Business Strategy Reports from MIDiA Research

Artists direct
Focus on passion, not professionalism

Report by Tatiana Cirisano

2 May 2023

All eyes of the music business are on artists direct, the fastest-growing segment of the industry. But the 6.4 million artists in this segment are far from a unified group, and have varied aspirations,...

Pre-empting video piracy in the streaming TV era

Report by Tim Mulligan

2 May 2023

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

Video

IBCAP

Nagra

Video piracy had been downgraded as a significant disruptive risk in the era of subscription video on demand (SVOD) and free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST). While peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing piracy...

Podcasts and music streaming
Mirrored growth

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Report by Annie Langston

3 Apr 2023

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Amazon

amazon music

Anchor

The economic recession, and related layoffs at major podcasting divisions, have some questioning the future of the format. However, podcasts are following a similar trajectory as music did in its transition...

Rebooting video fandom
Games as a video streaming genre

Report by Tim Mulligan, Karol Severin, Perry Gresham, Sam Griffin and Ben Woods

20 Mar 2023

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streaming TV monetisation

gamers

video games genres

With gamers being mainstream, video streaming services and their content offerings can benefit by increasing focus on the preferences of gamers. Crucially, this enables subscription video on demand (SVOD)...

Recorded music market 2022
Reality bites

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Report by Mark Mulligan

17 Mar 2023

£5,000.00 excl. VAT

Music

Business Strategy

recorded music market

Following a spectacular year of growth in 2021, global recorded music revenue growth slowed significantly in 2022, due to the combined impact of global economic headwinds and growth slowdown in mature...

Podcasts and radio
How radio can play by its own rules

Report by Annie Langston

1 Mar 2023

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Radio

Podcasts

Digital

Radio set the stage for music streaming and podcasts, only to watch them take portions of its audience. However, there is a clear opportunity for radio companies to assert themselves in the podcast market,...

TV monetisation
The third way

Report by Tim Mulligan

28 Feb 2023

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Video

Business Strategy

The slowing of subscription growth in developed markets means that streaming services have to look both towards post-subscription and post-advertising models. A focus on retention will maintain downward...

Kill the campaign
Music marketing needs branding, not direct response

Report by Mark Mulligan and Tatiana Cirisano

1 Feb 2023

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

music marketing

Marketing

scenes

The debate over a new streaming royalties regime is capturing attention, but economics will not fix the underlying paradigm shifts that are the true cause for streaming’s problems: there is not enough...

Podcast videos
Format blurring expands podcasts’ future

Report by Annie Langston

1 Feb 2023

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Podcasts

audio

format blurring

Podcasts are breaking out of traditional audio and entering the video space, as nearly a quarter of consumers now watch podcast videos monthly. Visual elements for podcasts are becoming a crucial tool...

The great movie reset
How films can drive higher income spending in video

Report by Tim Mulligan

22 Dec 2022

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

Film

Movies

movie-going

The role of film in popular culture and the evolution of video streaming has reached an inflection point. After the near death of the box office in 2020, and the subsequent shattering of the box office...

2023 MIDiA predictions
Pivot point

Report by Mark Mulligan, Tim Mulligan, Karol Severin, Hanna Kahlert, Srishti Das, Kriss Thakrar, Ashleigh Millar, Tatiana Cirisano, Annie Langston, Perry Gresham, Sam Griffin, Kazia Rothwell and Ben Woods

20 Dec 2022

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Critical Developments

Business Strategy

predictions

In this report, MIDiA Research analysts present their predictions for what will be the big trends in digital media and tech across music, video, games, marketing, audio and cultural trends in 2023 and...

Music industry earnings Q3 2022
Pre-recession growth

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Report by Mark Mulligan

20 Dec 2022

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music industry growth

music industry revenues

label revenues

The early 2020s saw an influx of capital into the music business, with the promise of music rights being an asset class that was uncorrelated with the wider economy. The irony is that as music catalogue...

Esports bundle
Available for a limited time

Report by Karol Severin and Sam Griffin

12 Dec 2022

£5,000.00 excl. VAT

esports

Games

Sports

This bundle contains three of our most recent esports reports, providing you with a wide selection of insights and content from our analysts. Take this opportunity to get some of our most recent data at...

The next challenge for esports
Striking the balance between creators and athletes

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Report by Karol Severin and Sam Griffin

9 Dec 2022

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Games

Business Strategy

Esports organisations are past the initial ‘hype stage’. They are now in a phase where they need to make their business models work commercially. The ongoing adverse macroeconomic climate only exacerbates...

Podcast market value chain
The next investment is the listeners

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Report by Annie Langston

27 Oct 2022

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

audio

Investments

infrastructure

Investments from major audience platforms in audio infrastructure, such as hosting platforms and advertising, kickstarted the growth of the podcast market. With the basic infrastructure now in place,...

Radio audiences
A window of opportunity

Report by Mark Mulligan, Keith Jopling, Tatiana Cirisano and Annie Langston

25 Sep 2022

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audio

Business Strategy

Radio

Streaming claimed radio’s younger, music-focused audiences while podcasts are now beginning to do the same for older, spoken-word audiences. However, it is not yet determined that the impact needs to...

Content is king, distribution is queen but retention is revolutionary

Report by Tim Mulligan and Hanna Kahlert

22 Sep 2022

Free Report

Video

audio

Audience Insight

Retention is the new cornerstone of subscription in an era of accelerating disruption. On the 22nd of September, 2022, at 4:30 pm BST, MIDiA's lead video analyst, Tim Mulligan, will be joined by Nada Arnot,...

Podcast monetisation and remuneration
Balancing creator and platform needs

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Report by Annie Langston

22 Aug 2022

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

advertising

platform subscriptions

creator subscriptions

Audio platforms traditionally monetise through advertising and, to a lesser degree, listener subscriptions. However, with the rise of the creator economy and more creators entering the podcast space,...

The video attention reboot
How video is being impacted by the attention recession

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Report by Tim Mulligan and Hanna Kahlert

29 Jul 2022

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Critical Developments

attention recession

lean-through

With the attention recession in full swing following the lockdown boom, video isalready feeling the pinch as evidenced by Netflix’s declining subscriber count.The mainstreaming of subscription video...

Audio creators
The new creative frontier

Report by Annie Langston

27 Jul 2022

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

audio creators

Podcasts

podcast creators

While exclusive content deals with celebrity names signposted the audio strategy of many of the market’s big players, audience platforms are already recognising the growing importance of independent...

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