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Why Facebook Is Getting Serious About Delivering Sports Video To The Next Billion Digital Users

Tim Mulligan

6 Sep 2017

On Monday, September 4th, the Indian Premier League (IPL) held its media rights tender process for the rights to stream Indian Cricket matches for five years from 2018 to 2022. A total of 24 companies...

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Quick Take: Why Amazon and Microsoft Are Joining Forces on Voice

Zach Fuller

1 Sep 2017

Amazon and Microsoft have announced they will be collaborating around the Echo by allowing Microsoft’s Cortana service to be accessed through the voice control device. Whilst the move is not a direct...

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If Amazon Swallows Retail, Could Facebook Do the Same with Media?

Zach Fuller

25 Aug 2017

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amazon media group

Former President and CEO of Netscape James L. Barksdale once said he knew of two ways to make money, ‘Bundling and Unbundling’. Whilst much of the focus has been on the unbundling factor of media,...

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Quick Take: Snap Inc’s Q2 Earnings

Zach Fuller

11 Aug 2017

After much anticipation, Snap Inc has released its Q2 earnings outlining the company’s progress in the past three months. Of course, much of the attention has focused on missing growth and revenue targets,...

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Bertelsmann and Penguin Random House: A Strategy Based on Extremes

Zach Fuller

24 Jul 2017

Having created a next-gen music publisher in BMG, German media giant Bertlesmann are applying a similar strategy to their publishing division. Consistent with BMG’s tactic of investing heavily in legacy...

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Zynga Teams Up With MGM To Create ‘Words With Friends’ Game Show

Karol Severin

20 Jul 2017

cross-format entertainment

MGM Television and Zynga have announced a collaboration to develop a new television game show based on Words With Friends , the world's most popular mobile word game. The show will also incorporate aspects...

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Quick Take: An Echo Sales Spike on Prime Day Is Another Win For Amazon’s Burgeoning Service Business

Zach Fuller

14 Jul 2017

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Amazon Prime Video

Amazon Echo revenues have until now remained relativelysmall. With the device still available in just three markets (US, UK and Germany), its main victories have been in its cultural impact, as well as...

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How A Month With Spectacles Changed My Outlook On Snap’s Future

Karol Severin

7 Jul 2017

When the SnapBot finally popped up in Berlin, I eagerly trekked to the location to see whether the product would change my existing opinions about the company’s future. It did. I made my way to the SnapBot...

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Thoughts On Second-Order Effects For Content Discovery in Voice

Zach Fuller

30 Jun 2017

Second-order effects are rarely considered when new technologies come to the fore and reach critical mass. For example, the realisation of smartphones, the emergence of Apple's app store and the ubiquity...

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Dalian Wanda’s Global Ambition Comes Up Against The Cold Logic Of Financial Reality

Tim Mulligan

27 Jun 2017

Atletico Madrid

Last week Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda, which is controlled by China’s second wealthiest individual Wang Jialin, was placed under a regulatory probe by the China Banking Regulatory Commission ....

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Is TPG’s Investment In Vice Overstating The Millennial Audience?

Zach Fuller

22 Jun 2017

TPG's investment of $450m in Vice Media this week has valued the company at $5.7bn. CEO Shane Smith described the move as enabling the company he founded initially as a magazine in 90s Montreal to achieve...

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Quick Take: Amazon’s Whole Foods Acquisition Is A Major Coup For Voice Control Commerce

Zach Fuller

16 Jun 2017

In the hours following the announcement of Amazon’s $13.7 billion acquisition of American supermarket chain Whole Foods, much of the immediate attention is currently focused on how the e-commerce giant...

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MIDiA at Midem 2017

Zach Fuller

11 Jun 2017

MIDiA Research were one of thousands of delegates who arrived in Cannes this week to attend Midem; the annual conference addressing the latest developments in the music industry. Across 4 days of panels,...

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Quick Take: Google Home Counters The Echo Threat By Introducing Payments

Zach Fuller

1 Jun 2017

google assistant

Google have released a new Google Payment API with specific emphasis on voice capabilities. The service will allow Google Home device users to pay in-app or online with any verified credit or debit card...

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Why the Voice Control Landscape Will Be So Competitive

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Zach Fuller

26 May 2017

Withthe success of Prime and the Echo, Amazon at present is experiencing the same halo effect that graced Microsoft in the 90s and Apple in the 00s. Withtheir finger on the pulse of everything from entertainment...

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The Internet’s Adolescence: The Real World Catches Up Eventually

Mark Mulligan

19 May 2017

I started my career as an internet analyst back in the period of the dot-com bubble. They were heady days in which anything seemed possible. The world was changing in unprecedented ways and the possibilities...

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Vivendi-Havas: A Music Industry Perspective

Zach Fuller

18 May 2017

Access Industries

After a quiet period in which music and media assets in general were perceived to be in irreversible decline, the narrative is suddenly changing. The boost in revenue from streaming and the allure of consistent...

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New Report: Snap Inc Q1 2017 - Declining User Growth Exacerbates Rising Costs

Zach Fuller

12 May 2017

Daily Active users

Following the release of its first earnings call since its IPO in March, Snapchat creator Snap Inc has seen its stock price drop 28% to its lowest price since going public. The development increasingly...

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Latest MIDiA Research Reports: An Overview

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Mark Mulligan

11 May 2017

consumer insights

Throughout Q1 2017 MIDiA Research has taken a close look at the latest shifts, trends and consumer insights within the digital marketplace across the 4 key areas of Video, Media, Music and Games. MIDiA...

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Amazon Double Down on Voice Control by Announcing Echo Show

Zach Fuller

9 May 2017

Amazon is doubling down on Echo’s success (60% growth rate since November 2016) by just announcing the Echo Show. A visual iteration on the Echo, the device is priced at $229.99 and will initially only...

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