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Amazon’s Ad Supported Strategy Goes Way Beyond Music

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Blog post by Mark Mulligan

17 Apr 2019

ad supported strategy

ad supported streaming

Amazon is reportedly close to launching an ad supported streaming music offering . Spotify’s stock price took an instant tumble. But the real story here is much bigger than the knee-jerk reactions...

Can Disney do a Hulu?

Blog post by 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...

Netflix and the Value Add in Content Partnerships

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

9 Apr 2019

Netflix’s Q1 2018 earnings release next week will be closely scrutinised by investors and industry competitors alike for some reassurance over the ever-increasing content obligations being assumed by...

Cord Cutting FY 2018: Streaming Transition Picks Up Pace

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Blog post by Tim Mulligan

1 Apr 2019

Cord cutting is now an established component of the US pay-TV landscape, reinforcing the role of the US as the canary in the mine for the global pay-TV business. Cord cutting accelerated in 2018, highlighting...

Fox News to ‘New Fox’: What is Left After Disney Deal

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Blog post by Alistair Taylor

1 Apr 2019

On the 20th March 2019 , The Walt Disney Company’s acquisition of Rupert Murdoch’s 21 st Century Fox became official. What did Disney acquire? The $71.3 billion merger significantly strengthens Disney’s...

How YouTube’s 1bn+ Club is Changing the Face of Global Music Culture

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Blog post by Mark Mulligan

26 Mar 2019

latin music videos

Throughout 2018, while locked in a bitter war of words with rightsholders and creators over Article 13, YouTube quietly but dramatically expanded its role as the most powerful platform for creating global...

Apple TV+ and The Beginning of Apple the Media Company – #AppleEvent

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

25 Mar 2019

Apple today announced the launch of its much anticipated video service, Apple TV+, at its #AppleEventin Cupertino, California. It has been a long time in the making for a combination of reasons, not least...

Mediapro Offers Eleven Sports a UK Lifeline!

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

21 Mar 2019

ad-supported model

carriage partnerships

Streaming service Eleven Sports will now have to table a new offer to maintain its UK La Liga rights, as Mediapro (the agency selling La Liga’s international rights) decides to return La Liga to the...

Advertising Week Europe: Measuring Success Needs an Overhaul – Lessons From OTT

Blog post by Georgia Meyer

21 Mar 2019

Advertising Week

Advertising Week Europe

Advertising Week Europe has – unsurprisingly – been brimming with discussions about OTT, programmatic and measurement. What is perhaps more surprising is the fact that OTT advertising is still framed...

The BBC Confronts the Reality of Planet (Digital) Earth

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

20 Mar 2019

Yesterday the chairman of the British Broadcasting Corporation, David Clementi, gave a talk at the Oxford Media Conventionwhich starkly addressed the reality which the world’s oldest and arguably most...

Why Did Facebook’s EPL Rights Deal Collapse?

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Blog post by Alistair Taylor

15 Mar 2019

The English Premier League (EPL) is now back on the market with its rights for Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam following its deal with Facebook collapsing. Back in July 2018 , the social media giant...

Apple Gets Ready for Showtime

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

15 Mar 2019

Streaming Video

Apple fans this week have been speculating about the March 25 th event which the tech major has announced it will be holding at its Cupertino, California headquarters. The tagline for the event...

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

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Blog post by 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...

Can the NBA Capture the ‘Cord-Nevers’?

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Blog post by Alistair Taylor

8 Mar 2019

audience engagement

cable providers

Clippers CourtVision

NBA commissioner Adam Silver, speaking at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics conference in Boston last week, explained his vision of the league’s games, which will look “dramatically different” in five...

Will An EPL Streaming Service Devalue Domestic Rights?

Blog post by 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...

Another Week, Another Direct-To-Consumer Service Comes To Market

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

13 Feb 2019

direct-to-consumer

On Sunday (February 10), movie catalogue specialist Epix announced the launch of its first direct-to-consumer service Epix Now . Access to Epix’s programming was previously only available through its...

Eleven Sports Loses Serie A Rights As Partnership With IMG Ends

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

1 Feb 2019

audience acquisition

Eleven Sports, the fledgling sports-centric streaming service has lost the UK and Irish rights for Serie A and Eredivisie, following a strategic decision to ‘amicably’ end its partnership with international...

Hulu Takes Aim At Netflix

Blog post by 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...

DAZN Stepping Up Its Domestic Rights Offering – Insurgent come Enforcer?

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

17 Jan 2019

Having grown its portfolio for premium international and domestic sporting rights, DAZN is now starting to graduate from a disruptor into an established part of the landscape. Emphasised by its latest...

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

Blog post by 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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