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Netflix Has Now Achieved What Pay-TV Could Only Dream Of

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

7 Jan 2016

When Netflix’s CEO Reed Hastings gave his keynote presentation yesterday at CES in Las Vegas what caught the media’s attention was the scale of the Video Subscription Service’s global ambitions.…

Facebook Doubles Down On Messaging With Messenger Bots

Blog post by Karol Severin

7 Jan 2016

chat bots

chat sdk

facebook

Facebook released a Chat SDK to a limited group of developers allowing them to build official bots on Messenger. When users message these ‘official accounts’, bots can immediately reply with further…

Why P2P Is Still The Big Deal For TV That It Used To Be For Music

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

6 Jan 2016

Amazon Prime

bittorrent

HBO

Piracy tracking website Torrent Freak released the chart of the 10 most downloaded TV shows on BitTorrent in 2015 . There are few surprises. The most successful TVs shows are also the most pirated TV shows.…

The Birth of The ESPN For Video Games?

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

5 Jan 2016

Activision Blizzard

Digital Media

ESPN+

Amidst all the Pay TV industry angst around ESPN, Disney’s troubled Sports-Network, a new venture has appeared which specifically aims to replicate ESPN’s business model. Activision Blizzard, the gaming…

Disney At The End of 2015: A Tale Of Two Brands

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

23 Dec 2015

disney

ESPN+

lucas films

Friday’s downgrade of Disney stock by BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield to a sell rating was based upon the current travails of its Sports broadcasting flagship ESPN. This resulted in a 4% decline in Disney’s…

MIDiA Chart Of The Week: Netflix Leads Format Innovation

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

22 Dec 2015

Amazon

Chart Of The Week

The advent of Video On Demand transformed the business models of the broadcast and pay-TV industries. Now it is set to have an equally disruptive impact on the nature of video content itself as the old…

Quick Take: New Facebook Events

Blog post by Karol Severin

21 Dec 2015

facebook

facebook events

google

Facebook launched a new event browsing experience on iOS. It suggests and allows users to look for events on specific days as well as to adjust their location to see what events are going on anywhere in…

MIDiA Predictions 2016: Video Eats The World

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

18 Dec 2015

Innovation

midia predictions 2016

mobile apps

With 2015 rapidly drawing to a close we have taken the opportunity to present the big trends that MIDiA Research believes will shape digital content and media in 2016. The entire findings are available…

Netflix Originals In Top Ten Google Search Rankings

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

17 Dec 2015

google search

netflix

Netflix originals

Amidst all the publicity around the most searched for terms on Google in 2015 was the revelation that not one, but three Netflix shows feature in the top ten trending TV Show searches globally. And these…

MIDiA Data Point Of The Day: Download Buyers

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

16 Dec 2015

adele

Apple

Data Point Of The Day

The standout sales success of Adele over recent week has many permutations, not least of which is the keen reminder that many millions of people still buy downloads and CDs. The streaming transition…

Why Reddit Has To Get Mobile Right

Blog post by Karol Severin

15 Dec 2015

app monetization

Freemium

mobile app strategy

Reddit has had a tough time going mobile. Their initial attempt at an official app failed in 2011. Since then, a plethora of independent Reddit apps emerged, capturing a part of Reddit’s potential mobile…

Quick Take: Taylor Swift, Apple Music And The Search For Exclusives

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

14 Dec 2015

adele

apple music

BBC

Taylor Swift just announced that Apple Music will be the exclusive streaming partner of her latest live film ‘The 1989 World Tour Live’ which includes alongside footage of the performances, back stage…

MIDiA Chart Of The Week: The Mobile App Funnel

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

14 Dec 2015

acquiring mobile users

apps

Chart Of The Week

App companies lose users and revenue right across the user acquisition and retention process. Thus as the global app market grows the amount of lost revenue accelerates also. MIDiA’s app funnel…

Netflix Gets Ready To Disrupt TV Commissioning In 2016

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

10 Dec 2015

netflix

Online video

SVOD

This week, Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s head of content revealed the company’s 2016 originals pipeline. Netflix will nearly double its roster of original series from this year’s 16 to 31 in 2016. It will…

Fan-Dependent Stakeholders Need To Adopt Interactive Live Broadcasting Before It Becomes Too Late

Blog post by Karol Severin

9 Dec 2015

consumer loyalty

facebook live streaming

interactive streaming

Interactive live broadcasting platforms like Periscope and Meerkat are ideal tools to make superfans out of fans. Live streaming services can provide a live one-to-one communication at scale. The appeal…

Quick Take: Vevo Buys ShowYou But Will It Seize The Opportunity?

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

8 Dec 2015

Freemium

Music

music streaming

Vevo has acquired video curation/discovery platform ShowYou . There’s a lot of talk about how this could preface a move into subscriptions for Vevo, given that ShowYou launched subscription functionality…

MIDiA Chart Of The Week: User Generated Broadcast

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

7 Dec 2015

Chart Of The Week

Facebook video

live streaming

The early adopter buzz around the launches of the live video streaming apps Meerkat and Twitter-acquired Persicope have so far failed to translate into meaningful real world adoption. But these User Generated…

MIDiA Datapoint Of The Day: Mobile Music Piracy

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

4 Dec 2015

app stores

Apple

Data Point Of The Day

One thing you'll often hear cited in defence of streaming is that it has helped kill piracy. On the surface that might be seem to be true given that music P2P penetration is down. But all is not as it…

The Uber Button: The Greatest App Growth Opportunities Are Outside Apps

Blog post by Karol Severin

4 Dec 2015

app economy

app ecosystem

apps

Uber announced an option for developers to easily integrate a button for requesting rides. Examples include getting an Uber to a show or to a restaurant. Uber released an API in the past, partnering with…

Quick Take: Believe Digital Licenses QQ Music

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

3 Dec 2015

Believe Digital

celcom

emerging markets

Following hot on the heals of last week’s Yonder Celcom deal in Malaysia , indie label distributor Believe Digital announced a licensing deal with Chinese telco Tencent’s QQ Music service. Although…

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