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Government intervention in digital entertainment and social media is now a reality

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Hanna Kahlert

9 Sep 2021

The tension between rapidly innovating tech and government regulations seems to be peaking at long last. China has made the first comprehensive move to crack down on digital entertainment , with children under 18 now regulated to no more than three hours of gaming per week and one hour per day on we...

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Why Real Madrid TV believes that premium sport will thrive in an AVOD environment

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Tim Mulligan

1 Sep 2021

Last week, Roku and Tubi TV announced that Real Madrid TV is being added to their AVOD services. Both the Roku Channel and Tubi TV are at the forefront of the AVOD disruption that is sweeping through the video industry.

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Creator tools are changing the power dynamic of audiences and platforms

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Hanna Kahlert

31 Aug 2021

As ever, the maturation of markets begs the question: “what next?” – and we have now hit this point with streaming, as the ‘ big bang’ moment of D2C video streaming platforms coincides with the slowing growth of Spotify and the pandemic-driven struggle of independent artists to make revenu...

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Sci-fi video fan consumer snapshot, Q2 2021
US, Canada, Australia, UK, Germany, France, Sweden, South Korea, Brazil

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Tim Mulligan

August 2021

Video

YouTube

Amazon

This slide deck presents sci-fi video fan consumer demand covering video services, live TV viewing, binge viewing, device viewing, YouTube consumption, and leading video services by WAU penetration. The accompanying dataset includes the demographic breakdown for each segment by age (16-19, 20-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55+), by distribution (absolute...

The D2C challenge of engaging the silver streamers

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Tim Mulligan

26 Aug 2021

Audience Insight

The biggest demographic shift in streaming over the previous 18 months has been the rise of the sliver streamer (the 55+ age group who have been pulled into streaming video consumption, following the great lockdown of 2020/21).

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Hip hop fandom is driving the music business' future in gaming, live streaming and beyond

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Kriss Thakrar

17 Aug 2021

The music industry is at a pivot point as new ways of interacting and monetising music arise with unprecedented speed. Kanye West’s Donda live stream generating $7 million in merch sales demonstrates the financial scalability of a unique live stream event that cannot be replicated in the on-demand...

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Spotify and music listening 10 years from now

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Mark Mulligan

23 Jul 2021

music listening

July marks ten years since Spotify’s US launch. Although the tendency among some is to consider this ‘year zero’ for streaming (thus ignoring everything that had happened in prior years both within and outside of the US) it does present a useful opportunity to reflect on what the next decade m...

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The changing context of consumption
Emerging consumer trends in a re-saturated attention economy

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Hanna Kahlert

July 2021

Spotify

Amazon

Netflix

Rampant attention competition has driven changes in entertainment consumption itself, exacerbated by the last year’s attention boom. Quality of attention and quantity of attention are increasingly differentiated, making adjacent behaviours more valuable than ever to track sentiment and consumer expression.

Why music underpins the culture of our ‘new normal’

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Hanna Kahlert

22 Jul 2021

Media and Marketing

Audience Insight

The recent UK DCMS committee findings on streaming – namely, that artists should receive a greater share of streaming revenues – is merely one facet of the growing pains of a music industry reshaped by streaming and having evolved, willingly or not, into a digital-first proposition.

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Music consumer survey Q1 2021
YouTube extends its reach

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Mark Mulligan

July 2021

Spotify

YouTube

Deezer

The data in this report is taken from MIDiA’s Q1 2021 consumer survey. The full data from this survey and all the preceding quarterly surveys are available, along with data visualisation tools and dynamic segmentation, on MIDiA Fuse. The countries covered in this report are US, Canada, Australia, UK, Germany, France, Sweden, Brazil, South Korea.

Euro 2020 – a pandemic-driven standout success

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Hanna Kahlert

15 Jul 2021

This last weekend saw the finals of the delayed UEFA Euro 2020, with Italy the winners. Footage of crowds over the preceding week’s semi-finals showed crowds flooding the streets; social media feeds filled with screen-capped memes and related socio-political commentary.

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Is 2021 the start of the great content reset?

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Hanna Kahlert

8 Jul 2021

Media and Marketing

The coronavirus pandemic has hastened a shift to digital life, creating unprecedented opportunity for entertainment. Streaming is now the default for video and music consumption for mainstream consumers, bumped up by the 12% of additional entertainment time during the pandemic.

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Redefining global sounds through local cultures – the role of homegrown services in emerging markets

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Srishti Das

6 Jul 2021

emerging markets

Music streaming

In developed music markets, streaming was an outcome of the recorded music industry. Creators and labels released music, and streaming services created a simpler experience for listeners in already mature markets.

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Instagram continues to perform strongly despite inconsistent brand identity

Hanna Kahlert

30 Jun 2021

Media and Marketing

Over the last few months Instagram has done its best to capitalise on the latest social media success tactics, often at the cost of its own original user proposition. The photo-sharing app for friends now offers Reels, imitating TikTok’s success.

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The esports viewer dossier Q1 2021

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Karol Severin

June 2021

subscribers

Gaming

Games

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Pluto TV, Rakuten TV & XUMO to discuss how AVOD unlocks the mainstream consumer - July 7

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Dara Jegede

23 Jun 2021

Digital audiences

AVOD was well positioned to benefit from the uplift in home entertainment time due to lockdowns imposed to stem the spread COVID-19. However, engagement growth was modest in 2020, remaining below 10% for the leading four AVOD services in Q3 2020.

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The crowd still matters for live sports broadcasting

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Tim Mulligan

17 Jun 2021

sports broadcast

UEFA Champions League

At opposite sides of the globe, two top-flight international football events have kicked off over the last week. In semi-vaccinated Europe the month-long Euro 2020 tournament began on Friday June 11th, with 11 countries hosting the competition across Europe.

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Video consumer snapshot Q1 2021
US, Canada, Australia, UK, Germany, France, Sweden, South Korea, Brazil

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Tim Mulligan

May 2021

US

UK

France

This slide deck presents consumer demand for video subscription services and streaming consumption, with detail for streaming services and video consumption preferences. The data is pulled from MIDiA’s Q1 2021 Consumer Survey fielded in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Sweden, South Korea, and Brazil.

Why video streaming needs to stop fighting the last consumer war

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Tim Mulligan

28 May 2021

Silver Streamer

Video streaming services have achieved mainstream engagement, with binge viewing now eclipsing linear TV viewing as the leading form of TV show consumption. While the digital disruptors may revel in their newfound status as the masters of TV consumption, and the TV and film industry are forced to ad...

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Music and podcasts are competing for the same time

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Mark Mulligan

28 May 2021

Streaming Music

media consumption

The pandemic changed media consumption. Consumers acquired an extra 12% of entertainment time and though everything was up, some categories grew much faster than others. One of the biggest gainers was spoken word audio, with podcasts and audiobooks seeing dramatic rises and while music hours grew to...

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