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Is Wall Street starting to curb its D2C enthusiasm?

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Tim Mulligan

20 Oct 2021

Business Strategy

On Monday, media major Disney received a Wall Street downgrade from a Barclays investment analyst who cited the growing challenge of creating new Disney+ originals with the same “ franchise value or...

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Live streaming’s second growth phase

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Mark Mulligan

6 Oct 2021

live streamed concerts

virtual concerts

Live streaming erupted in 2020 in the wake of the pandemic. As the year progressed, the market transformed rapidly from a bunch of bands playing guitar in their bedrooms to highly produced, ticketed shows...

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Is live-stream composition the new formula for a hit album?

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Ashleigh Millar

1 Oct 2021

We are no stranger to TikTok and its impact on the music industry, which is changing the structure of the business one viral video at a time. Artists and composers are flocking to the innovative social...

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Creator TAMs: a new way to assess the creator economy

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Mark Mulligan

1 Oct 2021

Business Strategy

The music creator tools space is undergoing a change that is simultaneously renaissance and transformation. The creator culture boom has driven an unprecedented degree of investment and investor interest....

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What YouTube TV’s stand-off with NBCU reveals about phase 2 of D2C disruption

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Tim Mulligan

29 Sep 2021

YouTube TV’s stand-off with NBCU is approaching decision-making time, as tomorrow, September 30th, is the cut-off point for the streaming platform to meet the distribution terms of NBCU. If no agreement...

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Why digital fandom has outgrown the Emmys

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Tim Mulligan

22 Sep 2021

Digital Survivalism

With the progressive move back into in real life (IRL) following mass global Covid vaccinations, hyped-up in-person award ceremonies have returned to business as usual in 2021. This Sunday the Emmys was...

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UMG’s buoyant stock debut is a new chapter for the music business

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Mark Mulligan

22 Sep 2021

Business Strategy

Universal Music Group (UMG) had an extremely positive first day of trading as a standalone entity, with shares at one stage trading 35% up from their reference point and making the market cap leap to $55...

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‘Middle class’ artists need niche, not scale

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Mark Mulligan

17 Sep 2021

Business Strategy

Streaming continues to grow strongly, as evidenced by the 28% growth reported by the RIAA for H1 2021 in the US . Everything looks great for the build-up to the impeding Universal Music Group (UMG) IPO....

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Axing exclusive music licenses in China will drive new local music cultures

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Srishti Das

15 Sep 2021

emerging markets

As a result of the new guidelines set out by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), record labels are no longer allowed to issue exclusive licenses to music services. Previously, music services...

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Why sport star fandom is disrupting the traditionally broadcast-focused world of sports

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Tim Mulligan

14 Sep 2021

Sports Superstars

Manchester United

Saturday September 11thwas a big day for English footballing giant, Manchester United. The team that dominated the top flight of the most competitive football league in the world for two decades, up to...

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Justice is served…Initial thoughts on the Apple vs. Epic ruling

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Karol Severin

14 Sep 2021

The court ruling in the Apple vs. Epic Games case has taken media headlines by storm. However, given the diversity of narratives around the outcome, it is clear that the ‘winner’, is not exactly clear...

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Could HBO Max disrupt Europe?

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Tim Mulligan

10 Sep 2021

On October 26th, HBO Max will establish its European beachhead, which is launching inSweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain and Andorra. The D2C video service will then roll out in 2022 into Bosnia and...

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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

Why Real Madrid TV believes that premium sport will thrive in an AVOD environment Last week, Roku and Tubi TV announced that Real Madrid TV is being added to their AVOD services. Both the Roku Channel...

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Roblox continues its growth story narrative, but cannot escape the Covid-bounce effect

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Karol Severin

20 Aug 2021

financial results

Roblox reported on its Q2 2021 results this week. Indeed, a continuation of the company’s growth story with bookings surpassing $665 million, up 35% year-on-year. On paper, the 127% YoY growth of revenue...

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Does Netflix now need to Disney-fy itself?

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Tim Mulligan

18 Aug 2021

Netflix Q2 2021

Q2 2021 has brought global streaming hegemon Netflix up against the irresistible D2C force that is Disney+. Netflix’s 1.5 million net subscriber additions in Q2 contrasted heavily with the 12 million...

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Can Spotify break out of its lane?

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Mark Mulligan

13 Aug 2021

After years of relative stability, music consumption is shifting, with the DSP streaming model beginning to lose some ground as illustrated by the major labels growing streaming revenue by 33% in Q2 2021...

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Why Spotify’s creator strategy needs to pay more attention to fans

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Kriss Thakrar

10 Aug 2021

Spotify’s shift towards becoming an audio platform encompasses a push to become a creator-first business, with a vision of 50 million creators supplying content to a billion users. However, the company’s...

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The record labels are weaning themselves off their Spotify dependency

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Mark Mulligan

6 Aug 2021

The major labels had a spectacular streaming quarter, registering 33% growth on Q2 2020 to reach $3.1 billion. Spotify had a less impressive quarter, growing revenues by just 23%. After being the industry’s...

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Quick Take: The metaverse – expect goldrush by many, market domination by a few

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Karol Severin

2 Aug 2021

Media and Marketing

After years of pioneering, tinkering and iteration, the concept of metaverses is moving closer to the mainstream in media and entertainment, in particular in games and social media, for example. In the...

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Labels are going to become more like VCs than they probably want to be

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Mark Mulligan

30 Jul 2021

artist accelerators

When you are in the midst of change it can be hard to actually see it. Right now, the music business is undergoing a consumption paradigm shift that is changing the culture and business of music. Streaming...

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