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NFL Tackles Gen Z through Social Media Platforms

Blog post by Amanda Stears

17 Sep 2019

5 September marked the kick-off of the 2019 National Football League (NFL) season – its 100 th season to-date. This will be particularly relevant for broadcasters and sports rights holders alike, as…

Is Facebook Ready to Step into the World of Portal?

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

8 Aug 2019

facebook

portal

Strategy

Facebook’s intent to partner with major video content companies though their nascent Portal video streaming device has once again brought the role of long-form video to the fore for the social media…

Not So Galactico; What Went Wrong for La Liga?

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

7 Aug 2019

addressable audience

broadcast deals

carriage partnerships

Joris Evers, La Liga’s head of communications, confirmed last week that the rights holder has withdrawn its tender for broadcast rights to Spanish soccer’s premier league in the UK and Ireland after…

Take Five (the big five stories and data you need to know) August 5th 2019

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

5 Aug 2019

cricket

ECB

facebook

Spotify - steady sailing, for now: Spotify hit 108 million subscribers in Q2 2019 – which is exactly what we predicted. Spotify continues to grow in line with the wider market, maintaining…

Is YouTube MLB’s Answer to Tap into Younger Audience?

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

29 Jul 2019

baseball

cable consumption

Channel 4

On July 18 th , Google-owned YouTube livestreamed the first of its exclusive Major League Baseball (MLB) matches, acquired through a partnership announced with the MLB at the end of April 2019 . YouTube’s…

Sports and the Tech Majors: A Competitive Partnership

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

8 Jul 2019

Amazon Prime Instant Video

amazon video

d-day for sporting rights

We’re pleased to announce the launch of our Sports research practice. The Sports vertical provides comprehensive global analysis of the key players unleashing disruption in the business of sport broadcasting,…

Libra: A Reckoning for Crypto… or for Facebook?

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

25 Jun 2019

calibra

cryptocurrency

emerging markets

Last week Facebook and its network of partners, including Spotify, MasterCard and Uber, announced the development of a new cryptocurrency, Libra , planned to go live next year. As the first tech major…

Libra and the Media: What Does Facebook’s Move into Cryptocurrency Mean for Content Monetisation?

Blog post by Zach Fuller

20 Jun 2019

Blockchain

content monetisation

ethereum

Zuckbucks have landed, albeit by a different name. The simply named Libra (MIDiA is still holding out for Jeff’s Pesos being Amazon’s official coin) is Facebook’s first venture into the world of…

Spotify Takes Aim at Radio, Again

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

13 Jun 2019

ad revenue

ad supported streaming

ad supported streaming audio

Spotify has launched a radio-like feature set for premium subscribers in the US called Your Daily Drive. Although it is only positioned as a playlist, the content mix includes podcast news content…

Battle of the Docuseries: Who Mirrored Who?

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

13 Jun 2019

addressable audience

All or Nothing

capital

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…

Amazon’s Ad Supported Strategy Goes Way Beyond Music

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

17 Apr 2019

Ad Supported

ad supported strategy

ad supported streaming

Amazon is reportedly close to launching an ad supported streaming music offering . Spotify’s stock price took an instant tumble. But the real story here is much bigger than the knee-jerk reactions…

Why Facebook Can Be the Future of Social Music, But Isn’t Yet

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

21 Mar 2019

facebook

Facebook messenger

facebook music

Facebook recently secured licensing deals with music rightsholders in India , an important step in what has thus far been an underwhelming social music strategy since first inking rights deals in June…

Why Did Facebook’s EPL Rights Deal Collapse?

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

15 Mar 2019

BeIN Sports

bidding

brand image

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…

Facebook: Will The Next 15 years Be As Favourable To The Social Media Hegemon?

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

5 Feb 2019

facebook

Media

Strategy

Yesterday (4th February) marked Facebook’s 15-year anniversary. Arguably no other company, with the notable exception of Google, has had as significant impact on our collective digital lives as the US…

DAZN Stepping Up Its Domestic Rights Offering – Insurgent come Enforcer?

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

17 Jan 2019

Bundesliga

D-Day

DAZN

Having grown its portfolio for premium international and domestic sporting rights, DAZN is now starting to graduate from a disruptor into an established part of the landscape. Emphasised by its latest…

Google, Facebook, And The Coming Big Tech Disruption

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

12 Dec 2018

Alphabet

China

facebook

2018 has turned out to be the year in which the seemingly invulnerable tech majors started to come unstuck. So far, Facebook has fallen the furthest in both the eyes of regulators and the general public…

The Meta Trends that Will Shape 2019

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

16 Nov 2018

2019 forecast

2019 tech and media predictions

MIDiA has just published its annual predictions report . Here are a few highlights. 2018 was another year of change, disruption and transformation across media and technology. Although hyped technologies…

Facebook Launches Its Smart Speaker: A Few Strategic Considerations For Portal

Blog post by Zach Fuller

9 Oct 2018

Amazon Echo

apple home pod

echo dot

Earlier this year, MIDiA predicted that Facebook would join the smart speaker market. A TV dongle or smart speaker: It makes strategic sense for Facebook to develop a TV dongle like Amazon’s Fire Stick…

Google Reveals Interactive YouTube Ad Tools as it Prepares to Compete with Amazon

Blog post by Zach Fuller

2 Oct 2018

digital advertising

facebook

Online video

Ads on YouTube are about to get a lot more interactive. With competition from Amazon heating up, Google is doubling down on the competitive advantage of its video assets, namely YouTube’s unrivalled…

Has the BBC Cured Streaming Latency?

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

21 Sep 2018

2018 FIFA World Cup

2022 FIFA World Cup

altice

Two weeks ago , the NFL warned subscription video on demand (SVOD) services to up their content delivery game if they are to be taken seriously when bidding for premium rights. It must therefore come as…

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