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Spotify Q1 2018 Results: Full Stream Ahead

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

2 May 2018

spotify earnings q1 2018

Spotify released its first ever quarterly earnings results today. The results reflect strong performance in its first public quarter with growth in subscribers, total users, revenue and also gross profit....

New Media's YouTube Strategy

Blog post by Zach Fuller

27 Apr 2018

broadly

buzzed

Media

New media’s video strategy came to the fore in the last year. With instant articles on Facebook and Google meaning Vice, BuzzFeed and Vox’s core platforms lost significant amounts of traffic, video...

Sweden Might Just Have Shown Us What the Future of Music Revenues Will Look Like

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

27 Apr 2018

Earlier this week the IFPI released its Global Music Report – an essential tool for anyone with a serious interest in the global recorded music business. One interesting trend to emerge was the slowdown...

CBS Launches International SVOD Foray with All Access in Canada

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

25 Apr 2018

Amazon

amazon prime video

Bell Media

Yesterday, April 24, CBS launched CBS All Access in Canada. This the first international market for the US network’s subscription video on demand (SVOD) service and represents a clear statement of intent...

Quick Take: How E-sports Video Partnerships Help Tech Majors In The Sports Wars

Blog post by Karol Severin

20 Apr 2018

e-sports

esports

Games

In December, we wrote about a deal that brought the NBA’s G League (minor league) live matches to Twitch. Now Twitch’s focus on basketball is about to extend further, though this time it will be through...

Global Recorded Music Revenues Grew By $1.4 Billion in 2017

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

19 Apr 2018

2017 was a stellar year for the recorded music business. Global recorded music revenues reached $17.4 billion in 2017 in trade values, up from $16 billion in 2016, an annual growth rate of 8.5%. That $1.4...

Netflix Q1 2018 Results: Hiking Prices or Fighting Churn?

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

18 Apr 2018

Churn

netflix

Netflix Q1

Monday saw another solid Netflix earnings call as the preeminent subscription video on demand (SVOD) service continues its seemingly inexorable rise to global dominance. Year-on-year (YoY) revenue growth...

Free Report: Digital Music Is Streaming Forward

Blog post by Dara Jegede

16 Apr 2018

amazon prime music

apple music

bodak yellow

MIDiA is proud to partner with DiMA on its inaugural Streaming Forward Report. Digital distribution, and streaming in particular, has been transforming music business in recent years. Although digital...

TV Connect: Where Video Distribution Meets IP

Blog post by Dara Jegede

16 Apr 2018

Online video

Uncategorised

Video

TV Connect returns to Olympia London next month. Have you booked your free visitor pass yet? On 9 – 10 May, senior industry execs will meet to network, discover future-proof tech and focus on the...

Facebook Might Just Have Done YouTube a Massive Favour

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

13 Apr 2018

content id

facebook

fair use

The word on the street is that the deals labels have struck with Facebook for its forthcoming music service have been done on a blanket license basis (i.e. a flat fee) with no reporting. This was reported...

Marvel versus Netflix

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

13 Apr 2018

13 Reasons Why

Daredevil

disney

With yesterday’s launch of ESPN+ Disney has begun its direct-to-consumer strategy, which revolves around the introduction of proprietary subscription video on demand (SVOD) services. The move forms...

‘Nice for What?’ and the Slow Death of the Album

Blog post by Zach Fuller

10 Apr 2018

apple music

beggars banquet

death of the album

I write this week’s blog conflicted between the music fan who grew up on the album and the MIDiA analyst looking at the numbers (an eternal struggle). Alongside the feature-length film, the LP was one...

Spotify and the Music Industry: Who Needs Who More?

Blog post by Zach Fuller

6 Apr 2018

Kobalt

netflix

Sony

Following Spotify’s DPO earlier this week, much of the financial commentary around the listing emphasised the company’s loss-making status. Those familiar with Spotify’s business model know this...

Is ESPN+ The Shape Of Future Video Sports Coverage?

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

6 Apr 2018

disney

ESPN+

Sports

On 12 April Disney will launch ESPN+ into an increasingly competitive market. The move forms part of Disney’s stated aim to reach consumers directly, following on from the creation of a dedicated direct-to-consumer...

Spotify D(PO)-Day

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

3 Apr 2018

DPO

IPO

Spotify

Arguably the most anticipated day in the history of digital music is upon us. By the end of it we will have the first hint at whether Spotify is going to fall at the Snap Inc. or Facebook end of the spectrum...

Quick Take: Have We Witnessed Peak Silicon Valley?

Blog post by Zach Fuller

30 Mar 2018

Apple

facebook

fairchild semiconductors

In light of Facebook’s controversial handling of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, it seems a pertinent time to ask if the world is falling out of love with Silicon Valley, the West Coast powerhouse that...

Free Is Never Free In The Digital Economy; Video Just Might Be Facebook’s Salvation

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

29 Mar 2018

Alphabet

Cambridge Analytica

facebook

Unless you are one of those rare individuals who is still able to live a digital-free life, you will have been made aware of Facebook’s recent fall from grace on the back of the revelations about its...

Spotify and Netflix Are Experiencing Opposite User Engagement Trends

Blog post by Karol Severin

27 Mar 2018

Fuse

listening hours

monthly hours

The latest Fuse data enables us to compare monthly hours per MAU spent on Spotify and monthly hours per subscriber spent on Netflix over 2017. Interestingly they are travelling in opposite directions....

Quick Take: Frustrate and Destroy – YouTube’s Frontloaded Strategy

Blog post by Zach Fuller

23 Mar 2018

apple music

deeper

lyor cohen

Listen to any music streaming debate and it will not be long before you the value gap discussion regarding YouTube is brought up. It is a point MIDiA has discussed at length through distinguishing Spotify...

The Spotify Numbers You Won’t Have Seen

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

23 Mar 2018

Spotify

Spotify dpo

spotify IPO

One of the core values that we deliver to our clients at MIDiA Research is finding the ‘third number’— the data point that wasn’t reported by a company but that can be arrived at through a process...

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