business strategy blog by MIDiA Research

Blog: business strategy

Believe is building growth stories for local independent labels in India

Blog post by Srishti Das

2 Dec 2021

Believe Music, launched in France in 2005 with an aim to empower and support independent artists and labels. Since launching in India in 2013, the company has worked hard to bring their values to the Indian...

Looking forward and back: Why song interpolations reflect a new music industry outlook

Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

2 Dec 2021

catalogue

music publishing

Music

If many popular songs from the past year sound familiar, it might be because they are. Song interpolations – when artists copy another song’s underlying melody, often with modified lyrics – are increasingly...

Until video streaming cracks discovery, the challenges of retention will remain

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

30 Nov 2021

discovery

reaggregation

Back in February 2016, MIDiA Research published a report entitled P2P In The Age Of SVOD . In it, MIDiA identified a key challenge that was hindering the mainstream adoption of subscription video...

Labels could have helped Epic reimagine music – now Harmonix will do it instead

Blog post by Karol Severin

25 Nov 2021

music industry

games industry

Epic Games

Epic Games announced it is acquiring Harmonix, the maker of Rock Band. While this makes sense for the Fortnite maker and its entertainment metaverse, it has the risk of diluting the potential music expertise...

Why Netflix has decided to play the ratings game

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

23 Nov 2021

netflix

Netflix Q3

Squid Game

As part of its third quarter financials release, Netflix revealed that it will switch to reporting on hours viewed for its shows and movies, rather than the number of households or accounts that choose...

Why Amazon is now poised to disrupt the Indian sports broadcast landscape

Blog post by Srishti Das

22 Nov 2021

Indian Premier League

cricket

broadcast rights

The 2023-2028 Indian Premier League (IPL) broadcast rights auction in December has created intense activity in the Indian video streaming space, as incumbent holder Star India (now a Disney subsidiary)...

Quick take: Overwolf hints that UGC is the future of entertainment

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

18 Nov 2021

Media and Marketing

gaming

overwolf

The gap between creation and consumption is closing. Entertainment behaviours no longer follow simple dynamics of viewing or listening. Increasingly, they comprise a variety of activities from sharing...

Peacock arrives to disrupt the European streaming market

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

16 Nov 2021

Peacock

Comcast

Sky

Today, November 16th, Peacock finally arrives in Europe with its soft launch in the UK and Ireland via Comcast’s European subsidiary, Sky. At no additional cost, Peacock will be made available to...

Entertainment has an important role to play in the climate crisis

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

12 Nov 2021

climate crisis

Climate Change

COP26

Friday the 12th November marks the last day of the COP26 summit, aimed at setting climate goals for the next year to address the ecological crisis that is set to disrupt the future of humanity – which,...

ViacomCBS points the way to D2C sustainability

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

10 Nov 2021

ViacomCBS

d2c

Video

The streaming video revolution over the previous two years is busy transforming from growth at any cost, towards establishing a viable path to exist beyond the current surge of investment. The ultimate...

Quick take: Another blow for Epic Games as Fortnite shuts down in China

Blog post by Karol Severin

4 Nov 2021

Fortnite

Epic Games

regulation

It has not been the best year for Fortnite. Following the fiasco with its Apple lawsuit, as well as year on year consumer penetration having declined , the Fortnite maker announced that it is shutting...

Why Netflix is making its play to become a (meta) entertainment service

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

3 Nov 2021

Online video

Video

business strategy

A deliberate strategic change in the core business utility of any company is difficult. For a business such as Netflix, which is synonymous with streaming video subscriptions, diversifying into games is...

Facebook is about to disrupt itself out of existence…again

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

29 Oct 2021

FaZe goes public – what to watch out for

Blog post by Karol Severin

28 Oct 2021

FaZe

esports

culture

FaZe is going public via a SPAC merger. It is positioning itself as the company who can help brands reach Gen Z. Can it succeed? Every generation or so, there is a company that builds its narrative to...

Why HBO Max needs to invest in the new global hit model

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

26 Oct 2021

SVOD

HBO Max

d2c

Last week, the AT&T Q3 earnings announcement revealed that HBO Max has now reached 69.4 million subscribers (up 12.5 million from last year, and up 1.9 million from the previous quarter). Today,...

EA’s exclusive FIFA license is under threat as games go cross-entertainment

Blog post by Karol Severin

22 Oct 2021

FIFA

football

Last week it was reported that FIFA and EA are at an impasse regarding the renewal negotiations of an exclusive license deal. EA stated that it is considering renaming its flagship football title, while...

Quick take: What the Apple event’s creator focus means for lean-in entertainment

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

21 Oct 2021

creator tools

apple event

mainstream

The October 18th Apple event – for all its usual showmanship – did not have anything hugely innovative to unveil. New colours of the Apple HomePod, a new tier of AirPods, and the return of MagSafe...

Is Wall Street starting to curb its D2C enthusiasm?

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

20 Oct 2021

Online video

Video

business strategy

On Monday, media major Disney received a Wall Street downgrade from a Barclays investment analyst who cited the growing challenge of creating new Disney+ originals with the same “ franchise value or...

Live streaming’s second growth phase

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

6 Oct 2021

live streaming

live streamed concerts

virtual concerts

Live streaming erupted in 2020 in the wake of the pandemic. As the year progressed, the market transformed rapidly from a bunch of bands playing guitar in their bedrooms to highly produced, ticketed shows...

Is live-stream composition the new formula for a hit album?

Blog post by Ashleigh Millar

1 Oct 2021

TikTok

live streaming

songwriters

We are no stranger to TikTok and its impact on the music industry, which is changing the structure of the business one viral video at a time. Artists and composers are flocking to the innovative social...

Showing 101 to 120 of 215 results.