Reports: Amazon Prime Video

Browse all of our reports, featuring our analysts' expert insights and analysis of audience segmentation, emerging trends and technologies, value chains, market shares, predictions and more – backed by our proprietary survey data and bespoke models & forecasts. Become a subscriber to get new ones every month, or just pick one to get started.

US Streaming Video
How Ad Supported Will Reshape the Market

Cover image for US Streaming Video

Tim Mulligan

October 2019

Streaming

Apple

YouTube

In the shift to streaming, advertising has been sidelined by the growth of streaming video on demand (SVOD) in the US video market. However, Hulu’s growth, along with increasing competition for consumers’ digital wallet, is helping to make the case that there is an opportunity to replicate traditional pay-TV’s subscription and advertising mod...

US Gamers
Targeting Games Franchises to Compete in the Attention Economy

Cover image for US Gamers

Karol Severin

September 2019

YouTube

Netflix

Facebook

Games used to be isolated from other media activities. This has all changed with the rise of the attention economy, and the shift of gaming devices from purely consoles, to smartphones now supporting other media formats. This dynamic opens a floodgate of opportunities for media and entertainment companies, tech majors, telcos and brands alike to cr...

TV Show Fandom
Streaming Redefines TV Show Success

Cover image for TV Show Fandom

Amanda Stears

August 2019

Streaming

Streaming video

Apple TV

The scripted drama boom and the rise of streaming have dramatically reshaped TV consumption and viewing habits. The act of watching a TV show is no longer confined within the four walls of the living room, nor is it constricted by a fixed schedule. Measuring the success of a show can no longer be done by traditional ratings alone, but instead a wid...

Southeast Asia Video Streaming Deep Dive

Cover image for Southeast Asia Video Streaming Deep Dive

Amanda Stears

August 2019

Streaming

Streaming video

Apple TV

Video streaming services in Southeast Asia first appeared in 2015 and have evolved into the main video consumption platforms for local consumers. With a combined population of 371.65 million, and a combined GDP of $2.9 trillion, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia represent sizeable and attractive growth markets for streaming services.

US SVOD Subscriber Deep Dive
2019

Cover image for US SVOD Subscriber Deep Dive

Tim Mulligan

July 2019

Streaming

Streaming video

Netflix

In the build-up to the Disney+ launch in November 2019, the US market is dominated by the big five of Netflix (currently number one for paid subscriptions with 60.2 million), Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, HBO Now and CBS All Access. Hulu showed the most dramatic growth, with a 41% increase in subscribers between Q1 2018 and Q1 2019.

Sports and the Tech Majors
A Competitive Partnership

Cover image for Sports and the Tech Majors

Alistair Taylor

July 2019

Apple

Amazon

Apple TV

The big gap in streaming video’s content mix has historically been sports. This is now changing through a combination of disruptive challenger sports subscription video on demand (SVOD) services such as DAZN accelerating its rights and territory offerings alongside the increased interest being shown by the tech majors – notably Amazon and Faceb...

The Games Streaming Subscription Revolution
Meet the Players

Cover image for The Games Streaming Subscription Revolution

Karol Severin

June 2019

Streaming

Apple

Spotify

Streaming is rewriting the games market rulebook. The games subscription landscape is undergoing foundational changes driven by a growing list of new market entrants including tech majors, telcos, leading games developers and publishers. The rise of games streaming opens doors to device- and platform-agnostic solutions all across the attention econ...

2019-2021
Emerging New Metrics for Sports Streaming Success

Cover image for 2019-2021

Alistair Taylor

June 2019

Streaming

Apple

Amazon

The clock is ticking down to 2021 when the major domestic sports rights in the US and the UK will start coming up for renewal. Thus far, pureplay sports streaming video on demand (SVOD) services such as DAZN and Eleven Sports have experienced mixed fortunes.

Direct to Consumer
Video’s Big Bang Moment

Cover image for Direct to Consumer

Tim Mulligan

June 2019

Streaming

Apple

Spotify

2019 marks the biggest shift in the US video market since Netflix’s pivot into streaming in 2007. Apple, Disney and AT&T-owned Warner Media are preparing for their direct-to-consumer (D2C) launches into the US market in Q3/Q4 2019. How they fare will have a significant impact on the global evolution of video subscriptions.

Truth and Trust in the Era of Fake News

Cover image for Truth and Trust in the Era of Fake News

Mark Mulligan

May 2019

Apple

Spotify

Deezer

The second half of the 2010s have become a watershed moment for news. The combination of the manipulation of social platforms by political agents, the growing effect of consumers’ personal filter bubbles and the quasi-legitimisation of unscrupulous news outlets have undermined audience trust across the whole political spectrum.

