Posted on 3rd March, 2020 by Tim Mulligan in Comcast, Disney and 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 24th. Sky…
Read morePosted on 2nd March, 2020 by Keith Jopling in Artists, Distribution Partnerships, Labels and Spotify Charts
As part of a recent project, MIDiA spoke with a wide range of direct artists and start-up labels about how they get their releases through the vast amounts of content…
Read morePosted on 2nd March, 2020 by Hanna Kahlert in Apple Tv, CBS, Content, Content Production, Espn, Fandom, Friends, HBO, Hulu, Mythic Quest, NBCU, Nbcuniversal, P2p, Peacock, Peer To Peer, Piracy, ViacomCBS, Warner Media and Youtube
As the direct-to-consumer (D2C) big bang moment continues the slow process of expansion through the attention-saturated digital universe, video service providers are struggling with the existential question of how to…
Read morePosted on 27th February, 2020 by Mark Mulligan in Age Of The Artist, Artist Distribution, Artists, DIY, Independent Artists, Indie Artists, Label Services, Major Labels and The Age Of The Artist
As it enters the third decade of the millennium, the recorded music business is in rude health. Revenues are about to enter the second half of a decade of annual…
Read morePosted on 27th February, 2020 by Alistair Taylor
The NFL’s recently released viewing figures provided to CNBC highlighted a 5% increase in viewership as TV audiences grew on average to 16.5 million, up from 15.8 million in 2018.…
Read morePosted on 26th February, 2020 by Tim Mulligan in Bob Chapek, Bob Iger, D2C, Disney, Hotstar and Star India
Yesterday Disney announced that Bob Iger will step down from the Disney CEO role and become the executive chairman through to December 31st 2021, with immediate effect. Bob Chapek, who has served…
Read morePosted on 24th February, 2020 by Hanna Kahlert in Age Of The Creators, Apple, Apple Tv, Applt TV+, Content Creators, Creators, Fandom, Friends, FX, Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Jennifer Aniston, Mythic Quest, Silicon Valley and Strategy
As the D2C streaming wars coalesce, it is worth zeroing in on some of the propositions in play by the various tech majors, which in turn highlight their respective strategies…
Read morePosted on 21st February, 2020 by Karol Severin in Activision, Call Of Duty, Cod, E-sports, ESports, Esports Media Rights, Games, Gaming, Google, Hearthstone, Media Rights, Overwatch and Owl
Google entered a media rights partnership with Activision in January, including rights for the Overwatch League, Call of Duty League and HearthStone. Last week The Esports Observer reported on multiple…
Read morePosted on 18th February, 2020 by Tim Mulligan in BBC
On February 5th Nicky Morgan, the UK Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, announced an eight-week public consultation on whether to decriminalise TV licence fee evasion. The consultation will seek…
Read morePosted on 17th February, 2020 by Hanna Kahlert in Artist Streaming Income, Artists Direct, Content Consumption, Content Creators, Content Strategy, Games, Netflix and Streaming Service
For the meek shall inherit the earth… Since early 2019, MIDiA has been publishing findings that we are moving progressively into a market dynamic in which creators are being empowered…
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