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Everyone hurts – the problem with ‘fixing’ streaming

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Mark Mulligan

6 Feb 2023

Streaming Royalties

Streaming economics

Streaming Music

Everyone hurts – the problem with ‘fixing’ streaming Apple’s Q4 2022 revenue fall was further illustration that the global economic environment is affecting everyone. During such times, companies look for ways to avoid the worst of the impacts, partially through ‘efficiencies’ but also through growth, by exploring new income streams and improving deal terms.

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Peak talent is here for streaming TV

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Tim Mulligan

2 Feb 2023

streaming TV talent

Last week, MIDiA covered the HBO phenomenon The Last of Us . Following in the footsteps of other successful games crossovers such as the Netflix Original The Witcher , The Last of Us is HBOs’ pitch at creating a high-profile scripted drama to bring gamers to its direct-to-consumer service (D2C) HBO Max.

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Making artists heard: Women in the music industry

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Hanna Kahlert

1 Feb 2023

Cultural trends

In and among the chaos of Eurosonic, MIDiA sat down for a fireside chat with artist Marina Herlop to talk about what it is like to be a producer in the music industry today. Or, more specifically, what it is like to be a female music producer – who are wildly outnumbered by men, at 38 to 1 .

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What Spotify’s podcast layoffs indicate about the changing audio market

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Annie Langston

1 Feb 2023

For the last few years, audio companies have funnelled millions of dollars into the podcast market. Yet, the economic recession indicates that the boom of investment into podcasts may be reaching its peak.

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The streaming wars will be won with technology, not content

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Ben Woods

31 Jan 2023

The modern entertainment industry is a tale of re-invention. The need for vast amounts of content to justify the value of a subscription video on-demand (SVOD) service has made the artists, series, and franchises of yesteryear just as valuable to platforms as the next blockbuster hit.

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Could AI generate music’s Instagram moment?

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Tatiana Cirisano

31 Jan 2023

Music streaming

Pop quiz: Is the hit ‘Kill Bill’ sung by SZA or Ariana Grande? The answer is, of course, SZA, but TikTok users could be forgiven for any confusion. An artificial-intelligence-generated version sung in Grande’s voice has been circulating the platform, causing a frenzy.

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It is time for DAWs to break the boundaries of conventional music production

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Srishti Das

30 Jan 2023

emerging markets

We recently wrote about how the direction of music inspiration has reversed , that established music markets have begun to draw inspiration from sounds, scenes, and cultures from emerging markets, such as Nigeria, South Korea and India.

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Why the paid sharing push by Netflix is a sign of weakness

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Tim Mulligan

27 Jan 2023

InNetflix’s Q4 2022 earnings, the world’s pre-eminent subscription video on demand (SVOD) service painted a bullish picture of a company having navigated a difficult 2022. In its own words : “2022 was a tough year, with a bumpy start but a brighter finish.

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The Last of Us – when games meet video

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Samuel Griffin

26 Jan 2023

Video streaming

The HBO Original production of Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us is solidifying the foundations of modern expectations for games video crossovers. With the games market increasingly saturated and seemingly dominated by a handful of games, companies that are acting on the cross-entertainment opportunity have a better chance of nurturing fandom of their IP and weather the current macroeconomic dynamics.

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With a rumoured podcast feature, will TikTok become the Swiss Army knife of entertainment?

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Annie Langston

25 Jan 2023

Despite recent layoffs and program cuts, the audio market continues to expand. While major music streaming platforms have led the way, social media platforms continue to diversify their audio offerings and compete in the wider market.

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ChatGPT raises new potential for NFTs

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Hanna Kahlert

25 Jan 2023

Media and Marketing

Cultural trends

AI is here with a quickly-growing army of bots that will happily make anything a user commands, be that do their homework, write them a song, draw them concept art of a film they wish had happened – and undoubtedly more to come.

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YouTube has dismantled the walls between social video and SVOD

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Ben Woods

24 Jan 2023

How do you define YouTube in 2023? The Google-owned app has evolved into a complicated media outfit. It stretches beyond social video content and deep into subscription video on demand (SVOD). It is a wholly different business to the platform that posted its first user-generated video – Me at the zoo – In April 2005.

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The metaverse transition: Fortnite

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Samuel Griffin

19 Jan 2023

The metaverse transition: Fortnite Unreal Engine has been at the bleeding edge of digital development since its release, being fundamental to the development of household titles such as The Witcher , Fortnite , Disney’s The Mandalorian, and HBO’s Westworld.

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Match point – Tennis faces its generational pivot through Netflix

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Tim Mulligan

19 Jan 2023

Drive to Survive

The recent success of the FIFA 2022 World Cup, despite the unwillingness of the organising body to update its brand identity ,sent out mixed messages to sports rightsholders. On the one hand, business can continue as usual if one runs a unique branded tournament with thick-skinned partners.

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Three podcast market trends to watch in 2023

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Annie Langston

18 Jan 2023

listener experience

format blurring

All of entertainment is facing new challenges in the recession. Both creators and platforms are doing everything they can to keep audiences as entertainment spending is at risk. While audio platforms have already seen notable cuts to programming, podcasts are exploring new ways to expand the format to new audiences.

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Is the net closing in on TikTok?

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Ben Woods

17 Jan 2023

There is nothing quite like a recession to seemingly transform disruptors into incumbents. As the focus moves from R&D spend to cost-cutting, the customer focus also changes. Efforts to acquire new customers lose their lustre when there is a need to hold onto those already engaged with a service.

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What comes next in the music streaming model makeover

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Tatiana Cirisano

17 Jan 2023

Music streaming

Independent artists

The independent music community has been rallying for change to the streaming payment model for years. Now, major labels are joining the chorus. Why? The pro-rata model has long benefited bigger record labels, but their cut of the pie is now diminishing due to a number of factors: The growth of independent music, fragmentation of consumption, localisation of music scenes, and the vast amount of music hitting streaming services.

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Emerging market music cultures are shaping the global music industry

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Srishti Das

13 Jan 2023

cultural insight

emerging markets

The music industry's focus has slowly but steadily moved towards emerging markets in order to find the next billion music consumers. The first phase of this move saw major labels consciously pushing their music into new markets in the pursuit of creating new cultural moments.

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Games companies turn to defence as recession looms

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Karol Severin

12 Jan 2023

business planning

The beginning of 2023 has seen several games companies show prudent caution, highlighting warning signs as to what lies ahead. Ubisoft cancelled three games in development. Wizards of the Coast reportedly cancelled five video games projects.

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YouTube’s one-stop shop offers a salvation to creator burn-out

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Ben Woods

12 Jan 2023

Creator economy

A popular YouTube channel offering tips for fledgling creators made a surprising admission recently. After amassing nearly 200,000 YouTube subscribers around its “how-to guides” for live streamers, Stream Scheme told some of its viewers to quit streaming altogether.

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