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Netflix Q2 2020 earnings: Lockdown revenue windfall but performance expected to fall

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Tim Mulligan
H1 2020 has been particularly good for Netflix. Q1 2020 saw record subscriber growth of 27.8 million net additions and its original content has dominated viewer interest over the previous six months. The current top three most-viewed Wikipedia TV show pages are all Netflix originals, with D2C challenger Peacock’s Brave New World coming in at fourthplace (Source MIDiA Index ).
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Is streaming making it harder and more expensive for consumers to access video content?

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Tim Mulligan
Back in 2007, Netflix made its famous pivot from being a subscription postal DVD rental provider to becoming an on-demand video streaming provider. Fast forward 13 years and the entire TV industry has now been disrupted, with 53% of US consumers in Q1 2020 now paying for subscription video on demand (SVOD) services (source  MIDiA Research  Q1 Consumer Survey).
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HBO Max’s Existing IP Is Emerging as Its Key Asset

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Tim Mulligan
One week into the HBO Max launch and its competitive edge is starting to show in an area which streaming services are not best known – their existing intellectual property. The new season 4 of adult animation  Rick and Morty  has been airing on Adult Swim, one of Warner Media’s pay-TV networks and for the last week on HBO Max – Warner Media’s new launched direct-to-consumer (D2C) service.
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California Plans To Reopen Studios, But Return to Normality Will Take Much Longer

Tim Mulligan
Last week Gary Newsom, the governor of California announced the imminent rolling out of measures this week for the resumption of production of Hollywood movies and TV Shows. Los Angeles County, where the majority of the production studios are based will be excluded in the first phase as it prepares itself to meet the state of California’s criteria on testing, deaths and hospitalisations that would allow production to restart.
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