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Q3 2020 US AVOD Consumer Deep Dive
The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Tubi TV and IMDb TV

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Tim Mulligan

November 2020

Amazon

Amazon

Streaming video

Ad-supported video on demand (AVOD) continues to lag behind subscription video on demand (SVOD) in a US market still heavily focused on paid subscriptions. AVOD weekly active engagement grew steadily in Q3 2020, and across all leading four AVOD services between Q1 to Q3 2020.

Next-Generation Consoles
PS5 Starts in Pole Position

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Karol Severin

November 2020

YouTube

Amazon

Xbox

The winter holiday season has always been important for next-generation console launches, but this one is different. Negative effects of the current recession will intensify, engagement will be less predictable and device-agnostic games subscription competition is set to heat up.

The Case for News in Video D2C Services

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Tim Mulligan

October 2020

Apple

Apple

YouTube

Digital disruption of the traditional pay-TV landscape was led by subscription video on demand (SVOD) services using scripted drama to gain consumer adoption, one of pay-TV’s very own four pillars. With SVOD originals strategy now diversifying into factual and reality, the two remaining pay-TV pillars sports and news are all that is stopping SVOD...

The Case for News in Video D2C Services

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Tim Mulligan

October 2020

Apple

Apple

YouTube

Digital disruption of the traditional pay-TV landscape was led by subscription video on demand (SVOD) services using scripted drama to gain consumer adoption, one of pay-TV’s very own four pillars. With SVOD originals strategy now diversifying into factual and reality, the two remaining pay-TV pillars sports and news are all that is stopping SVOD...

Music Subscriber Market Shares 4.0
Subscriptions Decouple from Revenue

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Mark Mulligan

September 2020

Subscriptions

Streaming

Music Subscriptions

This report presents key figures from MIDiA’s global music subscriber market shares model. The full dataset is published alongside this report with quarterly data from Q4 2015 to Q1 2020 and annual label trade revenue from full year 2015 to full year 2019 for 27 streaming services across 34 different markets.

Music Subscriber Market Shares 4.0
Subscriptions Decouple from Revenue

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Mark Mulligan

September 2020

Subscriptions

Streaming

Music Subscriptions

This report presents key figures from MIDiA’s global music subscriber market shares model. The full dataset is published alongside this report with quarterly data from Q4 2015 to Q1 2020 and annual label trade revenue from full year 2015 to full year 2019 for 27 streaming services across 34 different markets.

Post-Pandemic Programming
Surviving and Thriving in the Recession

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Mark Mulligan, Tim Mulligan, Karol Severin, Alistair Taylor, Keith Jopling and Hanna Kahlert

September 2020

Apple

Apple

live

COVID-19 caused dislocation and disruption to the global entertainment business. Now, the recession and the prospect of further pandemic peaks have created an unprecedented outlook for entertainment companies. Many of the shifts that occurred during lockdown will define the new market dynamics.

Post-Pandemic Programming
Surviving and Thriving in the Recession

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Mark Mulligan, Tim Mulligan, Karol Severin, Alistair Taylor, Keith Jopling and Hanna Kahlert

September 2020

Apple

Apple

live

COVID-19 caused dislocation and disruption to the global entertainment business. Now, the recession and the prospect of further pandemic peaks have created an unprecedented outlook for entertainment companies. Many of the shifts that occurred during lockdown will define the new market dynamics.

Q2 2020 UK Video Consumer Deep Dive

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Tim Mulligan

August 2020

Apple

YouTube

YouTube

UK video engagement in Q2 2020 remains primarily a two-horse race between subscription-based Netflix and ad-supported YouTube, which returned to dominance with 55% weekly average user penetration – three percentage points higher than Netflix. Against this trend new streaming entrant Disney+ has achieved 16% weekly average user penetration, underl...

Q2 2020 UK Video Consumer Deep Dive

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Tim Mulligan

August 2020

Apple

YouTube

YouTube

UK video engagement in Q2 2020 remains primarily a two-horse race between subscription-based Netflix and ad-supported YouTube, which returned to dominance with 55% weekly average user penetration – three percentage points higher than Netflix. Against this trend new streaming entrant Disney+ has achieved 16% weekly average user penetration, underl...

