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MIDiA Chart Of The Week: Facebook Video

Mark Mulligan

9 Nov 2015

Chart Of The Week

Media and Marketing

The total number of videos viewed by Facebook users was 8billion a day as ofNovember 4th2015, up from 4billion in April of this year. Facebook does indeed have momentum, a momentum that will become self-perpetuating,...

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Quick Take: Facebook Music Stories

Karol Severin

6 Nov 2015

digital content

Facebook launched‘Music Stories’ for iPhone users who use Spotify or Apple Music with more hardware and listening options to follow. Music Stories let’s you share 30 second music snippets from Spotify...

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MIDiA Data Point Of The Day: Facebook Video

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Mark Mulligan

6 Nov 2015

Data Point Of The Day

31% of US adultswatch Facebook Video weekly. Facebook's decision to prioritize video in user's newfeeds and initate a three second autoplay default setting for native videos has led to a quardupling of...

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TV Content Owners Start To Rethink Their Netflix Relationship

Tim Mulligan

5 Nov 2015

Yesterday Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes in his company’s Q3 earnings call made a statement which the emerging SVOD (Subscription Video On Demand) industry and Netflix in particular didn’t want to hear....

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MIDiA Data Point Of The Day: Shazam

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Mark Mulligan

4 Nov 2015

Data Point Of The Day

Shazam has become part of the digital music marketplace furniture but is seeking out a new business model now as there's no money in the affiliate sales model for streams, not that there was ever that...

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Activision Acquires King For $5.9 Billion

Karol Severin

3 Nov 2015

One of the top publishers has been acquired by a gaming behemoth looking to mark their territory in the growing mobile gaming market. The time is just as good for Activision to buy as it is for King to...

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Pandora’s Serial Deal Shows That Music Alone Is No Longer Enough

Mark Mulligan

3 Nov 2015

Pandora this week announced that it signed a deal to become the exclusive streaming partner for hugely successful podcast Serial. The move is interesting on many fronts, not least what impact having near-on-demand...

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MIDiA Chart Of The Week: Listening Habits Of Streaming Music Consumers

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Mark Mulligan

2 Nov 2015

Chart Of The Week

Although the relatively early stage of development of the streaming market means that most listening habits are not yet being changed, there are fundamental shifts emerging among streamers and subscribers...

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The Rise Of Mobile Super-Short Form

Karol Severin

30 Oct 2015

GIFs have been around since 1987, Vine popularised the feature case for super-short form content in 2013, but in the last few months it’s been raining super-short form innovation. Recent announcements...

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MIDiA Data Point Of The Day: 16-24 Year Old's Mobile Video Usage

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Mark Mulligan

29 Oct 2015

Data Point Of The Day

digital natives

43% of US 16-24 year olds watch TV shows on phones and tablets. 16-24 year olds are the first generation to engage in multi-screen viewing. TV viewing viewing for the Digital Native is as much about convenience...

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SeeSo Continues The Trend Towards Video Fragmentation

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Tim Mulligan

28 Oct 2015

The beta launch of SeeSo by Comcast owned NBC Universal this December represents a further fragmentation of the Pay TV world as the big players look to diversify and survive the consumer tsunami wrought...

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MIDiA Research Chart Of The Week: Global Mobile App Buyers 2013 To 2020

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Mark Mulligan

27 Oct 2015

app economy forecasts

The mobile app economy is one of the success stories of the paid content marketplace generating $25 billion in global revenue in 2014. But paid users are a distinct minority. For the mobile app economy’s...

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Disney Moves Into The Subscription Business

Tim Mulligan

23 Oct 2015

Media and Marketing

Disney’s announcement that it will launch a new subscription service for the UK market is a significant moment in the media industry. The new subscription service, which will be called Disney Life, will...

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Will Adele Be The Last Hurrah Of The Album Era?

Mark Mulligan

23 Oct 2015

The much anticipated Adele album ‘25’ will go on sale on November 20th and its lead single ‘Hello’ hit the airwaves and Vevo today , with Adele doing an impressive number of near-simultaneous radio...

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MIDiA Data Point Of The Day: App Buyers

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Mark Mulligan

23 Oct 2015

Data Point Of The Day

Spending money on or in apps is a niche activity. The majority (58%) of that niche is aged between 25-34 years old. The age distribution will however become more even in the upcoming years. Younger consumers...

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Publishers Are Leading Fragmented Battles In The Ad Blocking War Against United Consumers

Karol Severin

22 Oct 2015

There is one key difference between consumers and publishers in the ad blocking war: Ad blocking users are united by their actions (using adblockers) and fragmented by the ideology behind them (cost, time,...

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YouTube Bets On Premium

Tim Mulligan

21 Oct 2015

native creators

YouTube’s announcement today that it is going to launched a paid subscription service on October 28th has been long anticipated and marks a significant development in the platform’s evolution. A decade...

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Snapchat’s ‘Sponsored Lenses’ And The Power Of User Generated Product Placement

Karol Severin

20 Oct 2015

mobile content monetization

mobile content strategy

Snapchat will launch a new advertising format which allows users to include popular branded content as a part of their message or selfie. Snapchat will help design stickers for brands and make them available...

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MIDiA Chart Of The Week: Online Video Subscriber Forecasts

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Mark Mulligan

19 Oct 2015

Chart Of The Week

Chart Of The Week

Over the last few years online video subscription services from the likes of Netflix, Amazon and Hulu havekick started a revolution in premium video that is threatening to disrupt the traditional TV business...

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Why The Novel Is A Key Component Of The Multi Media Landscape

Tim Mulligan

16 Oct 2015

Perhaps the most revealing comment at MIPCOM 2015 was the one made by Nick North, the BBC Director of Audiences. He stated, that he was more concerned about losing the attention of young viewers distracted...

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