Entertainment and Fandom Reports from MIDiA Research

The Streaming Effect
Assessing The Impact Of Streaming Music Behaviour

Mark Mulligan

August 2014

Streaming has arrived and is here to stay, that much is clear. What is not is how it will impact existing music revenue streams. Though neither a business model nor a product, streaming is the lens through which the irresistible force of the shift from ownership to access is best understood.

Content Connectors
How the Coming Digital Content Revolution Will Change Everything

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...

The App Superstar Economy
Dissecting the Global App Store Marketplace

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Karol Severin

July 2014

US

UK

France

Accelerating smartphone and tablet adoption around the world is supercharging an already buoyant app store economy. A combination of Apple’s tightly integrated ecosystem and Google’s aggressive marketing strategy are helping propel apps further into consumers’ consciousness.

Global Music Forecasts 2014 to 2019
The Shift To The Consumption Era

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Mark Mulligan

July 2014

Subscriptions

Music revenue

Streaming

2013 was the recorded music industry’s 14th successive year of revenue decline. The prolonged death rattle of the CD continues to drag the global market down with it and things just got worse with the paid download entering its own tailspin. Streaming and Subscriptions are the great hope and are growing at unprecedented rates.

The Death of the Long Tail
The Superstar Music Economy

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Mark Mulligan

July 2014

music sales

Music revenue

Artists

The 21st century decline in recorded music revenues continues to send shockwaves throughout the music industry and although there are encouraging signs of digital-driven growth, the impact on artists is less clear. The concentration of the majority of recorded music revenue around a small share of musical works has led to the emergence a Superstar ...

The Digitally Native Music Consumer
A Digital Native Music Behaviour Deep Dive

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Mark Mulligan

July 2014

Consumer behaviour

Streaming

Streaming Music

Natives and Immigrants demarcate the digital world. While Digital Immigrants bear the baggage of their analogue era past, Digital Natives have only ever know ubiquitous connectivity and content availability. Consequently the digital music behaviour of Digital Natives evolves at a dramatic pace and markedly over indexes against the Digital Immigrant...

Decoding the Digital Consumer
An Analysis of the Digital Music Behaviour of UK Consumers

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Mark Mulligan

December 2013

Consumer behaviour

Music consumers

Subscriptions

10 years after the launch of the iTunes Store and 5 years after the launch of Spotify, digital music remains a largely niche sector, with the notable exception of YouTube. Despite a decade of contraction the CD remains the most pervasive music product while radio is the dominant consumption platform.

Reports: Entertainment and Fandom

The Streaming Effect Assessing The Impact Of Streaming Music Behaviour

Content Connectors How the Coming Digital Content Revolution Will Change Everything

The App Superstar Economy Dissecting the Global App Store Marketplace

Global Music Forecasts 2014 to 2019 The Shift To The Consumption Era

The Death of the Long Tail The Superstar Music Economy

The Digitally Native Music Consumer A Digital Native Music Behaviour Deep Dive

Decoding the Digital Consumer An Analysis of the Digital Music Behaviour of UK Consumers

The Streaming Effect
Assessing The Impact Of Streaming Music Behaviour

Content Connectors
How the Coming Digital Content Revolution Will Change Everything

The App Superstar Economy
Dissecting the Global App Store Marketplace

Global Music Forecasts 2014 to 2019
The Shift To The Consumption Era

The Death of the Long Tail
The Superstar Music Economy

The Digitally Native Music Consumer
A Digital Native Music Behaviour Deep Dive

Decoding the Digital Consumer
An Analysis of the Digital Music Behaviour of UK Consumers