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To be Silent is to be Complicit – On Which Side of History Will the NFL be Remembered?

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Alistair Taylor

3 Jun 2020

Blacklivesmatter

blackouttuesday

Yesterday, social media went silent as it observed #BlackOutTuesday . Following George Floyd’s killing by a Minneapolis police officer, athletes and teams have all spoken up in solidarity, demanding justice and change for a system that disproportionately impacts the black population in the United States.

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Recovery Economics | Bounce Forward not Back

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Mark Mulligan

28 May 2020

COVID-19 social distancing measures caused unprecedented dislocation to the entertainment economy. With a recession now a question of ‘how bad’ rather than ‘if’, entertainment companies have to adapt their businesses and identify new partners to maximise opportunities in the post-lockdown era.

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Move Over Mickey, The NBA is Set to Become Disney World’s Star Attraction

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Alistair Taylor

27 May 2020

Australian Rules Football

COVID-19 forced sports leagues to think outside the box for restarting live sports. The UFC wanted to rent a private island , the NRL to ferry players to and from games, and the WWE performed to empty arenas .

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The Last Dance – ESPN Raining Threes

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Alistair Taylor

18 May 2020

With the pandemic-enforced postponement of live sports creating an entertainment void for sports fans, US broadcaster ESPN played its trump card to capitalise on the thirst for stimulating content during lockdown.

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‘You’re not singing anymore’ - English Premier League set to lose over $1 billion

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Alistair Taylor

7 May 2020

The English Premier League (EPL) is faced with the very real possibility that it will have to play out the entirety of the 2020/2021 soccer season behind closed doors, starving teams of more than $1 billion in lost matchday revenue.

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Does Virgin Media Plus O2 Equal A New UK Communications Major?

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Tim Mulligan

6 May 2020

Liberty Global which is the parent company of Virgin Media, is in talks with Telefonica subsidiary O2 about combining the two businesses together to create a new UK challenger to BT. Virgin Media is the second largest pay-TV operator in the UK with four million video subscribers and 5.

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Collapsing Maul: Sport Facing Global Rights Re-valuations

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Alistair Taylor

4 May 2020

broadcast rights

The English Gallagher Premiership Rugby provides another case study that demonstrates just how significant COVID-19’s impact on rights holders is likely to be moving forward, as it faces a substantial drop in the value of its broadcast rights.

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The Battle Down Under

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Alistair Taylor

23 Apr 2020

#playerstogether

additive services

With COVID-19 exposing the vulnerability of pureplay sport streaming services , the importance of building out a robust and downturn-proof offering is fundamental to the viability of these currently additive services.

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Consumer Engagement: The Brand Solution in a Digital Era of Churn

Hanna Kahlert

21 Apr 2020

Chart Of The Week

The digital marketplace has been the setting for innovation in every way that business is conducted, not least for advertisers, entertainment propositions and consumer adoption –and the current COVID-19-induced lockdowns are exacerbating the trends .

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Play for the World – EA Aims to Fill Void via FIFA Stay and Play Cup

Alistair Taylor

16 Apr 2020

In 2003, FIFA updated its primary logo to include the words ‘For the Game. For the World.’ Fast forward 17 years and governments around the world are instructing their citizens to stay inside. Now it is almost as if Nike consulted FIFA on its latest marketing campaign ‘Play Inside, Play for the World’, imploring enamored fans to play for the 7.

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Forget Virtual – UFC and NRL going Remote

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Alistair Taylor

10 Apr 2020

Associated Press

With fans currently starved of sports entertainment during lockdown, rights holders are jumping out of the gate to be the first to put on live sports to serve any form of quick fix to see a jump in engagement.

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Free COVID-19 Impact Webinar

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Mark Mulligan

9 Apr 2020

coronavirus impact

coronavirus research

coronavirus webinar

MIDiA Research is running a free-to-attend webinar on Wednesday, April 15 th : COVID-19 Impact on Entertainment Demand and Behaviours. Regular readers will know that MIDiA has been publishing COVID-19 impact research, data and analysis since lockdowns started taking effect in the West.

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The digital entertainment boom is temporary: what comes next?

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Hanna Kahlert

8 Apr 2020

The digital entertainment boom as a result of the global COVID-19 lockdowns is but an optimistic wave in a stormy sea the market will have to weather over the coming months… and potentially even years.

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The Self-Isolation Entertainment Boom

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Mark Mulligan

7 Apr 2020

covid-19 entertainment boom

MIDiA has just published the latest report in its COVID-19 report series: “ T he Self-Isolation Entertainment Boom . This post explores some of the key findings and data. The full report is immediately available to clients here and follow this link for details on how to sign up to MIDiA’s special research package for the duration of the COVID-19 outbreak .

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Self-Isolation: DAZN Concedes to COVID-19

Alistair Taylor

6 Apr 2020

additive services

all-encompassing offering

Sports streaming insurgent DAZN has announced last week it plans to inform rights holders of its intent to defer its payments of rights fees for any content not yet delivered (i.e. postponed / cancelled games) during this pandemic-enforced freeze on live sports.

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Exclusive COVID-19 Research Package for Independent Entertainment Companies

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Mark Mulligan

6 Apr 2020

covid-19 research

During these unprecedented times, the entertainment industries are experiencing rapid change and have been forced to adapt accordingly – from the near collapse of live entertainment, through the cessation of filming and recording, to the surge in home entertainment consumption.

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The Show Must Go On – NFL Throws Screen Pass at COVID-19 with NFL Draft

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Alistair Taylor

2 Apr 2020

The NFL’s commissioner Roger Goodell announced to all 32 teams in a memo on March 26th that the NFL draft will go ahead as scheduled from the 23 rd to 25 th of April, despite growing pressures resulting from COVID-19 to postpone the event.

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Going the (Social) Distance: Rising Consumer Trends

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Hanna Kahlert

2 Apr 2020

Consumer behaviour

consumer trends

In the current lockdown climate, consumer behaviours are adapting to the new normal – and out of necessity, much of this is happening on digital. The 2008 crash resulted in success for many pioneering start-ups ; the current crisis could pose many of the same restrictions and driving need-gaps to result in similar opportunities.

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Film studios pause production: Is this the new era of anime?

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Hanna Kahlert

26 Mar 2020

With national lockdowns becoming the norm and the majority of nonessential workers being sent to work remotely, the video industry is set for some interesting changes over the next few months. As recently published in MIDiA Research’s report, ' COVID-19 | Entertainment and Leisure Industry Impact Assessment ', the new landscape will be a mixed bag for video content.

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Olympics Postponement: The Sports Media Landscape of COVID-19

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Alistair Taylor

26 Mar 2020

Advertising Revenue

The global COVID-19 pandemic is increasing pressure on the viability of emerging and legacy media business models, and is already having an unprecedented impact on the sports industry. An unprecedented swathe of cancelled sports events has left rights holders unable to monetise their existing broadcasting of rights within tightly-scheduled windows.

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