Blog: next gen monetisation

In a move long anticipated by MIDiA , Amazon are rumoured to be in the running for Premier League streaming rights. Although they are unlikely to be alone in this endeavour (both Facebook and Google have also been mooted as sports rights bidders), they are arguably in a better position to build a next-gen sports monetisation framework than their rivals.

In what could be a turning point in content monetisation, the creators of Adblock Plus have announced today that they will be acquiring the micropayments company Flattr. What began as a partnership several months ago, turned into what EyeO founder, Till Faida, described as ‘a realisation of the need to truly bring Flattr into the Eyeo family.