Blog: Data Point Of The Day

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Disney+ Recovers From Initial Blunder to Surpass 10 Million Sign Ups on Debut!

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Alistair Taylor

14 Nov 2019

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Disney claims unexpected traffic on its newly-launched service was at fault for the buffering and technical issues of Disney+’s launch Tuesday . The issues highlight just how difficult it is transitioning from a media company to a tech player, with technical glitches an enormous issue for digital-...

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Take Five (The Big Five Stories and Data You Need to Know)

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Mark Mulligan

12 Aug 2019

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Apple ups its artist analytics but do artists care? Kobalt and Spotify both helped reshape the music industry’s understanding of what role data should play and how it should be presented. Apple announced its Apple Music for Artists (AMFA) is coming out of beta with a whole host of cool dashboards ...

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Is Pay-TV killing off Niche Sports?

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Alistair Taylor

4 Jul 2019

With both the ICC Cricket World Cup and FIFA Women’s World Cup approaching their climaxes, the stark difference in audience engagement raises the question, is pay-TV killing off niche sports? Deciding the medium through which to distribute live sports has never been more crucial.

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Battle of the Docuseries: Who Mirrored Who?

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Alistair Taylor

13 Jun 2019

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Leeds United are set to become the latest soccer club to feature in an original documentary series, with tech major Amazon securing a deal for a behind-the-scenes look at Argentinian manager Marcelo Bielsa’s dramatic first season in charge of the English Championship side, according to the Daily M...

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Television Performance Measurement Is Falling Short

Hanna Kahlert

20 May 2019

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When the television first entered homes around the world, it was a safe assumption that if it was on it was the centre of attention in a room. Whatever was broadcast to the screen for that evening would be closely regarded with well-deserved awe.

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Big Brother Axed By Channel 5, But It Is Not All Bad News For Endemol

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Alistair Taylor

14 Sep 2018

Dutch production house Endemol is no longer going to be making cult reality TV show Big Brother for Viacom’s UK terrestrial channel, Channel 5. It announced that it was “disappointed not to reach an agreement with Channel 5”, following Channel 5’s admission to the BBC that “the forthcoming...

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MIDiA Data Point Of The Day: Download Buyers

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Mark Mulligan

16 Dec 2015

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The standout sales success of Adele over recent week has many permutations, not least of which is the keen reminder that many millions of people still buy downloads and CDs. The streaming transition continues to gather pace yet it has many years yet to run.

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MIDiA Datapoint Of The Day: Mobile Music Piracy

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Mark Mulligan

4 Dec 2015

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One thing you'll often hear cited in defence of streaming is that it has helped kill piracy. On the surface that might be seem to be true given that music P2P penetration is down. But all is not as it seems.

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MIDiA Data Point Of The Day: US Video Users

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Mark Mulligan

27 Nov 2015

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There are 169 million online video users in the US. Online video use has now become a mainstream US consumer activity over half of the US population now watching online. Broadband connectivty, technology and cultural affinity with the US-based global leaders in online video such as Netflix and YouTu...

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MIDiA Data Point Of The Day: Video Subscribers

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Mark Mulligan

18 Nov 2015

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Online video appeals equally across the gender divide and this is reflected in the percentage of female subscribers to video services. This contrast s sharply with music subscriptions where the majority of subscribers are male.

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MIDiA Data Point Of The Day: Facebook Video

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Mark Mulligan

6 Nov 2015

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31% of US adultswatch Facebook Video weekly. Facebook's decision to prioritize video in user's newfeeds and initate a three second autoplay default setting for native videos has led to a quardupling of video views in the last 12 months on the site.

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MIDiA Data Point Of The Day: Shazam

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Mark Mulligan

4 Nov 2015

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Shazam has become part of the digital music marketplace furniture but is seeking out a new business model now as there's no money in the affiliate sales model for streams, not that there was ever that much in the download sales affiliate model either.

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MIDiA Data Point Of The Day: 16-24 Year Old's Mobile Video Usage

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Mark Mulligan

29 Oct 2015

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digital natives

43% of US 16-24 year olds watch TV shows on phones and tablets. 16-24 year olds are the first generation to engage in multi-screen viewing. TV viewing viewing for the Digital Native is as much about convenience as screen preference.

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MIDiA Data Point Of The Day: App Buyers

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Mark Mulligan

23 Oct 2015

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Spending money on or in apps is a niche activity. The majority (58%) of that niche is aged between 25-34 years old. The age distribution will however become more even in the upcoming years. Younger consumers who adopted app spending will grow older.

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MIDiA Data Point Of The Day: CD Buyers

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Mark Mulligan

12 Oct 2015

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The CD is notdead, the walking dead perhaps, but far from finished. In fact more people buy CDs (41% consumers) than any other recorded music product.The music buyer market is now firmly multi-speed, with half of consumers going digital (and a minority of those in the subscription fast lane) and the...

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MIDiA Data Point Of The Day

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Mark Mulligan

8 Oct 2015

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The challenge of choice abundance: consumers have little need or opportunity to develop affinity with individual apps. 34% of 18-24 year olds delete apps within one month of downloading them. Source: MIDiA...

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