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Why Facebook could be the future of social music, but isn’t yet

Mark Mulligan

21 Mar 2019

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Facebook recently secured licensing deals with music rightsholders in India (via Music Business Worldwide ), an important step in what has thus far been an underwhelming social music strategy since first inking rights deals in June 2018.

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The BBC confronts the reality of Planet (Digital) Earth

Tim Mulligan

20 Mar 2019

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Yesterday the chairman of the British Broadcasting Corporation, David Clementi, gave atalk at the Oxford Media Convention (per the BBC ), which starkly addressed the reality which the world’s oldest and arguably most iconic public service broadcaster (PSB) now finds itself confronting.

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Stadia begins tech majors' disruption of gaming

Karol Severin

19 Mar 2019

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Google announced it will launch a games streaming service named Stadia later in 2019 across US, UK, Canada and most of Europe. This much awaited announcement brings gaming a lot closer to a device and platform-agnostic gaming paradigm .

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Why Snap Inc. is launching a games platform

Karol Severin

19 Mar 2019

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Snapchat will announce a gaming platform for developers in the upcoming days, according to Cheddar . The hope is to boost engagement as well as revenue growth. Snapchat is still trying to pave its path towards profitability.

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MIDIA RESEARCH 2018–2026 STREAMING MUSIC FORECASTS

Mark Mulligan

19 Mar 2019

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MIDiA has just published its global music forecasts, with revenue and user numbers projected out to 2026 (a list of data items and countries covered are listed at the bottom of this post). 2017 was the last year of strong streaming revenue growth.

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SXSW 2019: Streaming, Radio and the Unevenly Distributed Future

Zach Fuller

18 Mar 2019

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‘The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed’. In many ways, this quote by science fiction writer William Gibson surmises the work we do at MIDiA: cautiously observing new tech developments and remaining aware of the hype cycle that characterises the adoption curve.

Why Did Facebook’s EPL Rights Deal Collapse?

Alistair Taylor

15 Mar 2019

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The English Premier League (EPL) is now back on the market with its rights for Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam following its deal with Facebook collapsing. Back in July 2018 , the social media giant acquired the exclusive rights to stream 380 EPL matches in the Asian territories for $265 millio...

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Apple Gets Ready for Showtime

Tim Mulligan

15 Mar 2019

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Apple fans this week have been speculating about the March 25 th event which the tech major has announced it will be holding at its Cupertino, California headquarters. The tagline for the event is “It’s showtime”, and Apple has been dropping big hints that it will make a significant...

Calling all Artists!

Mark Mulligan

14 Mar 2019

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In partnership with independent distribution company Amuse, MIDiA Research is undertaking a detailed study of the music artist landscape. We are fielding a survey to the artist community , exploring issues such as: What success looks like to you Career aspirations The importance of signing to a reco...

Preparing for the Post-Album Music Industry

Keith Jopling

14 Mar 2019

Strategy Games

This is a follow-up piece to What’s Next In Playlist Innovation ... Every week I’m excited to check out the latest album releases. They are the gift that keeps on giving. But that gift feels different these days, more like receiving flowers or chocolate and less like anything you might receive a...

2018 Global Label Market Share: Stream Engine

Mark Mulligan

13 Mar 2019

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Recorded music revenues grew in 2018 for the fourth consecutive year, reaching $18.8 billion, up $2.2 billion from 2017. Streaming was the engine room of growth, up 30% year on year to reach $9.6 billion.

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Here’s How Spotify Can Fix Its Songwriter Woes (Hint: It’s All About Pricing)

Mark Mulligan

11 Mar 2019

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Songwriter royalties have always been a pain point for streaming, especially in the US where statutory rates determine much of how songwriters get paid. The current debate over Spotify, Amazon, Pandora and Google challenging the Copyright Royalty Board’s proposed 44% increase illustrates jus...

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Can the NBA Capture the ‘Cord-Nevers’?

Alistair Taylor

8 Mar 2019

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NBA commissioner Adam Silver, speaking at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics conference in Boston last week, explained his vision of the league’s games, which will look “dramatically different” in five years’ time.

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Music Publishing as an Asset Class Could Be the Recorded Industry’s Next Big Growth Story, But How Will it Impact the Overall Business?

Zach Fuller

7 Mar 2019

‘ Money doesn’t talk, it swears’ – Bob Dylan, 1965 For most of their history, music royalties have operated under a nebulous framework of rights owners and collection societies with staggered payments and general lack of transparency largely attributable to the technology available.

Netflix is Now Running Faster to Stand Still

Tim Mulligan

7 Mar 2019

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If a week is a long time in politics what must three years be in streaming video? In the case of Netflix, it turns out not a lot…in one key metric- domestic engagement. On other metrics Netflix has been surging ahead.

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Kobalt is a Major Label Waiting to Happen

Mark Mulligan

6 Mar 2019

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Disclaimer: Kobalt is a label, a publisher, as well as a Performing Rights Organisation (PRO). This post focuses on its label business, but does not presume to overlook its other aspects. News has emerged of Kobalt potentially looking to raise an additional $100 million of investment , following a 2...

TV Ad Round-Up – How the New Video Landscape Competes For Ad Dollars

Georgia Meyer

6 Mar 2019

Media and Marketing

The past ten years of video content, and media content more generally, has been characterised by debates on subscription verus ad-supported revenue models. For a while, Netflix’s subscription model was the envy of the media landscape, suggesting subscription models were the most sustainable means ...

What’s Next For Playlist Innovation?

Keith Jopling

4 Mar 2019

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In this era of access to all music and everything about it, I do enjoy reading artist interviews, and pay attention to artists’ views on the modern music industry. What caught me recently were Mark Ronson’s remarks on songwriting in the age of the playlist in The Guardian: “Everything has to b...

Sampling and Streaming: De La Soul’s Catalogue Disputes and Streaming Economics

Zach Fuller

28 Feb 2019

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De La Soul’s seminal early albums, including 3 Feet High and Rising and De La Soul is Dead , have been among the more notable holdouts from streaming services. Major artists such as Prince and Led Zeppelin also held off for years but eventually ceded, acknowledging the impact that not appearing on...

Why India Matters to Spotify, and Why it May Not Deliver

Mark Mulligan

28 Feb 2019

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Warner Music and Spotify have been involved in a rather unseemly and very public spat this week over Spotify’s India launch . I’ll leave for someone else, the discussions of the potential implications of a blanket license for songwriter rights in India for an on-demand streaming service.

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