Blog: cost-of-living crisis

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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, and this is no easy thing to do – especially given the changes already wrought by the last three years of predominately virtual working.

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Tumult at Twitter shines a light on a deflating tech bubble

Hanna Kahlert

17 Nov 2022

tech

The cost-of-living crisis will give rise to a new and powerful underground scene

Hanna Kahlert

21 Sep 2022

underground

recession

cost-of-living crisis

At this point, everyone – in entertainment and beyond – should be planning for a difficult financial winter. According to the Financial Times , an emergency government scheme capping energy bills has just been launched in the UK, which ministers “hope will prevent a wave of corporate collapse”.

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This is not a blip

Mark Mulligan

26 Aug 2022

attention recession

recession

recession impact

When change happens it often takes the perspective of looking back years, or even decades, later to appreciate just how meaningful that change was. Other times, it happens so fast that it can be difficult to appreciate its magnitude because people become desensitised to the perpetual torrent of bad news.

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Has the NFT and crypto hype met its match in an IRL cost-of-living crisis?

Hanna Kahlert

10 Aug 2022

crypto

etherium

NFT

Where have all the NFTs gone? Nine months ago, you could not go twenty minutes in the industry without hearing the term. The concept was intriguing, nebulous – a potential answer to the disquiet of a digital-entertainment industry seeking new clarity on the concepts of ownership and value in a streaming-first market, with audiences prioritising access over ownership.

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Winter is coming, and Amazon is ready: why the multi-service major is raising its prices

Hanna Kahlert

27 Jul 2022

cost-of-living crisis

oil

Attention

Subscription fatigue is already threatening the Covid-driven entertainment boom as post-pandemic behaviours compete for time, money, and attention with the digital subscriptions that thrived under lockdown measures.

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The attention recession meets the economic recession

Mark Mulligan

22 Jul 2022

attention recession

recession

cost-of-living crisis

We are living in uncertain times. The cost-of-living crisis is hitting consumers’ pockets, driven by rising fuel and food prices. The effects of the pandemic are still present, the global economy may be entering a recession, and the geo-political landscape is being increasingly shaped by conflict.

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Retention and engagement are both key to streaming resilience in 2022

Tim Mulligan

7 Jun 2022

retention

Engagement

attention recession

The great video subscriber gains made between the D2C big bang era of 2019 and 2021, and the engagement gains of the Covid-19 pandemic, are being eclipsed by the increasing pressures of the attention economy and the cost of living crisis.

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