Posted on 1st February, 2019 by Tim Mulligan in Amazon, Amazon Prime Video, Comcast, Hulu, NBCU, Netflix, Video, Video Subscriptions and Warner Media
Amid all the excitement in the media world around the 2019 launches of direct-to-consumer services from such illustrious content producers as Disney and Warner Media, one clear question remains unanswered…
Read morePosted on 1st February, 2019 by Alistair Taylor in Allsvenskan, Audience Acquisition, Bundesliga, Chinese Super League, DAZN, Eleven Sports, Eredivisie, IMG, La Liga, MLB, NHL, PGA Championship, Premier Sports, Premium Rights, Price Point, Rights Partnership, Scottish Cup, Serie A, Sport-centric, Sports Rights, Sports SVOD, Strategic Partnership, Streaming, Streaming Insurgent, Streaming Latency, Streaming Service, STV Group, Sub-prime Content Proposition, Subscribers, Subscription Video On Demand, Svod, UEFA Champions League and Ufc
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…
Read morePosted on 31st January, 2019 by Georgia Meyer in Baby Boomers, Brexit, Budweiser, Cardi B, CBS, Climate Change, Coca Cola, Colin Kaepernick, Gillette, Government Shut Down, Heineken, Just Do It, Nfl, Nike, Pepsi, Pringles, Stella Artois, Steve Carrell, Super Bowl, Super Bowl 2019, Vice, Wall Street Journal and Wind Power
Over the last few years, brands have been taking increasingly political stances. Whether Heineken’s ‘Open Your World’ 2017 ad, or Gillette’s ‘We Believe: The Best Men Can Be’ spot at…
Read morePosted on 30th January, 2019 by Mark Mulligan in China, China Streaming Market, Japan, Japan Music, Japan Music Revenues, Japan Streaming, KuGou, Kuwo, Line, Mora Qualitas, Smej, Sony Music Japan, Tencent, Tencent Music Entertainment, TME and We Sing
Japan is the world’s second largest recorded music market and accounts for 14% of the global total. However, Japan is not following the wider market path of surging streaming revenues…
Read morePosted on 25th January, 2019 by Tim Mulligan in Hulu, Netflix, Streaming Video and Svod
From February 26th, 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…
Read morePosted on 24th January, 2019 by Alistair Taylor in Bellator, BT, DAZN, Digital, Direct-to-consumer, Disney, Domestic Rights, Eleven Sports, Endeavor, Espn, Free Trial, IMG, Mixed Martial Art, MMA, Return On Investment, Rights Acquisition, Sporting Rights, Streaming Service, Subscribers, Subscription Video On Demand, Subscriptions, Svod, Ufc, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Walt Disney, Wau and Weekly Active Usage
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) debuted on ESPN+ this past weekend, featuring the highly touted championship fight, which saw Henry Cejudo knockout current Bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw in just 32…
Read morePosted on 23rd January, 2019 by Zach Fuller in Innovation, Music Business, Music Business History, Music Industry, Music Tech, Phongraph, Radio, Recorded Music, Song Composition, Technology and Thomas Edison
Recent discussions over how music will look in the app economy, with services such as TikTok effectively ‘meme-ing’ the concept of music and emphasising its social context, has led me…
Read morePosted on 21st January, 2019 by Mark Mulligan in Amazon, Apple, Attention Economy, Attention Economy Peak, Cambridge Analytica, Essence Global, Facebook, Freemium, Making Free Pay, Netflix, Playstation, Premium. Privacy, Sony, Spotify, Streaming, Subscriptions, Uk Tv, Vevo and Xbox
2018 was a big year for subscriptions, across music (Spotify on target to hit 92 million subscribers), video (global subscriptions passed half a billion), games (98 million Xbox Live and…
Read morePosted on 20th January, 2019 by Zach Fuller in Apple, Apple Newton, Bells Law, Hardware Paradigms, IPhone, Ipod, Music Industry, Self-driving Cars, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Tech Strategy and Tim Cook
Apple’s announcement of smartphone slowdown a few weeks back sent waves through the tech-centric investment landscape. Various requiems seem to suggest that with the stock price dropping 12%, the darkest…
Read morePosted on 18th January, 2019 by Mark Mulligan in Bing Players Millions, Bingo, Bingo Market, Bingo Market Metrics, Bingo Players Millions, Bingo Stats and Uk Bingo Stats
This week MIDiA published a report on a sector that has been on the side lines for some time but is returning to health: Bingo! If you are based in…
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