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2021 TV show demand starts with a very familiar look

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Tim Mulligan

4 Jan 2021

As 2020 drew to a close the top in-demand shows by Wikipedia page views in the US were dominated by direct-to-consumer (D2C) disruptors Disney+ and HBO Max ,with streaming video hegemon Netflix displaced...

3 min read

What measures an artist's success in today's music industry?

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Keith Jopling

23 Dec 2020

Streaming Music

It’s that time of year again for lists. Endless top albums and song rankings that can be a bonus for a music artist to be included on. A placement on an influential list (which ones those are is more...

7 min read

Disney+ and HBO Max tip Netflix’s crown

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Tim Mulligan

22 Dec 2020

As 2020 draws to a close, the year that was always going to be defined for the TV industry by the streaming direct-to-consumer ‘big bang moment ’exceeded even the most ambitious demands of the new...

3 min read

While Disney+ grabs the D2C limelight, Amazon Prime continues its steady expansion

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Tim Mulligan

18 Dec 2020

Disney+ spent last week being the centre of attention in the direct-to-consumer (D2C) space with its Investor Day presentation on December 10th . During the four-hour presentation, Disney rightly made...

3 min read

2021 Predictions: The year of the immersive web

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Mark Mulligan

18 Dec 2020

As we approach the end of 2020 it is time to look forward to what 2021 may bring. MIDiA has published the fifth edition of our Annual Predictions report which clients can read here . There are 27 predictions...

4 min read

English Premiership Rugby gets set for a digital shake-up

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Alistair Taylor

17 Dec 2020

English Premiership Rugby

Tech major Amazon is reportedly looking to add to its burgeoning sports right portfolio, targeting the domestic broadcast rights for English Premiership Rugby. London Irish owner, Mick Crossan, confirmed...

4 min read

Can Roblox get a better value out of its IPO postponement?

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Karol Severin

16 Dec 2020

cross-entertainment

The Wall Street Journal has reported that Roblox is delaying its IPO to 2021. WSJ states that “…company officials decided that the gravity-defying performance this week ofAirbnb andDoorDash made it...

4 min read

Facebook faces anti-trust lawsuits, sounding a warning to big tech

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Hanna Kahlert

16 Dec 2020

Last Wednesday, 48 US State attorneys general and the US Federal Trade Commission filed lawsuits against Facebook, echoing the hearings before Congress earlier this year in declaring that the company’s...

3 min read

Global independent label survey

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Mark Mulligan

14 Dec 2020

MIDiA Research is conducting a major study of independent label revenue in order to create a definitive review of the independent sector’s contribution to the global music market. MIDiA conducted this...

3 min read

Discovery enters streaming race with discovery+ and Olympics offering

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Alistair Taylor

9 Dec 2020

Last week , Discovery announced it will launch discovery+, ‘the definitive non-fiction’ subscription-video-on-demand (SVOD), on January 4th, 2021. Consumers in the US can expect the largest-ever content...

4 min read

Blockbuster disruption comes to the streaming wars courtesy of HBO Max

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Tim Mulligan

8 Dec 2020

An unprecedented year for the entertainment industry has now taken yet another decisive turn. Last Thursday Warner Media’s CEO Jason Kilar announced that all Warner Bros’ 2021 releases will be available...

3 min read

Cultural moments of audio, from Amazon and Wondery to Spotify Wrapped

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Hanna Kahlert

7 Dec 2020

As MIDiA has discussed often in the past , we are moving from a music-only audio space to one of broader audio. Driving this are podcasts, which have become the primary new format drawing upon latent demand...

4 min read

DAZN launches globally with advent calendar offering of boxing contests

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Alistair Taylor

3 Dec 2020

subscription video on demand

DAZN’s global roll out is finally here , following an announcement to launch worldwide (including the UK) back in March. The pandemic-enforced postponement and cancellation of live sports scuppered its...

5 min read

Why Condé Nast believes Netflix is the new Vogue and Vanity Fair

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Tim Mulligan

2 Dec 2020

The digital revolution has not been kind on the print magazine industry. In the pre-digital world media power resided on access to coverage on the front pages of style and culture arbiters such as Vogue...

3 min read

Netflix brings chess back to the mainstream with Queen’s Gambit power move

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Hanna Kahlert

30 Nov 2020

Media and Marketing

When Netflix aired its chess-themed TV series The Queen’s Gambit on October 23rd, the choice of topic seemed a quizzically niche one. Chess has not seen mainstream enthusiasm since Cold-War-era face-offs...

4 min read

Pandemic boom fuels creator tools growth

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Dara Jegede

30 Nov 2020

- A new generation of artists is engendering a new creative paradigm, where production is far more central to the creative process and artists are able to make and release high-quality music more quickly...

4 min read

Creator tools: The music industry’s new top of funnel

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Mark Mulligan

30 Nov 2020

For most of 2020, MIDiA has been working on a major piece of work around the fast-growing creator tools space. The themes we had already started working on became rocket propelled with the onset of the...

5 min read

Time to move beyond the song economy

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Mark Mulligan

27 Nov 2020

The UK parliament is currently running an inquiry into the streaming music economy, having called for evidence from across the music business. Earlier this week were the first verbal submissions, from...

7 min read

The curious growth in the streaming power of factual

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Tim Mulligan

25 Nov 2020

Back in August, CuriosityStream, a subscription video service specialising in factual content, announced a merger agreement with Software Acquisition Group, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)....

3 min read

Social media propositions are competing by homogenising?

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Hanna Kahlert

24 Nov 2020

Media and Marketing

‘Tis the season for new social media layouts, it seems. Recently, Instagram has introduced a new layout featuring a combined Reels/Stories tab and a shopping tab; Twitter has rolled out its own form...

4 min read

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