Blog: coronavirus impact

Read our latest daily deep dives, hot takes, and exciting updates about the entertainment world. Check out the latest insight from your favourite analyst, or search by coverage areas - music, entertainment and fandom, creator economy and social.

The pandemic catalysed a streaming business model reckoning. Is the live sector next?

Tatiana Cirisano

27 Apr 2022

live music

live nation

touring

The news is everywhere: concerts are back. Coachella heralded the return of a roaring festival season, hundreds of acts are back on the road, and Live Nation says it is expecting a record year. But other...

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Live streaming and the role of music artist empowerment in the digital era

Hanna Kahlert

19 Oct 2020

Music streaming

live streaming

coronavirus

As the coronavirus lockdowns have forced venues to close and people indoors, artists have been unevenly impacted across the music industry. While many bigger studios were forced to cease operations, and...

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Free COVID-19 Impact Webinar

Mark Mulligan

9 Apr 2020

coronavirus impact

coronavirus research

coronavirus webinar

MIDiA Research is running a free-to-attend webinar on Wednesday, April 15 th : COVID-19 Impact on Entertainment Demand and Behaviours. Regular readers will know that MIDiA has been publishing COVID-19...

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How COVID-19 Will Affect the Media Industries

Mark Mulligan

23 Mar 2020

coronavirus

coronavirus impact

coronavirus impact on media

The spread of COVID-19, and the responses of industry and governments alike, is unprecedented. It is, however, the restrictions on movement of people along with the response of consumers and investors...

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