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Quick Take: Amazon’s Pull-Back of Crucible is a Setback, But Don’t Sign it off Just Yet

Blog post by Karol Severin

6 Jul 2020

Amazon has decided to pull the release of its game, Crucible, back to beta following feedback from early users. Much of the games community is taking jabs at Amazon about its lack of gaming DNA and deeming…

Media Companies Divesting From Games Is A Double-Edged Sword

Blog post by Karol Severin

17 Jun 2020

Games

Covid-19

at&t

Just a couple of weeks ago MIDiA Research wrote about Endeavor selling off its Epic Games stake. Now it has emerged that AT&T is looking to sell off Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment (WBIE), the…

Just what is Tencent’s Endgame?

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

16 Jun 2020

tencent

Tencent Music

China

Tencent’s combined $200 million investment in WMG follows on the heels of its $3.6 billion joint investment in Universal Music. It is hardly Tencent’s first investments in music, having spent $6.2…

What PlayStation 5 Tells Us About Sony's Trajectory

Blog post by Karol Severin

12 Jun 2020

Games

gaming

playstation 5

PlayStation put on an impressive showcase of 20+ upcoming titles, culminating in presenting the design of its new console, PlayStation 5, due to launch later this year. Though no launch date, price or…

MIDiA's Recovery Economics principles for competing effectively post lockdown

Blog post by Dara Jegede

11 Jun 2020

Covid-19

covid-19 impact

If you missed our webinar on how media and entertainment will evolve post lockdown and how companies should adapt, the recording is available below. MIDiA analysts present in this webinar how the entertainment…

Premier League Acknowledges Priorities Have Changed During Lockdown

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

11 Jun 2020

artificial crowd noise

attention

BBC One

The English Premier League (EPL) is set to return to screens next Wednesday, over three months since the last fixture graced our screens. Considering the pandemic enforced-postponement has deprived sports…

New Webinar on What Comes After Lockdown

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

9 Jun 2020

coronavirus

Covid-19

Games

Want to know what happens in the post-Lockdown era? Join us for our free-to-attend Recovery Economics webinar tomorrow (Wednesday 10th June) at 4pm BST / 11am EST / 8am PT for insight on music, radio,…

To be Silent is to be Complicit – On Which Side of History Will the NFL be Remembered?

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

3 Jun 2020

audiences

Blacklivesmatter

blackouttuesday

Yesterday, social media went silent as it observed #BlackOutTuesday. Following George Floyd’s killing by a Minneapolis police officer, athletes and teams have all spoken up in solidarity, demanding justice…

Dealing with Crises During The Crisis Is a Part Of New Normal

Blog post by Karol Severin

2 Jun 2020

call of duty

crisis management

Games

Sony, EA, and Activision were among companies to postpone marketing events and product release efforts in light of the current protests against police brutality and racism in the United States. The current…

Recovery Economics | Bounce Forward not Back

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

28 May 2020

commute

Covid-19

COVID-19 social distancing measures caused unprecedented dislocation to the entertainment economy. With a recession now a question of ‘how bad’ rather than ‘if’, entertainment companies have to…

Move Over Mickey, The NBA is Set to Become Disney World’s Star Attraction

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

27 May 2020

AFL

Australian Rules Football

basketball

COVID-19 forced sports leagues to think outside the box for restarting live sports. The UFC wanted to rent a private island, the NRL to ferry players to and from games, and the WWE performed to empty arenas.…

PlayStation Now and Xbox Game Pass Increase Subscribers, But Recovery Will Favour Disruptors

Blog post by Karol Severin

22 May 2020

Games

Both PlayStation (PS) and Xbox have recently announced significant increases in their games streaming service user bases. Xbox Game Pass now has 10 million subscribers and PlayStation now has 2.2 million…

Bundesliga Offers Reality Check for What to Expect of Sport Post-COVID-19

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

21 May 2020

AFL

AGF Aarhus

Football (via the Bundesliga) finally returned to screens last weekend, not only serving starved sports fans with content during lockdown, but more importantly demonstrated what we can expect live football…

The Future of Live

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

20 May 2020

Fortnite

Games

live

The almost total cessation of live music has sent shockwaves throughout the wider music industry. Though live companies are clearly at the epicentre, labels and streaming services are the in the blast…

The Last Dance – ESPN Raining Threes

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

18 May 2020

Adam Silver

bundle

Chicago Bulls

With the pandemic-enforced postponement of live sports creating an entertainment void for sports fans, US broadcaster ESPN played its trump card to capitalise on the thirst for stimulating content during…

Endeavor, Epic Games and the Future Of Digital Entertainment Venues

Blog post by Karol Severin

15 May 2020

digital entertainement venues

endeavor

Epic Games

Just a couple of months ago Endeavor was on its journey of building a true cross-entertainment conglomerate. Endeavor recognised a long time ago the synergies which can be achieved from cross-entertainment…

Collapsing Maul: Sport Facing Global Rights Re-valuations

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

4 May 2020

All Blacks

All or Nothing

broadcast rights

The English Gallagher Premiership Rugby provides another case study that demonstrates just how significant COVID-19’s impact on rights holders is likely to be moving forward, as it faces a substantial…

Travis Scott has Only Scratched the Surface of Music Games Tie Ups

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

1 May 2020

artists

coronavirus

Covid-19

In February 2019 Marshmello caused ripples of almost tidal proportions across the music business when 10.7 million Fortnite fans watched him perform a ‘concert’ in the game. Then in April 2020 Travis…

The ‘Covid Bounce’ In Games Can Cloud Judgement About What Lies Ahead

Blog post by Karol Severin

1 May 2020

Covid-19

Games

Compared to most, the games industry has benefited from the Covid-19 outbreak and related lockdowns. For a lot of games companies, engagement has increased and so have revenues, albeit just partially.…

Watch Out, Twitch, YouTube and Apple Arcade: Facebook Gaming Is Coming For Your Market Share

Blog post by Karol Severin

21 Apr 2020

Applee arcade

facebook

facebook games app

Facebook has launched a new app, Facebook Gaming, currently available on Google Play. Though the company has been in games for years, this is a major development in its games-related strategy as…

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