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Disney’s IP bank is its ultimate superpower which it needs to double down on investing in hybrid IRL success

Tim Mulligan

4 Apr 2024

Disney

Disney’s annual shareholder meeting has confirmed that its management team, led by streaming and IP visionary Bob Iger, remains firmly in control of the media major’s destiny by thwarting Nelson Peltz’s push to acquire a board seat.

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Spatial computing meets capability reality as Apple drives its format innovation rollout

Tim Mulligan

6 Jul 2023

spatial computing

Luxshare

Apple

Reports are emerging that Apple is being forced to make major production forecast cuts to its Vision Pro spatial computing headset as a result of design complexities (due to lack of OEM partner capacity to meet Apple’s exacting tech requirements).

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When innovation offers compelling reasons, entertainment consumption follows

Tim Mulligan

8 Jun 2023

Vision Pro

Apple

On Monday, Apple unveiled the Vision Pro, a VR device positioned as a blended VR and augmented reality (AR) experience. With true AR still on the horizon, the Vison Pro uses an ultra-high-resolution display system that packs 23 million pixels across two displays to digitally replicate the user’s f...

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The future lies beyond tech – a long(er) read

Hanna Kahlert

14 Dec 2022

metaverse

NFTs

As entertainment companies start planning their next big steps for the coming year, the success and failure of their strategic decisions will hinge on one big, and perhaps surprising, existential question : is this it for the tech industry? Planning for 2023 seems to mean planning for disruption, an...

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Why a VR metaverse is not the future of digital

Hanna Kahlert

5 Nov 2021

metaverse

consumer insight

digital first

Amid a perfect storm of government scrutiny, potential anti-trust legislation, a whistle-blower, and social media disruption at the hands of burgeoning creator tools (like TikTok), Facebook – sorry, Meta – has announced its grand plan to build out the new future of the digital frontier: the meta...

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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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Bundesliga Offers Reality Check for What to Expect of Sport Post-COVID-19

Alistair Taylor

21 May 2020

AFL

AGF Aarhus

Football (via the Bundesliga) finally returned to screens last weekend, not only serving starved sports fans with content during lockdown, but more importantly demonstrated what we can expect live football to look like in the coming months.

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The Meta Trends that Will Shape 2019

Mark Mulligan

16 Nov 2018

2019 forecast

2019 tech and media predictions

MIDiA has just published its annual predictions report . Here are a few highlights. 2018 was another year of change, disruption and transformation across media and technology. Although hyped technologies – VR, blockchain, AI music – failed to meet inflated expectations, concepts such as privacy,...

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Are Record Labels Facing an A&R Crisis?

Mark Mulligan

30 Jul 2018

a+r crisis

Labels

A succession of conversations with record labels over the last couple of months has made me start to ponder whether we are approaching a tipping point in streaming era A&R. At the heart of the conversations is whether the growing role of playlists and the increased use of streaming analytics is ...

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Music Catalogue and Streaming

Zach Fuller

18 May 2018

music catalogue

rhino entertainment

When it comes to the music industry’s transition towards streaming, how the model has worked in the past requires a reconsideration of perspective. This is because throughout the business’s entire history, catalogue and copyright accounted for the majority of revenue, as breaking new artists was...

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Snap Inc. As An AR Company

Zach Fuller

17 Mar 2017

augmented reality

cimagine media

Whilst those uneasy by the company's IPO may feel vindicated by the stock’s falling price, it may not be wise to completely write-off Snap Inc. just yet. Snap Inc. is ‘a camera company’. If we momentarily ignore the questions over monetisation, Snapchat has a hold on youthful demographics that...

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