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Party in the front, business in the back: Why Apple Music Sing is so savvy

Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

13 Dec 2022

Streaming services are increasingly taking steps to diversify their offerings , and the latest example came last week from Apple Music. Just in time for holiday sing-a-longs, the service introduced a new,...

The record labels’ TikTok opportunity cost

Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

22 Nov 2022

music streaming

TikTok

YouTube

With their short-term music licensing agreements soon to expire, record labels are reportedly pressuring TikTok to sign an ad revenue share agreement, which would see TikTok pay a share of advertising...

Music industry earnings 2021: Riding the wave

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

6 May 2022

streaming music

record labels

live music

Universal music’s Q1 2022 earnings showed continued growth but a noticeable slowdown in streaming growth, with streaming revenues up 12% year-on-year (YoY) in USD term compared to a growth of 35% one...

Fans come first in the attention recession

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

2 Mar 2021

Media and Marketing

Fandom

Media

As vaccine rollouts gain momentum, the clock is ticking on the attention boom enabled by lockdowns over the last 12 months. The 12% of additional time spent on entertainment is going to contract sharply...

Streaming’s remuneration model cannot be ‘fixed’

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

12 Aug 2020

Music

streaming

remuneration

The #brokenrecord debate continues to build momentum and new models such as user-centric are getting increased attention, including at governmental level in the UK. But as Mat Dryhurst correctly observes...

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...

Olympics Postponement: The Sports Media Landscape of COVID-19

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

26 Mar 2020

Advertising Revenue

broadcasters

business model

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...

NFL Adding Music to Its Playbook

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

4 Nov 2019

archived footage

audio content

curated playlists

The NFL continues expanding its reach with the news that it is providing both video and audio content to global streaming services Spotify and Tidal. This follows the NFL’s recently- announced partnerships...

Streaming in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities for International Competitors

Blog post by Amanda Stears

10 Sep 2019

apple tv

asia pacific

disney

With a combined population of 371.7 million and a combined GDP of $2.9 trillion, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia represent sizeable and fast-growing markets for streaming services. The largest players...

Is Cricket the New ‘Greatest Show on Turf’?

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

19 Jun 2019

21st century fox

ad skippers

addressable audience

Even before the St. Louis (now LA) Rams were setting records in the NFL during the 1999-2001 seasons, earning the nickname ‘The Greatest Show on Turf’, the Super Bowl was viewed as an unrivalled opportunity...

Heavyweight Battle for Premium Sporting Rights Dependent on Three Factors

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

3 Jun 2019

BAMTech

broadcast rights

The sports rights landscape has changed fundamentally with the emergence of streaming subscription video on demand (SVOD) services. Digital and broadcast rights used to be separate deals entirely, but...

Sports SVOD Services: The Underdogs’ Game

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

29 May 2019

addressable audience

binge viewing

carriage partnerships

Cord cutting and “the attention economy” are the landscaping trends reshaping everything video in 2019, and sports television – despite its reliably existent fanbase – is no exception. New sports...

Sky Shows Hand With Bid For Scottish Football TV Rights

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

12 Nov 2018

assets

broadcast rights

Sky sports has doubled down on UK football and is the firm favourite to acquire the exclusive rights to broadcast Scottish football (SPFL), having bid £100 million for the next block of rights, starting...

Has the BBC Cured Streaming Latency?

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

21 Sep 2018

2018 FIFA World Cup

2022 FIFA World Cup

altice

Two weeks ago , the NFL warned subscription video on demand (SVOD) services to up their content delivery game if they are to be taken seriously when bidding for premium rights. It must therefore come as...

Mid-Year 2018 Streaming Market Shares

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

13 Sep 2018

amazon music unlimited

amazon prime music

google

Music subscribers grew by 16% in the first half of 2018 to reach 229.5 million, up from 198.6 million at the end of 2017. Year-on-year the global subscriber base increased by 38%, adding 62.8 million subscribers....

NFL issues warning to streaming services

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

6 Sep 2018

2018 World Cup

amazon prime video

consumer behaviour

As rights holders and tech majors continue to experiment with streaming video on demand (SVOD) services as a way to broadcast sports content, questions are being raised about the ability of streaming platforms...

Announcing MIDiA’s Streaming Services Market Shares Report

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

3 Nov 2017

7Digital

Amazon

amazon music unlimited

As the streaming music market matures, the bar is continually raised for the quality of data required, both in terms of granularity and accuracy. At MIDiA we have worked hard to earn a reputation for high-quality,...

Introducing MIDiA's Streaming Music Health Check

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

10 Jan 2017

2nd quarter 2016

curation

digital music

We are pleased to announce the arrival of the following MIDiA report on our report store: 'Streaming Music Health Check: Streaming’s Watershed Moment'. You can purchase the report here. MIDiA Research...