatalism; that the obsession with trying ...

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Trump versus TikTok: The future of the social video app… and US media-tech dominance

Hanna Kahlert

10 Aug 2020

Media and Marketing

The Trump administration’s executive order to effectively ban Bytedance – and therefore the now hugely popular TikTok, as well as a ‘cease and desist’ on transactions with Tencent’s WeChat, with a more immediate impact on the broader entertainment industry , came down with surprising swift...

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Newsflash: UMG, WMG and Spotify may have a problem with Tencent

Mark Mulligan

7 Aug 2020

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UPDATE: A White House official confirmed to the LA Times that the announcement, at this stage, will not affect Tencent shareholdings of companies and clarified that the order only refers to transactions 'related to' WeChat.

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The MIDiA Research Podcast: Episode 1 – What Next for Tencent?

Mark Mulligan

7 Aug 2020

Video Music Media & Marketing

We are excited to announce the first episode of the MIDiA Research podcast: What Next for Tencent? President Trump's executive orders concerning Bytedance and Tencent set the cat among the pigeons. In this podcast we explore what the potential ramifications are for Tencent's bold and disruptive ente...

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Return of the fan: COVID-19 thwarts fan pilot sporting events amid regional spikes in cases

Alistair Taylor

6 Aug 2020

Video Sports Games

Just when sports fans thought it was safe to go back into the water, COVID reared its ugly head once more. UK fan pilot sporting events were all set to start allowing fans back into arenas and attend live events, but government restrictions have now been re-imposed to limit the spread of coronavirus...

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A brutal Q2 pressures Disney to erode the theatrical release window

Tim Mulligan

6 Aug 2020

Video Mulan Disney+

A tough financial Q1 2020 was followed by an awful financial Q2 for Disney, with the media major reporting its first quarterly loss since 2001. With 35% of the entertainment conglomerate’s revenues originating from its theme parks business in 2019, the COVID-19-imposed cessation of live entertainm...

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COVID-19 hit major labels much harder than it did Spotify

Mark Mulligan

5 Aug 2020

Music Streaming revenue major label streaming revenue

COVID-19 was always going to have a significant impact on the music business, and with the Q2 results for all of the major music companies now in we can start to look at just how big that impact has been so far.

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We are at a turning point for social music

Mark Mulligan

4 Aug 2020

Music Snap Snapchat

In recent days we have seen three major developments that, collectively, are a potential pivot point for social music: 1. TikTok close to a US-entity buyout by Microsoft to avoid potential sanctions, following hot on the heels of an India blackout 2.

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