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Netflix’s risk averse strategy is right for the retention age

Ben Woods

12 Apr 2023

streaming tv

Netflix

Stranger Things

Netflix is known for its fearless approach to financing new movies and shows. And yet the recent flurry of press coverage suggests the streaming TV service behind Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is now...

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How touring pits artists against their own fans

Tatiana Cirisano

6 Dec 2022

live music

touring

pandemic

The live music industry is now facing the reckoning we predicted last spring, as it is increasingly clear that touring is not financially sustainable for most artists, while superstars are facing backlash...

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Welcome to the era of attention inflation

Perry Gresham

2 Sep 2022

attention inflation

attention recession

Peak Attention

The covid pandemic and associated lockdown dynamic allowed entertainment consumption to reach new heights amongst a temporary surplus of free time. However, after restrictions eased, consumers found the...

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This is not a blip

Mark Mulligan

26 Aug 2022

attention recession

recession

recession impact

When change happens it often takes the perspective of looking back years, or even decades, later to appreciate just how meaningful that change was. Other times, it happens so fast that it can be difficult...

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Quick take: Why Xbox All Access could be the ultimate recession winner

Karol Severin

17 Jun 2022

Inflation

global recession

cost of living

Xbox All Access has been around for a while now, though with a limited reach (currently only available in 12 markets). While it was always going to play an integral part in Xbox’s cross-platform (and...

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Digital inflation and the looming video subscriber crunch

Tim Mulligan

19 Apr 2022

Inflation

subscriber retention

Video

2022 is proving to be a challenging time for video subscription services. With the D2C big bang moment now in its third year, the initial wave of subscriber adoption is giving way to the challenge of sustainability....

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