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

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

16 Apr 2020

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…

Forget Virtual – UFC and NRL going Remote

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

10 Apr 2020

Associated Press

broadcaster

With fans currently starved of sports entertainment during lockdown, rights holders are jumping out of the gate to be the first to put on live sports to serve any form of quick fix to see a jump in engagement.…

Welcome to the new Era of Pandemic Programming

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

9 Apr 2020

Covid-19

disney

netflix

As 25% of the world gets used to a second month of lockdown following the public health crisis unleashed by the COVID -19 pandemic, the impact on video continues to grow. Propositions in this new landscape…

Free COVID-19 Impact Webinar

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

9 Apr 2020

coronavirus impact

coronavirus research

coronavirus webinar

MIDiA Research is running a free-to-attend webinar on Wednesday, April 15 th : COVID-19 Impact on Entertainment Demand and Behaviours. Regular readers will know that MIDiA has been publishing COVID-19…

The Digital Entertainment Boom Is Temporary; What Comes Next?

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

8 Apr 2020

boom

coronavirus and entertainment

coronavirus consumer behaviour

The digital entertainment boom as a result of the global COVID-19 lockdowns is but an optimistic wave in a stormy sea the market will have to weather over the coming months… and potentially even years.…

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…

Why Warner Media Is Investing in Incoming CEO Jason Kilar

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

3 Apr 2020

d2c

hulu

Jason Kilar

On Wednesday AT&T announced that Jason Kilar will become the new CEO of Warner Media on May 1 st 2020. The choice of Kilar speaks volumes about how the US communications major is…

The COVID Bounce: Part II

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

2 Apr 2020

coronavirus

coronavirus consumer behaviour

Covid-19

In their early stages, COVID-19 self-isolation measures have quickly created new consumer behaviour patterns, oriented around four key axes: Communication Entertainment Information/news Education (for…

The Show Must Go On – NFL Throws Screen Pass at COVID-19 with NFL Draft

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

2 Apr 2020

all-star

broadcasts

Bundesliga

The NFL’s commissioner Roger Goodell announced to all 32 teams in a memo on March 26th that the NFL draft will go ahead as scheduled from the 23 rd to 25 th of April, despite growing pressures resulting…

Going the (Social) Distance: Rising Consumer Trends

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

2 Apr 2020

consumer behaviour

consumer trends

Covid-19

In the current lockdown climate, consumer behaviours are adapting to the new normal – and out of necessity, much of this is happening on digital. The 2008 crash resulted in success for many pioneering…

The COVID Bounce: How COVID-19 is Reshaping Entertainment Demand

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

27 Mar 2020

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Amazon Prime

apple tv

The economic disruption and social dislocation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is not evenly distributed. Some business face catastrophe, while others thrive. Across the entertainment industries the same…

Film Studios Pause Production; Is This the New Era of Anime?

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

26 Mar 2020

animated content

animated film

anime

With national lockdowns becoming the norm and the majority of nonessential workers being sent to work remotely, the video industry is set for some interesting changes over the next few months. As recently…

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…

Disney+ Launches in the UK on the First Day of a National Lockdown

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

24 Mar 2020

coronavirus

Covid-19

The last two weeks have been dramatic for public companies in the wake of extreme investor reactions to the still unknown long-term economic impacts of the global coronavirus pandemic. However, media major…

How COVID-19 Will Affect the Media Industries

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

23 Mar 2020

coronavirus

coronavirus impact

coronavirus impact on media

The spread of COVID-19, and the responses of industry and governments alike, is unprecedented. It is, however, the restrictions on movement of people along with the response of consumers and investors…

Kingdom: Global Events Correlate with Show Awareness

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

19 Mar 2020

Awareness

Chart Of The Week

coronavirus

From George Romero’s 1968 Night of the Living Dead to the more recent Walking Dead, to even Game of Thrones’ whitewalkers, zombies have been a cultural zeitgeist metaphorically teasing at our inner…

How Coronavirus Will Affect the Entertainment Industries

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

12 Mar 2020

coronavirus

coronavirus going out

coronavirus recession

The coronavirus is a global pandemic . Regardless of what its actual infection and mortality rates might be, it is already having seismic impacts on stock markets and consumer behaviour – the result…

Altered Carbon: Tracking Fandom into the Future

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

6 Mar 2020

Altered Carbon

baby yoda

Chart Of The Week

In the digital era, anything can generate metrics – to the point where no matter how good the numbers look, actual success can sometimes be unconnected. Logged ‘views’ of an advertisement don’t…

Six Nations Behind a Paywall: Can Rugby Afford to Bench Free-To-Air?

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

6 Mar 2020

business model

consumption habits

cricket

Six Nations organisers are reportedly considering awarding the exclusive distribution rights for its annual competition to pay-TV operator Sky, in an unprecedented £300 ($384) million deal. Organisers…

Why Disney+’s Sky Distribution Deal Is Likely to Become Mainstream Among D2C Competitors

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

3 Mar 2020

Comcast

disney

Sky

Today the UK’s dominant pay-TV operator, Sky, announced a partnership with media major Disney+ to grow its UK subscriber base prior to its official UK launch on March 24 th . Sky currently operates Now…

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