Sports SVOD Services Deep Dive

Cover image for Sports SVOD Services Deep Dive

Alistair Taylor

May 2019

Apple

Spotify

Amazon

Sports-centric subscription video on demand (SVOD) services have entered international markets, looking to capture digital-native audiences from pay-TV and other established SVOD services. Eleven Sports’ demise in the UK provides the best case study for how streaming services can struggle when entering a market with insufficient rights offerings.

US Cord Cutting Full Year 2018
Streaming Transition Picks Up Pace

Cover image for US Cord Cutting Full Year 2018

Tim Mulligan

April 2019

US

YouTube

Streaming video

Cord cutting is now an established component of the US pay-TV landscape, reinforcing the role of the US as the canary in the mine for the global pay-TV business. Cord cutting accelerated in 2018, highlighting the secular nature of the phenomenon. However, this is not simply a story of decline but instead one of transition, with streaming growing ...

Four Marketing Principles for the Digital Economy
1.0

Cover image for Four Marketing Principles for the Digital Economy

Georgia Meyer

March 2019

digital content

context

amazon studios

The ascent of the digital economy has resulted in a radical change of marketing principles, the consequences of which have not yet been sufficiently understood. This report outlines four marketing principles derived from the new rules shaping measurement, creativity, purchase behaviour and consumer agency in the digital economy.

Streaming Video Consumer Trends Q4 2018
Reaching The Post-Peak Attention Economy

Cover image for Streaming Video Consumer Trends Q4 2018

Alistair Taylor

February 2019

Apple

YouTube

Netflix

With streaming video subscriptions surpassing that of pay-TV in Q1 2018, traditional linear providers are under growing pressure to better understand consumer consumption habits. Pay-TV failed to entice the younger audience to engage with its services as the digital landscape is successfully catering to their consumption needs.

Digital Consumer Ad Profiles
Targeting Music and Video Streamers

Cover image for Digital Consumer Ad Profiles

Georgia Meyer

January 2019

Spotify

Radio

YouTube

Digital music and video consumers navigate an increasingly nuanced landscape of content formats, from paywalled to ad-supported to social. Levels of engagement with new social formats vary considerably amongst weekly active users (WAUs) of three of the main music streaming services (Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Prime Music) and video streaming s...

Quarterly Digital Content Trends Q4 2018

Cover image for Quarterly Digital Content Trends Q4 2018

Tim Mulligan

January 2019

Spotify

YouTube

Deezer

In this report, we present highlights of content trends from MIDiA’s Quarterly Brand Tracker, a survey fielded each quarter in the US, UK, Canada and Australia. This report explores how consumer behaviour evolved between Q4 2017 and Q4 2018 across music, video, games and social.

Sports Viewing 2018
SVOD Taking Over?

Cover image for Sports Viewing 2018

Alistair Taylor

January 2019

Willingness to pay

Spotify

Discovery

Facing the menacing presence of streaming alternatives, TV networks find themselves under growing pressure to ensure that viewing patterns are strong enough to deliver a return on expensively acquired sports rights. Against this backdrop, sports viewing in Q3 2018 was largely one of stagnation, remaining flat at 38%, while free streaming declined.

5G: Use Cases, Hurdles and Opportunity

Cover image for 5G: Use Cases, Hurdles and Opportunity

Mark Mulligan

December 2018

Amazon

telco

mobile carriers

5G promises to be the next big step change both in telco business models and the digital content economy. The arrival of 5G will supercharge the business models of many companies across infrastructure and services but the outlook is less promising for others who are at risk of having their core revenue streams disrupted.

US Cord Cutting Q3 2018
SVOD Users the Driving Force

Cover image for US Cord Cutting Q3 2018

Tim Mulligan

December 2018

US

YouTube

Streaming video

Cord cutting is now a firmly entrenched component of the pay-TV business, especially in the US. Pay-TV providers of all kinds continue to shed subscribers each quarter, all against the backdrop of a continually expanding streaming market. However, the real story behind cord cutting is not how many people are doing it, but who is doing it.

Global Video Forecast 2018–2025

Cover image for Global Video Forecast 2018–2025

Tim Mulligan

December 2018

YouTube

Amazon

Streaming video

2018–2025 will represent an epoch-defining era for video as streaming supplants analogue as the main technology for delivering content to TV audiences. In 2018 streaming video subscriptions already reached parity with pay-TV subscriptions in leading markets.

‹
1
2
3
4
5
6
›

Showing 61 to 80 of 101 results.