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Why India Matters to Spotify, and Why it May Not Deliver

Mark Mulligan

28 Feb 2019

emerging markets

India

india streaming

Warner Music and Spotify have been involved in a rather unseemly and very public spat this week over Spotify’s India launch . I’ll leave for someone else, the discussions of the potential implications of a blanket license for songwriter rights in India for an on-demand streaming service.

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Spotify’s Tencent Risk

Mark Mulligan

21 Sep 2018

Africa

asia

emerging markets

NOTE: a previous version of this post referred to a non-compete clause with Spotify detailed in this SEC filing. I have been advised that the scope of this clause is narrower than I had originally interpreted.

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Why Today’s International Rollout of Facebook Watch is so Significant

Tim Mulligan

30 Aug 2018

emerging markets

Facebook

Facebook Watch

Today marks the first phase in the international rollout of Facebook Watch, the social media giant’s answer to YouTube. Having been available only in the US for the past year, Facebook users in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand will from today be able to view Facebook Watch through their ...

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Emerging Music Markets: Streaming’s Third Wave

Mark Mulligan

10 Aug 2018

baidu music

China

emerging markets

MIDiA has just published a new report that deep dives into how streaming is, or in some cases is not, lifting off in emerging markets. The regions we focused on were Russia, the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, China and India.

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Yonder And Streaming's Less Travelled Path

Mark Mulligan

29 Jan 2018

Bangladesh

emerging market stats

emerging markets

Back in 2012, a music service that had raised $174 million in funding closed without yet having launched to consumers. That service was Beyond Oblivion, a company that intended to transform the music market with music bundled into handsets and phone packages at no extra cost to consumers.

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Apple, Eros And The Billion Dollar Content Play

Tim Mulligan

8 Aug 2017

Apple

emerging markets

eros group

On August 7th the Economic Times ran a story on Apple’s perceived interest in acquiring the film and music catalogue of the Eros Group, which is the largest movie producer in India. Although not particularly well-known outside of India, the Eros Group is a content heavyweight in the Indian market...

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The Relentless Rise of YouTube

Tim Mulligan

27 Jul 2017

Alphabet

emerging markets

Google

Monday unfurled the latest chapter in the YouTube Journey. At the Q2 earnings announcement for Alphabet, Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed that Alphabet’s growth in revenues in Q2 2016 was largely due to the increased performance of its YouTube division.

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Facebook, India And The Video Download Test

Tim Mulligan

11 Jul 2016

emerging markets

Facebook

India

Last week it was announced by Techcrunch that Facebook had emailed media partners informing them that it will be trialling the ability to download videos to be viewed offline on the Facebook app. The trial starts today for a test group of users and is limited to local mobile devices that are identif...

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Yonder Music Unlocks The Emerging Market Opportunity

Mark Mulligan

27 Jun 2016

Axiata

Beyond Oblivion

celcom

One of the high profile digital music casualties of recent years was the failed ‘next generation’ service provider Beyond Oblivion. There were numerous factors behind Beyond Oblivion’s failure but akey one was the fact the market was not yet ready for its telco bundled music offering.

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State Of The Streaming Nation

Mark Mulligan

5 Apr 2016

Apple Music

Deezer

emerging markets

We are proud to announce a landmark MIDiA report: State Of The Streaming Nation: A Comprehensive Assessment Of The Global Streaming Music Market . If you are in any way involved with the streaming music market this report is an absolute must.

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How Pay-TV Can Get Netflix Off Its Front Lawn

Tim Mulligan

20 Jan 2016

emerging markets

Netflix

Online video

Amidst all the positive news about Netflix’s continuing growth story, some interesting points were touched upon in yesterday’s Netflix Q4 2015 Earnings Interview with analysts. Perhaps the most revealing meta narrative for the whole management zeitgeist was summed up Netflix’s CFO David Wells ...

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Quick Take: Believe Digital Licenses QQ Music

Mark Mulligan

3 Dec 2015

Believe Digital

celcom

emerging markets

Following hot on the heals of last week’s Yonder Celcom deal in Malaysia , indie label distributor Believe Digital announced a licensing deal with Chinese telco Tencent’s QQ Music service. Although QQ’s offering is not strictly directly comparable with western AYCE services it nonetheless has ...

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Google Play Slashes Minimum App Prices In Emerging Markets

Karol Severin

20 Nov 2015

android

Apple

apps

Google Play announced new minimum app prices equating to approximately 26 cents, just over a quarter of the US and European minimums. The decision includes 17 emerging markets. ( See the complete list here ).

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