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Fortnite’s Black Hole: A Fandom Play for Peak Attention

Hanna Kahlert

14 Oct 2019

One would think that, in a highly competitive market where every entertainment proposition is now increasingly struggling to maintain engaged audience share, the ideal strategy would not be to obliterate...

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Five Trends Changing Music Marketing

Keith Jopling

2 Oct 2019

Marketing music has never been straightforward. That’s why back in the day, label executives would use the single as the shortcut to finding an audience on which to propel the artist, and even more importantly,...

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Could a Recession Change the Tide for Sports Rights Allocation?

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Alistair Taylor

24 Sep 2019

additive services

all-encompassing offering

Revenue remains rights holder’s priority qualifier for allocating rights. However, with an impending recession, we are likely nearing an inflection point whereby rights holders may start to look towards...

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Three Things You Need to Know About ASMR Videos

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Amanda Stears

24 Sep 2019

What is ASMR? ASMR stands for autonomous sensory meridian response, a sensory phenomenon that is increasingly known to induce relaxation and counteract anxiety. ASMR is known to induce a tingling sensation...

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Advertising at the Dawn of AVOD: Privacy and Consumer Sentiment

Hanna Kahlert

18 Sep 2019

The market is prepping itself for a big push into ad-supported video on demand (AVOD), as illustrated by Viacom’s recent acquisition of Pluto TV, Sinclair Broadcasting Group’s launch of STIRR, and...

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Sports Fans Consumer Trends 2019

Hanna Kahlert

4 Sep 2019

This post features excerpts from MIDiA’s recently published Sports and Marketing and Brands report, Sports Fans Consumer Trends 2019 by Alistair Taylor . Sports-centric subscription video on demand (SVOD)...

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Take Five (the big five stories and data you need to know) August 23rd 2019

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Mark Mulligan

23 Aug 2019

Taylor Swift, pre-sale love: Taylor Swift tends not to adhere to prevailing industry trends. As a millennial artist with a strong Gen Z following, streaming should rightly be the core of her recordings...

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The Global Rise of Brand-Agnosticism

Hanna Kahlert

20 Aug 2019

Before the digital era, when distribution was limited and messaging had far more barriers to cross to be received, establishing brand loyalty was a critical part of remaining successful. Baby boomers today...

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YouTube is Monetising Fandom Through Subscriptions

Amanda Stears

31 Jul 2019

Fine Bros Entertainment

YouTube is no stranger to subscription models; it had 53 paid channels in 2013 with monthly subscriptions priced from $0.99-$2.99. Four years later, the paid channels were discontinued with YouTube stating...

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Is YouTube MLB’s Answer to Tap into Younger Audience?

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Alistair Taylor

29 Jul 2019

cable consumption

On July 18 th , Google-owned YouTube livestreamed the first of its exclusive Major League Baseball (MLB) matches, acquired through a partnership announced with the MLB at the end of April 2019 . YouTube’s...

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The Frank Ocean Days May Be Gone, but Streaming Disintermediation Is Just Getting Going

Mark Mulligan

24 Jul 2019

Music Business Worldwide recently ran a story highlighting that both Spotify and Apple Music were backing independent artist (i.e. independent of record label rather than an indie label artist) Aaron Smith,...

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Sports and Sponsorships: MLB Seeks Revenue Home Run

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Alistair Taylor

22 Jul 2019

Major League Baseball (MLB) could finally allow for sponsorship patches appearing on its teams’ uniforms, the league confirmed to the Sports Business Journal . US sports have historically steered clear...

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Privacy Concerns and Digital Advertisers: Why Brands That Demand Attention Will Lose out in the Post-Peak Shift of the Attention Economy

Hanna Kahlert

16 Jul 2019

attention economy peak

digital marketer

digital marketing

Mid-2019 sees the digital market mid-quagmire. The saturation of the attention economy is driving further and further competition between brands to create propositions that can stand out enough to earn...

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Free-to-Attend Event: Monetising Fandom

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Mark Mulligan

10 Jul 2019

Join us on Wednesday 17 th July in central London for MIDiA’s next free-to-attend event: Monetising Fandom in a Fragmented Content Landscape. Regular attendees of our events will know that they combine...

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The Artist Marketing Playbook Needs Rewriting

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Mark Mulligan

5 Jul 2019

artist marketing

The whole essence of fandom is being turned upside down. An emerging crop of streaming-native artists is finding its audience in a much more targeted and efficient way than via the traditional music marketing....

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Is Pay-TV killing off Niche Sports?

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Alistair Taylor

4 Jul 2019

With both the ICC Cricket World Cup and FIFA Women’s World Cup approaching their climaxes, the stark difference in audience engagement raises the question, is pay-TV killing off niche sports? Deciding...

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Why the UFC Wants to Replicate the Yao Ming effect

Alistair Taylor

25 Jun 2019

audience culture

The NBA is the third highest grossing league globally, generating $7.4 billion in 2017, behind domestic rivals MLB and NFL. Whereas the MLB and NFL have largely struggled to entice a truly global following,...

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Is Cricket the New ‘Greatest Show on Turf’?

Alistair Taylor

19 Jun 2019

21st Century Fox

addressable audience

Even before the St. Louis (now LA) Rams were setting records in the NFL during the 1999-2001 seasons, earning the nickname ‘The Greatest Show on Turf’, the Super Bowl was viewed as an unrivalled opportunity...

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Television Performance Measurement Is Falling Short

Hanna Kahlert

20 May 2019

Chart Of The Week

Data Point Of The Day

When the television first entered homes around the world, it was a safe assumption that if it was on it was the centre of attention in a room. Whatever was broadcast to the screen for that evening would...

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Niche is the New Mainstream

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Mark Mulligan

17 May 2019

artist campaigns

artist marketing

digital marketing

Fandom is fragmenting. Streaming personalization and falling radio audiences are combining to rewrite the music marketing rulebook, ushering in a whole new marketing paradigm. Hits used to be cultural...

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