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Why Roblox is well set to withstand the COVID bounce effect

Blog post by Karol Severin

15 Mar 2021

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…

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

Blog post by Karol Severin

16 Dec 2020

Roblox

IPO

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 of Airbnb and DoorDash made…

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

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

19 Nov 2020

DraftKings

Sportsbook

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…

Wanda Sports Group’s financials highlight long-term impact of live hiatus

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

3 Sep 2020

sports fans

covid

live sports

Wanda Sports Group’s (WSG) Q2 financials highlight a significant decline in revenues on account of “the broad effects of COVID-19 mitigation efforts”. WSG reported a second successive quarter of…

DAZN’s belated UK launch: Can it avoid Eleven Sports’ 'mistake’?

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

24 Jul 2020

Video

Sports

Media & Marketing

DAZN, the anointed ‘Netflix of Sport’, has announced plans to resume launching its services globally via a beta service covering boxing bouts In July and August, for users who have registered their…

Spotify D(PO)-Day

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

3 Apr 2018

DPO

IPO

Spotify

Arguably the most anticipated day in the history of digital music is upon us. By the end of it we will have the first hint at whether Spotify is going to fall at the Snap Inc. or Facebook end of the spectrum…

This Is What Post-IPO Life Will Look Like For Spotify

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

17 Nov 2017

IPO

netflix

Netflix share price

With a fair wind, Spotify’s long-anticipated public offering should happen before the end of Q2 2018 (and yes, probably a direct listing rather than an IPO but 'IPO' worked better in the title!) . The…

Is QQ Music Worth $10 Billion?

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

7 Sep 2017

China

Deezer

IPO

Western appetite for the Chinese market has long been based upon accessing the 1.4 billion consumers. This has in turn impacted valuations of Chinese companies, particularly when eager western investors…

Four Companies That Could Buy Spotify

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

15 Feb 2017

1 billion

21st century fox

Alibaba

For much of 2016 it looked nailed on that Spotify would IPO in 2017 and that the recorded music industry would move onto its next chapter, for better or for worse. The terms of Spotify’s $1 billion debt…

The BBC’s Planet Earth II, Snapchat And The Premium Content Play

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

6 Feb 2017

BBC

BBC Worldwide

IPO

Hot on the heels of last week’s S-1 Initial Public Offering prospectus release by Snap Inc, the parent company of Snapchat, was this morning’s announcement that the US messaging service is partnering…

Has Snapchat Learned From Twitter’s IPO?

Blog post by Zach Fuller

14 Oct 2016

Amazon

augmented reality

echo

Snap Inc, the parent company of messaging app Snapchat, have hired Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley for a seemingly imminent IPO. In addition to being one of the first app generation unicorns (alongside…

Guvera's IPO Raises More Questions Than It Answers

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

1 Jun 2016

Ad Supported

AMMA

australia

Australian streaming music service Guvera has announced its long-anticipated IPO on Australia’s ASX exchange in July. Guvera has always been an intriguing component of the digital music landscape. On…