Posted on 14th December, 2018 by Zach Fuller in Disney, Evan Spiegel, Media Finance, Snap Inc, Snapchat, Social Commerce, Social Media and Walmart
As outlined in our 2019 forecasting report, MIDiA predicts that Snap Inc. as we know it will be no more by the end of 2019. Its most notable asset Snapchat…
Read morePosted on 4th December, 2018 by Tim Mulligan in Amazon Prime Vidoe, Catch Up, Disney, Disney Life, Netflix, Now TV, Pinewood Studios, Svod and Warner Media
Over the weekend news broke about streaming video on demand (SVOD) global leader Netflix being in advanced stages of its negotiations with the owners of Pinewood Studios (UK), to secure a…
Read morePosted on 19th November, 2018 by Tim Mulligan in 21CF, AT&T, DirectTV Now, DirecTV, Disney, Fox, Fox Networks and Video Distribution
Yesterday, leading US telco AT&T publicly announced the multi-year renewal of its programme distribution deal with Fox Networks Group. AT&T negotiated the deal with 21st Century Fox assets, which will go…
Read morePosted on 2nd October, 2018 by Tim Mulligan in 21st Century Fox, AT&T, California, Disney, FCC, Net Neutrality Law, Net Nuetrality and Time Warner
The Golden State is renowned for doing things differently from the rest of the US and, yesterday, its liberal credentials were reiterated by California Governor Jerry Brown signing net neutrality…
Read morePosted on 28th September, 2018 by Alistair Taylor in Amazon, Consumer Behaviour, Customer Reach, D-Day, DAZN, Digital Consumption, Disney, DTCI, Eleven Sports, EPL, Espn, Facebook, NBA, Nfl, Paid Subscriptions, Pay Tv, Pay-tv Subscriptions, Premium Rights, Rights Holders, Rights Portfolio, Sporting Rights, Sports Landscape, Streaming, Streaming Video On Demand, Subscribers, Survey Data, Svod, Tech Majors, Ufc and Value Proposition
ESPN+, Disney’s sports-centric streaming video on demand (SVOD) service, has gained more than one million paying subscribers in just over five months following its launch in April 2018, with Kevin…
Read morePosted on 8th August, 2018 by Tim Mulligan in BAMTech, Disney, Espn, Netflix and Streaming Strategy
Yesterday a besieged Bob Iger, chairman and CEO of Walt Disney Co. had to defend his company’s Q3 (calendar Q2) results against the inflated demands of Wall Street. Disney has…
Read morePosted on 6th August, 2018 by Alistair Taylor in Ad Supported Streaming Service, Amazon, Asia, BBC IPlayer, Consumer Behaviour, Content Consumption, D-Day, Digital Content, Disney, Domestic Rights, EPL, Espn, Facebook, FIFA World Cup, Live Sports, Nfl, Pay Tv, Pay-tv Subscriptions, Rightsholders, Sport Centric Streaming Service, Sports, Sports Landscape, Sports Rights, Sports Viewing, Streaming Services, Subscribers, Subscription Video On Demand, Svod, Traditional Broadcasters, Tv Audience, UCL and UEFA Champions League
The sports landscape fundamentally changed when tech major Amazon won the exclusive rights to package F in the landmark English Premier League (EPL) rights deal in June. The acquisition of…
Read morePosted on 25th July, 2018 by Alistair Taylor in Amazon, AT&T, Comic-con, Comics, ComiXology Unlimited, Consumer Behaviour, DC, DC Universe, Direct-to-consumer, Disney, Fox, Hulu, Marvel, Marvel Unlimited, Messaging Ecosystem, Movies, Netflix, Online Store, Online Streaming, Pay Tv, Subscription, Subscription Video, Svod, TV Shows, User Base, Value Proposition, Video Subscribers, Warner Bros and Warner Media
Warner Bro’s long awaited DC Universe subscription video on demand (SVOD) service is nearing its grand unveiling, having now decided upon a pricing plan. This is the latest of a…
Read morePosted on 19th July, 2018 by Alistair Taylor in Allsvenskan, Broadcasters, BT, Chinese Super League, Consumer Behaviour, DAZN, Disney, Eleven, Eleven Sports, English Premier League, EPL, Eredivisie, Espn, IMG, Ireland, La Liga, Pay Tv, Pay-tv Subscriptions, Perform, Rights Acquisition, Serie A, Sky, Sports Landscape, Sports Rights, Streaming Service, Subscribers, Svod, UCL, UEFA Champions League, UK and Value Proposition
Eleven Sports is a global sports content provider intent on global expansion. Already established in Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Singapore, Taiwan and the US. Eleven is systematically acquiring new rights…
Read morePosted on 12th July, 2018 by Zach Fuller in 21st Century, Amazon, Apple, Big Media, Bob Iger, Comcast, Disney, Facebook, James Murdoch, Kingmaker, Media News, Mergers And Acquisitions, Pixar, Rupert Murdoch, Sky, Sky Plc, Svod, Traditional Media, Viacom, Walt Disney and Walt Disney Company
It is THE blockbuster of the summer. A love triangle of fear, greed and jealousy played against the backdrop of generational successions and the previous masters of the universe…
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