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MUSIC & GAMING: A NEW WAY TO PLAY

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Dara Jegede

13 Apr 2021

monetizing fandom

MUSIC & GAMING: A NEW WAY TO PLAY New report explores how music companies and creators should rethink building and monetising fandom LONDON—Tuesday, April 13, 2021: MIDiA Research, in partnership...

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Gamers: The new frontier of music’s fan-centric growth

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Karol Severin

13 Apr 2021

Music companies have begun to realise that as their industry has grown, it has also transferred much of its previous fan value into the subscription and song economy. The outbreak of COVID-19 and the subsequent...

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Why games companies need to take Apple’s Arcade expansion seriously

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Karol Severin

9 Apr 2021

Apple announced a significant expansion of Apple Arcade last week, including more than 180 new games across three new games categories: ‘Timeless Classics’, ‘App Store Greats’ and ‘New Arcade...

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Lockdown & Dragons: Fantasy proves the fandom effect

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Hanna Kahlert

8 Apr 2021

Media and Marketing

With vaccine rollouts gaining momentum, the post-COVID attention crunch is looming large for the digital entertainment propositions which have all experienced booms over lockdown. The competition is on...

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Webinar April 21-22: the future is monetising fandom, not attention

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Dara Jegede

6 Apr 2021

2021 will be a pivotal year for games and OTT services. The long-term behavioural impact on consumers who have spent a year glued to screens for all aspects of their lives – work, social, communication...

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Games - Day 2: Beyond gaming to cross-entertainment partnerships

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Dara Jegede

6 Apr 2021

Building on the discussions from Day 1, Day 2 looks at opportunities in cross-entertainment partnerships and in-game spending. In-game spending increased in 2020 as gaming’s cultural importance grew...

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Microsoft’s interest in Discord confirms MIDiA’s prediction

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Karol Severin

31 Mar 2021

In November 2020, we wrote the below in our annual predictions report . “Upping gaming experiences via ‘infrastructural acquisitions’: As non-gaming entertainment increasingly embeds in games, companies...

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Roblox, piracy and the future of music in UGC 2.0

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Kriss Thakrar

19 Mar 2021

User generated content

A community of Roblox users are losing a battle against moderation as the platform cracks down on music piracy, due to the platform’s newly public status bringing with it a new level of responsibility....

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Why Roblox is well set to withstand the COVID bounce effect

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Karol Severin

15 Mar 2021

lean-in consumption

Roblox has launched an initial public offering (IPO) this week. Timing-wise, the twice-delayed IPO aligns with the world getting closer to opening up, and out-of-home competitive pressures returning. This...

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Is gaming the solution to sports’ Gen Z problem?

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Alistair Taylor

8 Mar 2021

It has been well-documented that Gen Z’s and Generation Alpha’s interest in watching live sports has waned . It is important to dispel the notion that the younger cohorts are less likely to engage...

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Esports’ critical mass challenge: Solutions are beyond games

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Karol Severin

19 Feb 2021

cross-entertainment strategy

Esports have been receiving much coverage in recent years – from sold-out arenas, through to record-breaking live streaming events, right up to the formation of news outlets which solely cover esports....

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Driving cross-generational appeal in entertainment universes

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Karol Severin

8 Feb 2021

cross-generational

Building and maintaining cross-generational appeal in entertainment is hard. A key challenge is in catering to seemingly wildly different consumer segments with the inherent risk of targeting ‘kind of...

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Football looks to build digital engagement through Fortnite collaboration

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Alistair Taylor

22 Jan 2021

Endeavor-owned IMG, acting as Epic Games’ licensing representative, has brokered deals with 23 football clubs to appear in the publisher’s free-to-play battle royale-style game Fortnite. Looking to...

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Why acquiring Codemasters is a double-edged sword for EA

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Karol Severin

22 Jan 2021

EA’s portfolio is still heavily dependent on third party IP licenses EA’s revenue is heavily dependent on licensed IP titles. This includes FIFA, Madden NFL, NHL, as well as its whole Star Wars games...

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Can Roblox get a better value out of its IPO postponement?

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Karol Severin

16 Dec 2020

cross-entertainment

The Wall Street Journal has reported that Roblox is delaying its IPO to 2021. WSJ states that “…company officials decided that the gravity-defying performance this week ofAirbnb andDoorDash made it...

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DraftKings is making its own strategic bet on the rise of the US sports betting market

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Alistair Taylor

19 Nov 2020

betting company

US-based sports betting company DraftKings’ stock value has grown 11% following a strong third-quarter performance in which its revenues increased 98% year on year (YoY) to reach $132.8 million, up from...

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WWE Q3 Earnings – An innovative digital strategy helps WWE overcome COVID-19 disruption

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Alistair Taylor

12 Nov 2020

World Wrestling Entertainment

WWE’s Q3 2020 results provide a fascinating insight into how a live event-focused entertainment business has successfully navigated a global pandemic. In its financials for the quarter , WWE saw a 19%...

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MIDiA expands academia support to gaming community through MetArena partnership

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Dara Jegede

11 Nov 2020

We are pleased to announce that the University of Kentucky is the first to benefit from a new partnership between MIDiA Research and MetArena, which will see students receive access to the MIDiA platform...

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Catch up with MIDiA's post-pandemic programming podcast series

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Dara Jegede

11 Nov 2020

MIDiA has long said that podcasts are a rising force in the audio entertainment market – and we’ve put our efforts where our insights are, launching our first podcast series. Our episodes are now available...

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Why Take-Two Interactive does not need to adopt games subscriptions yet

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Karol Severin

10 Nov 2020

take two interactive

games subscriptions

Take-Two Interactive (T2) reported quarterly results, with revenue dipping slightly, but profitability improving. On the call, T2 reiterated scepticism over the future of the games subscription models....

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