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Why it is becoming more difficult to acquire video subscribers for Netflix in 2022

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

25 Jan 2022

Last Thursday’s Q4 earnings result for Netflix was badly received. This was despite the strong financial results, which announced that the year-on-year revenues were up by 19.2%, reaching $29.5 billion…

Is CNN+ an idea ahead or behind the video D2C times?

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

21 Dec 2021

Online video

Video

business strategy

International news network CNN looks like it finally has a launch date for its direct-to-consumer (D2C) subscription service CNN+. According to Bloomberg , the D2C service is due to launch in March at…

The creator economy has a sustainability problem

Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

10 Dec 2021

Online video

social media

creator tools

Last week, The Washington Post published a profile of Twitch gaming streamer, Tyler Steinkamp, a 26-year-old self-made millionaire who daydreams about “how blissful it must be to work in a cubicle”.…

Why Netflix is making its play to become a (meta) entertainment service

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

3 Nov 2021

Online video

Video

business strategy

A deliberate strategic change in the core business utility of any company is difficult. For a business such as Netflix, which is synonymous with streaming video subscriptions, diversifying into games is…

Is Wall Street starting to curb its D2C enthusiasm?

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

20 Oct 2021

Online video

Video

business strategy

On Monday, media major Disney received a Wall Street downgrade from a Barclays investment analyst who cited the growing challenge of creating new Disney+ originals with the same “ franchise value or…

Streaming censorship: The threat to India’s growing importance in the global marketplace

Blog post by Srishti Das

12 Mar 2021

Online video

Censorship

india

Video streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ Hotstar have been fortunate to experience minimum restrictions on content from Indian regulators as they established themselves. However,…

TV advertising vs. lockdown hiatus: Welcome to the Super Bowl LV

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

2 Feb 2021

Online video

Sports

advertising

This coming Sunday will see the most financially important domestic sports event on the planet take place when the Super Bowl LV is hosted in the Florida city of Tampa. The Raymond James Stadium will see…

Why FuboTV is going big on Sports Betting

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

25 Jan 2021

Online video

SVOD

sports betting

On January 12th, the six year old US-based subscription streaming service FuboTV announced that it was acquiring sports betting and gaming specialist Vigtory. This followed on from company announcements…

Why TikTok’s regulatory countdown has been extended yet again

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

20 Nov 2020

Online video

Media

Video

One of the many knock-on effects of this month’s US Presidential election has been the temporary reprieve granted to social video app TikTok. The app is owned and operated by ByteDance, the Beijing-based…

Oracle and Walmart re-emerge to take on the future of a US TikTok

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

22 Sep 2020

Mobile content

Online video

TikTok

Since the announced US ban of ByteDance and WeChat in August, the future of the widely popular short-form social video app TikTok has been murky and vaguely chaotic. Two weeks ago, Microsoft and Walmart…

Mulan – a tale of international compromise leaving no one satisfied

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

14 Sep 2020

Online video

Mulan

disney

A year unlike any other continues to throw curveballs at media companies with strong digital and international footprints. The live-action remake of the popular 90’s Disney animation Mulan has been 10…

Is HBO Max about to disrupt Netflix domestically with relevant scripted drama?

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

3 Sep 2020

Video

Online video

streaming video

When Warner Media executives commissioned the retro gothic horror original Lovecraft Country for its new flagship streaming service HBO Max, they could not have imagined just how on message the show…

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

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

3 Jun 2020

audiences

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…

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

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

27 May 2020

AFL

Australian Rules Football

basketball

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…

Bundesliga Offers Reality Check for What to Expect of Sport Post-COVID-19

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

21 May 2020

AFL

AGF Aarhus

Football (via the Bundesliga) finally returned to screens last weekend, not only serving starved sports fans with content during lockdown, but more importantly demonstrated what we can expect live football…

The Last Dance – ESPN Raining Threes

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

18 May 2020

Adam Silver

bundle

Chicago Bulls

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…

Collapsing Maul: Sport Facing Global Rights Re-valuations

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

4 May 2020

All Blacks

All or Nothing

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…

The Battle Down Under

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

23 Apr 2020

#playerstogether

A-League

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…

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

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

16 Apr 2020

activity gap

broadcast

Brondby

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…

Self-Isolation: DAZN Concedes to COVID-19

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

6 Apr 2020

additive services

all-encompassing offering

asset class

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…

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