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Independent Labels Grew Global Market Share to 39.9% in 2017

Mark Mulligan

4 Dec 2018

Media and Marketing

The global independent label trade body WIN has just published the third edition of the Worldwide Independent Market report. You can download the entire report for free here. As regular readers will know,...

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Orange Has Bold Ambitions For Financial Services

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Tim Mulligan

4 Dec 2018

Last week, Orange held a press and analyst briefing to discuss its plans for Orange Bank and the progress to date. Orange is one of Europe’s leading converged telcos. It is aggressively rolling out fibre...

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In for a Penny, In for a Pound…Netflix and the Imminent Pinewood Studio Agreement

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Tim Mulligan

4 Dec 2018

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 long-term lease...

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Digital Sports Viewing will increasingly become a shared experience

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Tim Mulligan

30 Nov 2018

On November 28 Eleven Sports, the streaming SVOD insurgent, announced the rollout of a potentially disruptive feature called ‘ Watch Together ’. Watch Together adds private video group functionality...

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BT Unveils BT Plus v2.0

Tim Mulligan

27 Nov 2018

Media and Marketing

BT will be offering a WiFi guarantee as part of the next iteration of BT Plus, its premium home broadband and 4G bundle. This includes a new Smart Home Hub 2 (router) along with one disc that connects...

4 min read

BT Sport Continues to Drive Innovation

Tim Mulligan

23 Nov 2018

BT Sport will broadcast this weekend’s EE Wembley Cup live on YouTube using remote production over EE’s 5G network; a world first according to BT Sport. The sporting event is an exhibition football...

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Huawei Is A Force To Be Reckoned With In 5G

Tim Mulligan

22 Nov 2018

Huawei held its annual global mobile broadband forum event in London this week. It was a great opportunity for the network vendor to demonstrate its leadership in 5G and appease key stakeholders on security...

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Taylor Swift, Label Services and What Comes Next

Mark Mulligan

22 Nov 2018

Taylor Swift has done it again, striking a deal with UMG that includes a commitment from the world’s largest label group to share proceeds from Spotify stock sales with artists, even if they are not...

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The Implications Of Amazon’s Bid For Fox’s Regional Sports Networks

Tim Mulligan

21 Nov 2018

21st Century Fox

Hot on the heels of 21CF (21 st Century Fox) securing a renewal of its multi-year distribution deal with the leading US pay TV operator AT&T; 21CF’s regional US Sports networks are now in play. According...

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Why AT&T is Renewing Its Fox Distribution Relationship

Tim Mulligan

19 Nov 2018

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 21stCentury Fox assets, which...

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The English Premier League And The Risks Ahead

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Tim Mulligan

19 Nov 2018

English Premier League

Last week’s appointment of Susanna Dinnage to the post of chief executive of the English Premier League marked a watershed moment in the history of Europe’s most valuable sports league. For a start,...

3 min read

MIDiA Research Welcomes Veteran Telco Analyst Paolo Pescatore To Team

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Mark Mulligan

16 Nov 2018

MIDiA Analyst Team

Paolo Pescatore

I am very pleased to announce that seasoned and respected analyst Paolo Pescatore is joining MIDiA’s analyst team, to head up our new Telco Consumer Services research stream. Paolo has spent the last...

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The Meta Trends that Will Shape 2019

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Mark Mulligan

16 Nov 2018

2019 tech and media predictions

MIDiA has just published its annual predictions report . Here are a few highlights. 2018 was another year of change, disruption and transformation across media and technology. Although hyped technologies...

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5G Represents a Marriage Made in Heaven For the Cable Industry

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Tim Mulligan

14 Nov 2018

Last week MIDiA Research was invited to participate on a panel at the Cable Next Gen Europe event in London, to discuss convergence and the impact of 5G for cable providers. The gathering largely focused...

3 min read

Quick Take: Activision Blizzard Results And Why Engagement Matters Now More Than Ever

Karol Severin

12 Nov 2018

Activision Blizzard

Activision Blizzard reported its Q3 results late last week. Despite beating guidance on net income, which reached $260 million, the company’s stock plummeted following the announcement. The key worries...

2 min read

Sky Shows Hand With Bid For Scottish Football TV Rights

Alistair Taylor

12 Nov 2018

broadcast rights

Sky sports has doubled down on UK football and is the firm favourite to acquire the exclusive rights to broadcast Scottish football (SPFL), having bid £100 million for the next block of rights, starting...

3 min read

What UMG and Boomplay's Deal Tells Us About the Future of African Streaming

Zach Fuller

6 Nov 2018

african streaming

Universal Music Group have announced today they will be signing a landmark licensing agreement with Boomplay, Africa’s leading music streaming and download service, in a deal that covers multiple markets...

4 min read

Demystifying the Chaos: Amazon's Quest for Commercial Omnipotence

Georgia Meyer

5 Nov 2018

brand partnerships

financial results

There is hardly a moment that Amazon is not making the news. The business is now so vast, and spread across so many areas of technology, culture and commerce, that it is difficult to keep abreast of developments...

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Sky and BT announce long term partnership for cross-supply of content

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Alistair Taylor

2 Nov 2018

addressable audience

Attention economy

British broadcasters Sky and BT confirmed this week a long-term extension and expansion to an overall content cross-supply deal. Following the initial agreement signed in the UK last December , the partnership...

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‘Hard Drive Share’ As A Strategic Weapon For Console Publishers (Until Streaming Kicks Off)

Karol Severin

2 Nov 2018

console games strategy

game developers

As you could tell from the social media frenzy about having to delete other games to accommodate the new Red Dead Redemption 2 (RDR2) release, hard drive space is a real issue for many console gamers,...

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