D2C Big Bang Impact, H1 2020
English-speaking Markets

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Tim Mulligan

July 2020

Apple

Amazon

Apple TV

With HBO Max and Peacock just coming into market, the key challengers for Netflix and Amazon Prime Video’s current SVOD dominance are Disney+ and Apple TV+, which both launched midway through Q4 2019. Disney+ rapidly moved into a strong third position in all four markets (US, UK, Canada, Australia), while Apple TV+’s lack of content depth is fl...

Sports Consumption
Measuring COVID-19’s Impact

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Alistair Taylor

July 2020

Apple

Discovery

Amazon

With the pandemic-enforced postponement of live sports creating an entertainment void for sports fans, understanding COVID-19’s impact on overall sports consumption and where audiences are substituting their finite attention is paramount for sports distributors and rights holders.

Recovery Economics
Post-Lockdown TV

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Tim Mulligan

July 2020

Apple

Amazon

Streaming video

As society emerges from the COVID-19 imposed lockdown, the ongoing impact on TV production will be significant; returning to normal means adapting to the constraints of social distancing. The increased use of sound stages and green screen facilities will become the norm in the absence of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Recovery Economics
Games Sees Temporary Bounce but Should Prepare For Decline

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Karol Severin

June 2020

Amazon

Netflix

Business Strategy

The effects of the coronavirus-induced crisis unfolded in multiple stages, each with its own characteristics. During the early outbreak and strict lockdowns, games engagement benefited greatly. The cessation of out-of-home entertainment gave games a boost with less competition.

US Video Consumer Deep Dive
Q1 2020

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Tim Mulligan

May 2020

Apple

Amazon

Apple TV

This report presents key trends and analysis from MIDiA’s quarterly Video Brand Tracker survey, including devices for viewing, video streaming activities, SVOD, demographics, video streaming app users, and top streamed TV shows. Companies and brands...

Recovery Economics
Music, Games, Live Streams and the Future of Concerts

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Mark Mulligan, Karol Severin and Keith Jopling

May 2020

live music

live

Artists

In April 2020 Travis Scott’s Fortnite event pulled in 27 million players. While this was happening, the global artist community was scrambling to plug the income and engagement gap caused by COVID-19’s cessation of live music, by turning to live streaming.

COVID-19
Impact on Entertainment Demand and Behaviours

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Mark Mulligan, Tim Mulligan, Karol Severin, Alistair Taylor, Keith Jopling and Hanna Kahlert

April 2020

Spotify

Amazon

Netflix

COVID-19 is having a clear and direct impact on the entertainment and media industries, driven by investor uncertainty – resulting in plummeting share prices – and restrictions on movement of people leading to quickly-transforming consumer behaviour patterns.

COVID-19 and the Vulnerability of Pure Play Sports Streaming Services

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Alistair Taylor

April 2020

Subscriptions

US

UK

The postponement of annual competitions and major quadrennial events has highlighted just how heavily pay-TV and sport-centric streaming services’ value propositions rely on live sports. Filling schedules with re-runs, docuseries, interviews and archived footage are stopgaps unlikely to increase engagement.

Tech Major Market Shares 2019
Amazon Powers Ahead

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Mark Mulligan, Tim Mulligan, Karol Severin and Alistair Taylor

April 2020

Apple

iTunes store

Spotify

The tech majors are power players in the global digital content marketplace through a combination of their own content services, ad monetisation and control of audiences via devices, search and social. While advertising and services revenues are still a minority of total tech major revenues, the share is substantial, and revenues are growing fast.

COVID-19
The Self-Isolation Entertainment Boom

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Mark Mulligan

April 2020

Streaming

Spotify

Artists

Following our first COVID-19 impact report, this report deep dives into how media consumption patterns have changed in the initial weeks of COVID-19 dislocation. While it is crucial to remember that these behaviour shifts are a snapshot of a unique moment in time, there are nonetheless some that will persist post-pandemic.

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