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Staggered vaccine rollouts will prime entertainment for (further, faster) innovation

Hanna Kahlert

4 May 2021

Media and Marketing

post-pandemic

coronavirus

The ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ of COVID-19 is theoretically drawing closer. Yet, as we blogged about last week , staggered vaccine rollouts mean that the ‘new normal’ will begin for some consumers sooner than others – painting a year-ahead picture of a global marketplace as different...

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Live streaming and the role of music artist empowerment in the digital era

Hanna Kahlert

19 Oct 2020

Music streaming

live streaming

coronavirus

As the coronavirus lockdowns have forced venues to close and people indoors, artists have been unevenly impacted across the music industry. While many bigger studios were forced to cease operations, and some artists unable to release or record music – often relying on previous recordings they coul...

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Zombies and vaporwave: Consumer vibes in 2020

Hanna Kahlert

12 Sep 2020

Vapourware

synth wave

lofi

News has become culturally vital in 2020. In a year of global health, social and economic disruption, it now possesses a relevant edge to compete vigorously for consumer attention in a saturated content marketplace.

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Return of the fan: COVID-19 thwarts fan pilot sporting events amid regional spikes in cases

Alistair Taylor

6 Aug 2020

Video

Sports

Games

Just when sports fans thought it was safe to go back into the water, COVID reared its ugly head once more. UK fan pilot sporting events were all set to start allowing fans back into arenas and attend live events, but government restrictions have now been re-imposed to limit the spread of coronavirus...

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New Webinar on What Comes After Lockdown

Mark Mulligan

9 Jun 2020

coronavirus

Covid-19

Games

Want to know what happens in the post-Lockdown era? Join us for our free-to-attend Recovery Economics webinar tomorrow (Wednesday 10thJune) at 4pm BST / 11am EST / 8am PT for insight on music, radio, games, TV, sports and media.

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Travis Scott has Only Scratched the Surface of Music Games Tie Ups

Mark Mulligan

1 May 2020

Artists

coronavirus

Covid-19

In February 2019 Marshmello caused ripples of almost tidal proportions across the music business when 10.7 million Fortnite fans watched him perform a ‘concert’ in the game. Then in April 2020 Travis Scott followed in his shoes with his own Fortnite concert, pulling in 12 million players.

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Spotify Q1 2020: Choppy Waters Ahead

Mark Mulligan

29 Apr 2020

coronavirus

Covid-19

potify

Spotify’s first quarter earnings were a mixed bag, with a largely positive picture for Q1 but some warning signs for the remainder of the year: Subscribers: Spotify’s Q1 earnings may not have matched Netflix’s for over-performance but subscriptions did show over performance, ...

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Lockdown Listening and the Independent Artist

Mark Mulligan

24 Apr 2020

coronavirus

coronavirus covid-19

Covid-19

After an initial lockdown lull, streaming levels are – on the surface – beginning to normalise. Underlying the macro-level normalisation, ‘lockdown listening’ is in fact resulting in dramatic shifts in listening behaviour, from using the commute time for activities other than listening to mu...

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Streaming Services Are Going to Have to Change Their MO

Mark Mulligan

17 Apr 2020

coronavirus

Covid-19

New music is the fuel in the streaming engine, creating a virtuous circle of increased label and artist output to meet DSP-stimulated user demand. Now though, with COVID-19 disrupting the production of music, everything is set to change.

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The COVID Bounce: Part II

Mark Mulligan

2 Apr 2020

coronavirus

coronavirus consumer behaviour

Covid-19

In their early stages, COVID-19 self-isolation measures have quickly created new consumer behaviour patterns, oriented around four key axes: Communication Entertainment Information/news Education (for children at home) The demand for the first two of these behaviour groups is clearly illustrated by ...

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Disney+ launches in the UK on the first day of a national lockdown

Tim Mulligan

24 Mar 2020

coronavirus

Disney

Video

The last two weeks have been dramatic for public companies in the wake of extreme investor reactions to the still unknown long-term economic impacts of the global coronavirus pandemic. However, media major Disney is in the fortunate position of launching its family-centric Disney+ streaming service ...

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How COVID-19 Will Affect the Media Industries

Mark Mulligan

23 Mar 2020

coronavirus

coronavirus impact

coronavirus impact on media

The spread of COVID-19, and the responses of industry and governments alike, is unprecedented. It is, however, the restrictions on movement of people along with the response of consumers and investors that is causing the biggest disruption and will have the most impact on entertainment businesses.

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Why Games Could Benefit from Coronavirus

Karol Severin

17 Mar 2020

corona virus

coronavirus

Covid-19

Yes, it’s another coronavirus-related one, but this time hopefully a more cheerful story than what we’ve been reading and hearing over the last few weeks – at least for gamers and the games industry.

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How Coronavirus Will Affect the Entertainment Industries

Mark Mulligan

12 Mar 2020

coronavirus

coronavirus going out

coronavirus recession

The coronavirus is a global pandemic . Regardless of what its actual infection and mortality rates might be, it is already having seismic impacts on stock markets and consumer behaviour – the result of which might be to tip the global economy into recession.

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