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The Mouse That Roared; Disney Calls Time on Traditional Pay-TV and Netflix in the US

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Tim Mulligan

7 Aug 2019

As predicted , Disney has decided to flip the switch and unleash a pay-TV (and Netflix) killer by announcing a Q4 bundle of its streaming services in one joint aggressively-priced offer. On November...

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BBC iPlayer to Lead Catch-up TV

Amanda Stears

7 Aug 2019

On 1 August, UK media regulator Ofcom announced that BBC can now extend its catch-up shows’ validity on BBC iPlayer for up to 12 months, as compared to the previous 30-day period. Apart from being able...

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What A Post-Peak Netflix Could Look Like

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Tim Mulligan

25 Jul 2019

emerging markets

Last week was a bumpy ride for Netflix – a company that is used to being on the right side of Wall Street and the consumer. The world’s leading streaming service made a noticeable miss with is quarterly...

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Should Streaming Services Produce TV Shows in a Linear Format?

Amanda Stears

17 Jul 2019

Game of Thrones

Streaming video on demand (SVOD) giant Netflix is famous for cultivating the binge-watch phenomenon, fuelled by the popularity of its originals. In the pre-streaming era, people were dependent on traditional...

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Battle of the Docuseries: Who Mirrored Who?

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Alistair Taylor

13 Jun 2019

addressable audience

Leeds United are set to become the latest soccer club to feature in an original documentary series, with tech major Amazon securing a deal for a behind-the-scenes look at Argentinian manager Marcelo Bielsa’s...

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Disney’s Latest Earnings Are Buoyed by Growth in Their Theme Park and Direct-to-Consumer Revenues

Alistair Taylor

10 May 2019

21st Century Fox

additive service

On Wednesday night the Walt Disney Company reported quarterly earnings for its second fiscal quarter ending March 31st 2019, beating analyst estimates with a 3% increase in year-on-year (YoY) quarterly...

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Can Disney do a Hulu?

Alistair Taylor

12 Apr 2019

21st Century Fox

Disney finally unveiled to investors during a presentation yesterday its much anticipated direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming service Disney+, announcing a November 12 th 2019 launch . Disney+ will be an...

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10 Trends That Will Reshape the Music Industry

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Mark Mulligan

3 Apr 2019

The IFPI has reported that global recorded music revenues have hit $19.1 billion, which means that MIDiA’sownestimatespublished in Marchwere within 1.6% of the actual results . This revenue growth story...

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Here’s How Spotify Can Fix Its Songwriter Woes (Hint: It’s All About Pricing)

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Mark Mulligan

11 Mar 2019

Copyright Royalty Board

music publishers

Songwriter royalties have always been a pain point for streaming, especially in the US where statutory rates determine much of how songwriters get paid. The current debate over Spotify, Amazon, Pandora...

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Netflix is Now Running Faster to Stand Still

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Tim Mulligan

7 Mar 2019

peak attention economy

streaming peaks

If a week is a long time in politics what must three years be in streaming video? In the case of Netflix, it turns out not a lot…in one key metric- domestic engagement. On other metrics Netflix has been...

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Netflix Finally Brings Home the Oscars And Leaves Hollywood Wondering What Next?

Tim Mulligan

25 Feb 2019

Last night at the Oscars Netflix finally won its first Academy Award, and then a second one, and then a third one. Like London buses, Netflix had spent a long time waiting and then suddenly three came...

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Why Apple Could Become The Safe Harbour For Creatives

Tim Mulligan

19 Feb 2019

On March 25 th Apple is planning an event to formally announce the launch of both its forthcoming video and news subscription services. Likely attendees include Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer...

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Will An EPL Streaming Service Devalue Domestic Rights?

Alistair Taylor

15 Feb 2019

addressable audience

Following the English Premier League (EPL) announcing in November its plans to launch its own streaming service for the next rights cycle (2022-2025), the Sunday Times reported that the EPL is coming close...

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The Video Subscription Challenge In 2019

Tim Mulligan

1 Feb 2019

Amid all the excitement in the media world around the 2019 launches of direct-to-consumer services from such illustrious content producers as Disney and Warner Media, one clear question remains unanswered...

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Hulu Takes Aim At Netflix

Tim Mulligan

25 Jan 2019

From February 26 th , Hulu, currently the number three subscription video on demand (SVOD) service in the US, will reduce its ad-supported offering from $7.99 to $5.99. This comes one week after Netflix...

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Hulu’s Integrated Streaming And Pay-TV Approach Could Be The Future of Video Entertainment

Tim Mulligan

11 Jan 2019

On Tuesday, USstreaming video provider Hulu announced that it had reached 25 million subscribers, a 48% increase year on year. This was on the back of a 36% growth rate in 2017 and now means that Hulu...

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Why Music and Video are Crucial to Apple’s Future

Mark Mulligan

7 Jan 2019

comes with music

Apple’s downgraded earnings guidance represents its first profit warning in 10 years. This is clearly a big deal, and probably not as much to do with a weakening Chinese economy ifAlibaba’s 2018 Singles’...

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Friends for Life? Warner Media and Netflix Renegotiate Frenemy Deal

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Tim Mulligan

6 Dec 2018

The revelation that Warner Media (previously Time Warner, and acquired by AT&T in June 2018) has negotiated a clause in its 2019 licensing agreement with Netflix for ageing sitcom Friends highlights...

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Sport1 To Drop US-centric Channel in Favour of Esports

Alistair Taylor

5 Dec 2018

addressable audience

audience demographics

German broadcaster Sport1 is replacing its US sport focused channel for the very first German-speaking esports channel. Sport1 announced last week that the channel dubbed eSports1 will launch in Germany,...

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Sky and BT announce long term partnership for cross-supply of content

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Alistair Taylor

2 Nov 2018

addressable audience

Attention economy

British broadcasters Sky and BT confirmed this week a long-term extension and expansion to an overall content cross-supply deal. Following the initial agreement signed in the UK last December , the partnership...

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