Reports: rights holders

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2020 in review
Lockdown legacy impacts on entertainment

Hanna Kahlert

February 2021

Streaming

Netflix

Digital connections have filled the void left by real-world activities, globalising culture and experience. Yet this comes at the cost of deepening divides in trust and perspective. Changing economic circumstances...

Sports Rights
The Great Reset

Alistair Taylor

December 2020

Spotify

Video

COVID-19 exposed live entertainment as a vulnerable asset class during a global health crisis, rendering services overly reliant on live sports broadcasts as primary churn candidates. A major overhaul...

Sports Consumption
Measuring COVID-19’s Impact

Alistair Taylor

July 2020

Apple

Video

Discovery

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...

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

Alistair Taylor

April 2020

Subscriptions

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...

Sports Consumer Trends
The Sun Sets on Pay-TV Dominance

Alistair Taylor

February 2020

Video

Amazon

Facebook

With subscription video on demand (SVOD) services surpassing pay-TV penetration en route to becoming a mainstream medium, sporting consumption habits have inherently changed. Rights holders, broadcasters,...

Sports Rights
Measuring the ROI for Streaming

Alistair Taylor

October 2019

Subscriptions

Video

Amazon

Measuring streaming sports audience engagement is paramount when determining which rights mix consumers are actually willing to pay for. Netflix has shown that in a saturated market, retaining consumer...

Sports SVOD Services Deep Dive

Alistair Taylor

May 2019

Apple

Spotify

Video

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’...

Music Rights Disruption
The Transparency Agenda

Mark Mulligan

August 2017

music publishers

Apple

Spotify

Music rights have never been simple but now the complexity is reaching such a level that the digital music marketplace is beginning to buckle under the strain. With growing demand across the board for...