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The implications of Amazon’s bid for Fox’s regional sports networks

Tim Mulligan

21 Nov 2018

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Hot on the heels of 21CF (21stCentury Fox) securing a renewal of its multi-year distribution deal with the leading US pay TV operator AT&T; 21CF’s regional US Sports networks are now in play. According to CNBC , tech major Amazon is bidding for all 21CF’s 22 regional sports TV networks.

Why AT&T is renewing its Fox distribution relationship

Tim Mulligan

19 Nov 2018

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Yesterday, leading US telco AT&T publicly announced the multi-year renewal of its programme distribution deal with Fox Networks Group. AT&T negotiated the deal with 21stCentury Fox assets, which will go to Disney once their takeover of Fox is finalised early in 2019.

The English Premier League and the risks ahead

Tim Mulligan

19 Nov 2018

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Last week’s appointmentof Susanna Dinnage to the post of chief executive of the English Premier League marked a watershed moment in the history of Europe’s most valuable sports league. For a start, history has been made with the blunt recognition that Dinnage is the first female chief executive ...

5G represents a marriage made in heaven for the cable industry

Tim Mulligan

14 Nov 2018

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Last week MIDiA Research was invited to participate on a panel at the Cable Next Gen Europe event in London, to discuss convergence and the impact of 5G for cable providers. The gathering largely focused on sharing best practices, innovation and technology road map for the next few years.

Quick Take: Activision Blizzard results and why engagement matters now more than ever

Karol Severin

12 Nov 2018

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Activision Blizzard reported its Q3 results late last week. Despite beating guidance on net income, which reached $260 million, the company’s stock plummeted following the announcement. The key worries include engagement, success of future games within franchises like Call of Duty and Destiny, as ...

Sky shows hand with bid for Scottish football TV rights

Alistair Taylor

12 Nov 2018

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Sky sports has doubled down on UK football and is the firm favourite to acquire the exclusive rights to broadcast Scottish football (SPFL), having bid £100 million for the next block of rights, starting in 2021 (per The Scotsman ).

Demystifying the chaos: Amazon's quest for commercial omnipotence

Georgia Meyer

5 Nov 2018

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There is hardly a moment that Amazon is not making the news. The business is now so vast, and spread across so many areas of technology, culture and commerce, that it is difficult to keep abreast of developments – or formulate a coherent picture of what its ambitions are.

Sky and BT announce long term partnership for cross-supply of content

Alistair Taylor

2 Nov 2018

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British broadcasters Sky and BT confirmed this week a long-term extension and expansion to an overall content cross-supply deal. Following the initial agreement signed in the UK last December, the partnership now includes Ireland, allowing Sky Ireland customers access to Sky Sports and BT Sport thro...

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‘Hard Drive Share’ as a strategic weapon for console publishers (until streaming kicks off)

Karol Severin

2 Nov 2018

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As you could tell from the social media frenzy about having to delete other games to accommodate the new Red Dead Redemption 2 (RDR2) release, hard drive space is a real issue for many console gamers, with their desire for a new game forcing some of their previously played games off their consoles.

Can Spotify ever meet investors’ expectations?

Mark Mulligan

1 Nov 2018

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Spotify just posted another solid set of results, adding four million subscribers and beating profit and revenue estimates, yet its share price fell. What’s going on? Spotify is on track for where it should be, slightly below, but on track.

Hoe are modern media subscription services building competitive advantages against traditional media?

Zach Fuller

29 Oct 2018

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Media, with its creative nature, often likes to define itself as distinct from other industries, and yet it is governed by many of the same principles that shape other areas of commerce. With the shift to streaming in full swing, how are media business models being affected by the market forces that...

Spotify may already be too big for the labels to stop it competing with them

Mark Mulligan

26 Oct 2018

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Spotify’s Daniel Ek is betting big on developing a ‘two sided marketplace’ for music. With the company’s market cap on a downward trend despite strong growth metrics, Ek might find himself having to play up the disruption narrative more boldly and more quickly than he’d planned.

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Twitter’s Q3 earnings usher in the new normal for public tech companies

Tim Mulligan

25 Oct 2018

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Today’s Twitter Q3 earnings represents a signature change in big tech and the value criteria ascribed to publicly traded consumer facing tech companies. For the first time in Twitter’s five years as a public company, it has reported a decline in worldwide monthly active users (MAUs).

Discovery taking PGA Tour golf global

Alistair Taylor

24 Oct 2018

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Eurosport-parent Discovery and the PGA Tour have unveiled GolfTV , an upcoming international golf-centric subscription video on demand (SVOD) service. The announcement follows a 12-year, $2 billion June agreement granting Discovery the international rights to distribute PGA Tour content outside the ...

Quick Take: Will stream dj-ing be the renaissance of SoundCloud?

Zach Fuller

19 Oct 2018

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After a difficult two yearsthat saw acquisitions fall through and a lack of meaningful uptake of its subscription service, SoundCloud have needed some positive news. Reveredwithin the creator community though still struggling to make a profit, SoundCloud CEO Kerry Trainorannounced today at Amsterdam...

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Netflix Q3: The SVOD giant pushes on, but the tail risks are mounting

Tim Mulligan

17 Oct 2018

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Yesterday’s Q3 earnings results for Netflix were welcomed by a Wall Street unnerved by last week’s US stock sell off and fear that the tech majors, the growth engine for the 10-year bull run,are losing momentum.

Spotify, DistroKid, and the two sided marketplace

Mark Mulligan

17 Oct 2018

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Spotify has taken a minority stake in DistroKid (per Music Business Worldwide ). In itself, it may be a slightly left field but relatively insignificant move, except that it is in fact one small but important step on a much bigger journey.

Is Rugby in a state of crisis?

Alistair Taylor

12 Oct 2018

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The value of Rugby has suffered another major blow in what has already been a tumultuous year financially for the sport. The asking price for the Six Nations title sponsorship has plunged 64% to just £6 million ($7.

Facebook launches its smart speaker: A few strategic considerations for Portal

Zach Fuller

9 Oct 2018

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Earlier this year, MIDiA predicted that Facebook would join the smart speaker market : " A TV dongle or smart speaker: It makes strategic sense for Facebook to develop a TV dongle like Amazon’s Fire Stick or smart speaker like Apple’s HomePod, to give it a hardware foothold in the home—somethi...

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Advertising week New York: The dynamic, the dead, and the dangerous

Georgia Meyer

9 Oct 2018

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Notoriously overwhelming, this week’s AWNY ramped activities up even further, expanding the number of stages from 8 to 12. A disorientating amount of content to navigate and a somewhat amusing metaphor for today’s digital consumer.

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