Tim is MIDiA's research director and senior video analyst. His research focus is streaming TV, and the intersection between established and emerging monetisation and engagement models for consuming TV and film. Underpinning this is a focus upon the business strategy and financial environment around which video services compete. Supporting this supply side coverage is a detailed overview of the consumer dynamics driving engagement from fandom to subscription challenges and video ad responsiveness.

Quick Take: Twenty-First Century Fox Makes Its Move on Sky

Tim Mulligan

9 Dec 2016

Amazon Prime

Pay TV

Sky

Today’s announcement of the tender offer by Twenty-First Century Fox to buy up the remainder of Sky Plc which it doesn’t currently own could be one of the most pronounced outcomes of Brexit for the...

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Why PewDiePie Contemplated Deleting His YouTube Channel

Tim Mulligan

9 Dec 2016

Online video

Online video

pewdiepie

PewDiePie who runs the most subscribed YouTube channel which has just surpassed 50 million subscribers declared that he is going to close down his record-breaking channel today. PewDiePie, aka Swedish...

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Netflix Flexes Its Licensing Muscle

Tim Mulligan

1 Dec 2016

Netflix

Online video

SVOD

The announcement yesterday that Netflix is going to allow TV and movie downloads for offline viewing is a seismic moment for TV generally not just SVOD (subscription video on demand) services in particular....

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From Music Video To Music Inspired Video
Music Video In The Multi-Distribution Era

Tim Mulligan

November 2016

music video

SVOD

TVOD

Music video at the end of 2016 finds itself at a crossroads. The original perception of Music video as a sales promotion tool no longer applies in the post-download era, when consumers are now showing...

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MIDiA Research Predictions 2017
The Year Of The Platform

Karol Severin, Mark Mulligan, Tim Mulligan and Zach Fuller

November 2016

Streaming

Streaming Music

Video

As we correctly predicted, 2016 was the year video ate the world. 2017 is going to be shaped by the battle for consumer attention through formatting and distribution wars. VR is likely to cede further...

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Why CNN has Acquired A Video Start Up Founded By A YouTuber

Tim Mulligan

29 Nov 2016

AOL

Bebo

Beme

Monday’s announcement by CNN that is has agreed to acquire Beme the social media app created by YouTuber Casey Neistat shouldn’t come as a surprise. The deal represents a tie up of the old media world...

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Netflix User Profile
Mass Market Streaming Video Users

Tim Mulligan

November 2016

Streaming Video

Netflix

video subscriptions

Netflix is the poster child of Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) services with a rollout in 2016 to 130 territories worldwide and international subscribers accounting for 45% of users. A 2016 $1 billion...

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Linear TV And The Enduring Call Of The Wild

Tim Mulligan

21 Nov 2016

BBC

linear tv

natural history

Planet Earth II has shown that there’s still such a thing as appointment to view in TV for non-live events. The BBC’s flagship natural history series had 9.2 million views for its season opener on...

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YouTube And The Power Of The Cultural Conversation

Tim Mulligan

18 Nov 2016

Casey Neistat

Content Creators

Dina Tokio

#MadeForTrends is Google’s big PR campaign to present YouTube as a content destination for mainstream consumers to rival linear TV and to show its value as a digital partner for advertisers. In a presentation...

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From Reality TV Host To Commander In Chief-The Enduring Power Of TV

Tim Mulligan

11 Nov 2016

Video

Amid all the post election analysis on Tuesday’s historic vote and the talk of the first Twitter president it was easy to overlook one enduring truth in America cultural discourse - TV still matters....

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Why is YouTube Red Struggling To Add Subscribers?

Tim Mulligan

3 Nov 2016

Online video

pewdiepie

SVOD

Yesterday’s story in the Verge about YouTube Red’s low numbers have not come as a surprise. Acquiring only 1.5 million subscribers in its first year helps to put the relative performance of service...

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Why Amazon Prime, China And Video Are All Interlinked

Tim Mulligan

2 Nov 2016

Amazon Prime

Amazon Video

China

Last week two big events happened in Amazon Inc’s world. Firstly the retail giant announced the launch of its Prime express delivery service in the world’s largest e-commerce market, crucially without...

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Next Generation TV Operators
Reconsolidation Is A-Coming

Tim Mulligan

October 2016

mobile apps

SVOD

OTT

Next Generation TV Operators: Reconsolidation Is A-Coming : Nearly a decade has passed since Netflix launched its subscription video service in 2007, and the intervening nine years have seen an explosion...

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What The Death Of Vine Means For Super Short Form Video

Tim Mulligan

28 Oct 2016

Instagram

Online video

supershort form video

Yesterday’s announcement of the death of Vine is a stark reminder of just how fickle the video app landscape is and underlines just how important vision is in acquisition strategy for tech companies....

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Why AT&T Has Decided To Acquire Time Warner

Tim Mulligan

24 Oct 2016

AT & T

Mobile content

Mobile content

The most powerful force in nature is when two landmasses moving in opposite directions come up against each other. The result of these two tectonic plates irrepressibly pushing up against one another is...

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Why Scheduling Has Come To Facebook Live

Tim Mulligan

19 Oct 2016

Facebook Live

Live video streaming

Online video

Today’s rollout of live video scheduling on Facebook is both a strategic move of vision and a tantamount recognition that the current iteration now requires modification. From today verified page administrators...

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Is SVOD Destined To Remain Niche?

Tim Mulligan

18 Oct 2016

Netlfix

Online video

SVOD

This week is a significant week for SVOD (Subscription Video On Demand) services. On Monday Netflix announced its third quarter numbers which have highlighted the slow down in growth in domestic subscriber...

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What Shomi’s Failure Tells Us About The State Of Online Video

Tim Mulligan

3 Oct 2016

Netflix

Online video

Online video

Last week’s announcement that Canadian SVOD (Subscription Video On Demand) service Shomi is due to close in November brings to an end its two-year experiment with trying to offer a viable alternative...

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Video Consumer Trends In The UK
An Increasingly Diverse Consumer Landscape

Tim Mulligan

September 2016

SVOD

TVOD

messaging apps

UK consumers are becoming increasingly sophisticated online video users. This, though, is not entirely their choice, but it is instead a reflection of the increasingly complex services landscape. Messaging...

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Video Metrics In The Landscape Of The Walled Ecosystems

Tim Mulligan

27 Sep 2016

Facebook

messaging apps

Online video

The recent revelation by Facebook that it had overstated its video metrics –the amount of time which Facebook viewers have been actually watching Videos by up to 80% due to opacity in its reporting of...

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