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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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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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HBO Max Now Has Its Launch Date-Will This Turn Out To Be Good Or Bad Timing?

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Tim Mulligan

24 Apr 2020

On Tuesday, AT&T subsidiary Warner Media announced the launch date for its forthcoming D2C streaming video service HBO Max. On May 27 th HBO Max will launch into a world radically different from the one envisaged at the HBO Max debut event held in October 2019.

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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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Netflix Q1 2020- Streaming’s First Financial Lockdown Update

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Tim Mulligan

22 Apr 2020

As the world continues to adjust to the new normal of lockdown, work and entertainment now revolves around the home. Over the past month a combination of consumer survey data, ratings announcements and press releases from streamers have provided us with a glimpse into the real impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on streaming.

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Consumption and production impacts on TV and video streaming under lockdown

Tim Mulligan

21 Apr 2020

COVID-19 programming

Unsurprisingly the UK government opted to extend lockdown for a further three weeks last week, and today will mark the first full month of lockdown for UK consumers. In the US 95% of the population is now under lockdown, and globally 25% of consumers remain officially home-bound.

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Welcome to the new era of pandemic programming

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Tim Mulligan

9 Apr 2020

As 25% of the world gets used to a second month of lockdown following the public health crisis unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact on video continues to grow. Propositions in this new landscape are benefitted by increased entertainment time available (MIDiA Researchhas identified that formerly-commuting consumers have an additional 15% available entertainment time in the locked-down world).

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Altered carbon: Tracking fandom into the future

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Hanna Kahlert

6 Mar 2020

In the digital era, anything can generate metrics – to the point where no matter how good the numbers look, actual success can sometimes be unconnected. Logged ‘views’ of an advertisement don’t hold up to scrutiny when 29% of consumers “normally stop paying attention” when ads come on during a TV show, 31% “usually skip video ads online” and 11% block online ads on their desktop and/or laptop (source: MIDiA Research Main Consumer Survey Q1 2019).

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The Age of the Creators

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Hanna Kahlert

17 Feb 2020

artist streaming income

Chart Of The Week

For the meek shall inherit the earth… Since early 2019, MIDiA has been publishing findings that we are moving progressively into a market dynamic in which creators are being empowered by technology to have greater direct control of their output, from conception to completion to monetisation.

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Joining the D2C Streaming Wars Is a Do-or-Die Moment for ViacomCBS

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Tim Mulligan

12 Feb 2020

Last Thursday CNBC reported that the newly-merged ViacomCBS is planning to launch its own direct-to-consumer (D2C) service, with a formal announcement to be made during the company’s forthcoming fourth quarter earnings conference call on February 20 th .

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Tale of the Tape: UFC or Bundle Driving ESPN+ Adoption?

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Alistair Taylor

11 Feb 2020

Walt Disney’s pureplay sports streaming service ESPN+, which launched back in April 2018, has surpassed 7.6 million paid subscribers, Disney’s chief executive Bog Iger reported during last week’s earnings call .

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A View to a Sure Thing – Part Two

Tim Mulligan

29 Jan 2020

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Long-term readers of the MIDiA Research Blog may remember a post from September 2017 outlining the appeal to tech majors Apple and Amazon of acquiring the rights to the James Bond franchise.

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Peacock Goes for Gold

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Alistair Taylor

23 Jan 2020

On the 16 th of January , Comcast (owner of NBCUniversal) unveiled further details of its direct to consumer (D2C) proposition, Peacock. Peacock is set to debut on the 15 th of April exclusively for Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Flex customers, before being rolled out nationally across the US on July 15 th .

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The Challenge for Global D2C Growth in 2020

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Tim Mulligan

17 Jan 2020

2020 promises to be a big year for direct-to-consumer (D2C) services, with Warner Media’s HBO Max and Comcast’s Peacock set to join Apple TV+ and Disney+ in the battle to win streaming audience share both in the US and beyond.

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Netflix Bewitches the Internet

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Tim Mulligan

9 Jan 2020

Andrzej Sapkowski

Netflix, the current subscription video on demand (SVOD) global leader, has topped Wikipedia searches for the second week of 2020 with its new fantasy scripted drama original, The Witcher . The show is based upon a story universe created by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, which originated in novel form and has since morphed into – among other adaptations – a hugely popular game franchise with 40 million unit sales to date.

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Enter the Dragon: Netflix Steps Closer to Borderless Content with Korea’s CJ ENM

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Tim Mulligan

2 Jan 2020

This Monday Netflix quietly announced a new strategic partnership with potentially far-reaching ramifications for how it weathers the direct-to-consumer (D2C) storm of 2020. The December 30 th press release officially announced the production and output deal agreed on November 21 st 2019 between Netflix and Studio Dragon, a production company owned by CJ ENM, a leading Korean media company spanning Korean TV and film and K-Pop.

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Hotstar's potential Disney+ partnership raises brand challenges

Amanda Stears

12 Dec 2019

21st Century Fox

Yesterday Indian streaming service Hotstar published its 2019 India Watch Report . Hotstar (a fully-owned Disney subsidiary since the 21CF acquisition by Disney back in March of this year) now boldly states that its streaming app has reached 400 million app installs, making it one of the most downloaded apps in India of 2019 alongside WhatsApp and TikTok.

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Universal Search – The Gaping Hole in Streaming Video

Amanda Stears

5 Dec 2019

The day is done and you are slouched on the sofa, ready for some binge watching. But how often have you found yourself aimlessly scrolling through Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Now TV etc. not knowing exactly what to watch or where to start? Not quite “feeling” it, you exit Netflix.

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Take Five (the big five stories and data you need to know) December 2nd 2019

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Mark Mulligan

2 Dec 2019

first order music

Bytedance / TikTok split: Bytedance appears to be getting nervy about the impact of Chinese censorship regulation on TikTok, to the extent that it is reportedly mulling spinning off the app as a separate company.

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Roku Aims for TV Market Share with European Expansion

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Amanda Stears

26 Nov 2019

Roku has partnered with manufacturer Hisense to release its first Roku TV in the UK this coming Black Friday at Argos. Announced September 7th at the IFA 2019 a.k.a Berlin Radio Show, these smart TVs are powered by the Roku OS.

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