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The Emerging Video Content Bubble

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Tim Mulligan

September 2017

Apple

YouTube

Amazon

Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) services like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu have spurred a scripted drama renaissance and, in doing, so have trigged a content licensing arms race. Traditional TV networks have had to increase their spending to compete with these new streaming TV networks.

The Emerging Video Content Bubble

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Tim Mulligan

September 2017

Apple

YouTube

Amazon

Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) services like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu have spurred a scripted drama renaissance and, in doing, so have trigged a content licensing arms race. Traditional TV networks have had to increase their spending to compete with these new streaming TV networks.

Amazon Music
The Dark Horse Comes Out Of The Shadows

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Mark Mulligan

September 2017

Streaming

Streaming Music

Music Subscriptions

Back in the days when online music meant online CD sales, Amazon was the king. Then, along came Apple with iTunes music store and Amazon saw the throne snatched from its hands. No sooner had Apple started to enjoy its reign that Spotify came along to usurp the throne.

Amazon Music
The Dark Horse Comes Out Of The Shadows

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Mark Mulligan

September 2017

Streaming

Streaming Music

Music Subscriptions

Back in the days when online music meant online CD sales, Amazon was the king. Then, along came Apple with iTunes music store and Amazon saw the throne snatched from its hands. No sooner had Apple started to enjoy its reign that Spotify came along to usurp the throne.

SVOD User Deep Dive
TV's Specialisation Period

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Tim Mulligan

June 2017

Apple

Amazon

Amazon

SVOD (Subscription Video On Demand) is now the default mainstream video on demand consumption behaviour for TV-like content. Netflix and Amazon Prime Video are now the twin lenses behind measuring overall SVOD engagement. Netflix and Amazon users over-index on all SVOD consumption metrics tracked and this underlines the importance of engaging with ...

SVOD User Deep Dive
TV's Specialisation Period

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Tim Mulligan

June 2017

Apple

Amazon

Amazon

SVOD (Subscription Video On Demand) is now the default mainstream video on demand consumption behaviour for TV-like content. Netflix and Amazon Prime Video are now the twin lenses behind measuring overall SVOD engagement. Netflix and Amazon users over-index on all SVOD consumption metrics tracked and this underlines the importance of engaging with ...

Paid News
Legacy Titles and New Media Compete For Share Of Digital Voice

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Zach Fuller

June 2017

Apple

Amazon

Google

In an economy based on attention, the monetisation of news in 2017 balances declining advertising revenues against a push towards building subscribers. Emerging business models and shifts in consumer behaviour are reshaping news monetisation and directly impacting the publishers of news content.

Spotify Earnings
Growth Still Comes At A Cost

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Mark Mulligan

June 2017

Streaming

Streaming Music

Spotify

Spotify’s 2016 accounts reveal strong growth in both revenue and user, as well as improved conversion to paid. But they also show growing losses (both in absolute and relative terms) for streaming music’s leading player. The health of Spotify is a bellwether for the health of the streaming music market and its current prognosis is that it is fi...

State Of The Streaming Nation 2
The Definitive Assessment Of The Global Streaming Music Market

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Mark Mulligan

May 2017

Subscriptions

Streaming

Streaming Music

2016 was the year that streaming turned the recorded music business into a good news story, with revenue growth so strong that it drove nearly a billion dollars of total growth. Leading streaming services spent the year competing with ever more impressive metrics while playlisting and streaming exclusives became cornerstones of the wider music mark...

Voice Control
Market Strategy for the Next Major Hardware Paradigm

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Zach Fuller

May 2017

Apple

Marketing

Amazon

Acting as a Trojan horse in consumer electronics, voice control slipped under the radar compared to more bombastic new technologies such as Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence, to quietly become a potential paradigm shift in the computer interface.

Snap Inc Q1 2017
Declining User Growth Exacerbates Rising Costs

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Zach Fuller

May 2017

Amazon

Facebook

viacom

Following the release of its first earnings call since the March IPO, Snapchat creator Snap Inc has seen its stock price drop by 22% to $17.95, its lowest price since going public. The price fall reflects Wall Street’s reticence in taking the long-term view when It comes to tech stocks.

Why Netflix Is A Next Generation Network And Amazon Is A Next Generation Operator
Emerging next generation operator and network assets profiles

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Tim Mulligan

May 2017

Amazon

Amazon

Netflix

The shift to digital consumption has brought SVOD (Subscription Video On Demand) to the fore. And leading the charge both domestically in the US and internationally are Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. Netflix is now in 190 territories and Amazon Prime Video is now available in 242 separate territories.

Why Netflix Is A Next Generation Network And Amazon Is A Next Generation Operator
Emerging next generation operator and network assets profiles

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Tim Mulligan

May 2017

Amazon

Amazon

Netflix

The shift to digital consumption has brought SVOD (Subscription Video On Demand) to the fore. And leading the charge both domestically in the US and internationally are Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. Netflix is now in 190 territories and Amazon Prime Video is now available in 242 separate territories.

Netflix Q1 2017
International Picks Up The Slack

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Tim Mulligan

April 2017

Amazon

streaming subscriptions

Netflix

With Netflix on course to pass the psychologically significant 100 million subscriber mark, the company’s Q1 2017 quarterly earnings are particularly significant. With 43.2% of the global SVOD market and a presence in 190 differing territories the only major piece missing from the picture is Netflix’s failure to launch in China, the largest an...

Next Generation Networks
What A Post-Pay-TV Video Network Looks Like

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Tim Mulligan

March 2017

Apple

YouTube

Amazon

In the cord-cutting era TV networks are having to think about what life beyond the traditional pay-TV ecosystem might look like. With SVOD services snapping up audiences in their millions, operators are busy focusing on higher ARPU users and demanding more rights from networks but with tightening budgets.

Recorded Music Market Shares
Streaming Drives Growth

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Mark Mulligan

February 2017

Spotify

Recorded music

Deezer

MIDiA has been tracking record label and publisher financial releases throughout 2016. In addition MIDIA has conducted market sizing work on the publishing sector and research for the Worldwide Independent Network’s (WIN) indie label market share project.

Video Market Country Profile: UK
Catch-Up TV Supercharges The Market

Tim Mulligan

April 2015

US

Apple

YouTube

Online TV viewing in the UK is now a mainstream consumer activity. This has been facilitated by near universal levels of internet connectivity and smartphone adoption and driven by the unique role played by national broadcaster the BBC. However while the UK is in the vanguard of video viewing, the dominant position of BBC’s iPlayer ad-free OTT (O...

Global Digital Music Services Benchmark
The Digital Music Marketplace

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Mark Mulligan

September 2014

Subscriptions

Streaming Music

Music Subscriptions

The global digital music industry may only be growing steadily (5% in 2013) but beneath the headline number is a richly varied picture of different services, diverse regional growth rates and competing business models. To better understand this marketplace, MIDiA Research conducted a Global Music Services Tracker.

Content Connectors
How the Coming Digital Content Revolution Will Change Everything

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Mark Mulligan

August 2014

Subscriptions

Apple

Spotify

Content Connectors, devices such as Apple TV, Google’s Chromecast, Amazon Kindle Fire TV and Roku, are set to transform the way in which mainstream consumers interact with digital content. Current adopters of these devices are the most valuable paid content consumers across all content genres, not just the video for which Content Connectors are b...

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