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Why Facebook Is Getting Into TV

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

10 May 2017

Last week there was a lot of coverage around the 51% increase in year on year ad revenue and the additional 80 million monthly active users added to Facebook in Q1 2017. However last week also saw the...

Can Twitter Successfully Transition Into A Live Streaming Destination?

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

4 May 2017

cbs

facebook

live nation

At yesterday’s first ever Digital Content NewFronts, struggling social media platform Twitter made a bold play for relevance in the video-centric world of digital content. With much fanfare, Twitter...

Netflix Q1 2017: International Picks Up The Slack

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

21 Apr 2017

netflix

Online video

SVOD

Netflix’s Q1 earnings this week revealed a company that is continuing to shape the video streaming market, with international becoming an increasingly central part of the story. With Netflix on course...

The Culture Bubble & Scripted Drama

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

19 Apr 2017

Amazon Prime Instant Video

cultural bubble

netflix

Cultural trends are defined by technology and taste arbiters. In the modern era, increasing disposable incomes have transformed the majority of the world into consumers of services as well as products,...

Forget Cord Cutting: It’s A Bigger Cord With More Strands

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

11 Apr 2017

cord cutting

netflix

Online video

Amid all the noise and angst surrounding cord-cutting among the TV industry over the last two years, it is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that pay-TV is facing an irreversible decline. The reality,...

Why The NFL Has Given Up On Twitter And Embraced Amazon

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

7 Apr 2017

Amazon

amazon prime video

NFL

After a much publicized 10 game streaming trial of live Thursday night NFL games on Twitter, the NFL has decided to discontinue the experiment. This week Amazon has bought the digital streaming rights...

The Challenge Of Creating Disruptive Pioneers In The TV Industry

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

31 Mar 2017

Amazon

Dish

At this year’s TV Connect, the headline industry panel was on creating disruptive pioneers. The participants included Mark Wilson-Dunn -the Vice President of BT Media and Broadcast Enterprises, Faz Aftab...

The Rapidly Growing Niche Online Video Market Opportunity

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

28 Mar 2017

Falcon

Falcon Media House

Listing

Yesterday Falcon Media House , the international media group focused on the streaming video market, relisted on the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market under the ticker FAL . Overseen by a management...

Why Streaming Video Services Are In Robust Health Globally

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

24 Mar 2017

Online video

Pay TV

streaming video

Despite the additional probability of a correction in the inflated TV content market, SVOD (Subscription Video On Demand) services globally are in robust health. In mature TV markets, nearly half of consumers...

Snapchat Hooks Up With Vice To Produce An Original Dating Series

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

15 Mar 2017

distribution

land

messaging apps

Snapchat’s parent company Snap Inc. has followed up on its huge publicity around its recent IPO (Initial Public Offering) to land a significant content deal with Vice Media. Rapper chef Action Bronson...

BT Pays A Premium For Video Scarcity

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

6 Mar 2017

BT Sports

Champions League

Today BT announced the extension of their exclusive UK broadcasting rights deal with UEFA for all Champions League and Europa League matches until the end of the 2020-2021 season. This has cost the UK...

YouTube Flicks The On Switch With YouTube TV

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

2 Mar 2017

ESPN+

Fox

Online video

Tuesday, February 28th could be looked back on as the day when everything changed for the pay TV industry in the US. This was the day when one of the tech majors decided to announce to the world that it...

Awesomeness TV And The Premium Online Video Content Challenge

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

21 Feb 2017

awesomeness tv

Mobile content

Online video

Despite the hype and the overall direction of travel, creating a premium video offering for mobile audiences remains a huge challenge. Last week Awesomeness TV and Verizon (who bought a 24.5% stake in...

The Significance behind The Amazon Prime Video Membership Numbers

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

16 Feb 2017

Amazon Prime

amazon prime video

morgan stanley

One of the challenges of following the disruption wrought by Amazon in the TV and film business is assessing the size of its Prime membership. Currently a subscription to prime membership includes a subscription...

Change Is Afoot In Music Video

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

9 Feb 2017

facebook

facebook music strategy

google

Music video’s two power players are both in the news for strategic resets. On the one hand YouTube has announced that it is merging its YouTube Music and Google Play Music team s while on the other...

The BBC’s Planet Earth II, Snapchat And The Premium Content Play

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

6 Feb 2017

BBC

BBC Worldwide

IPO

Hot on the heels of last week’s S-1 Initial Public Offering prospectus release by Snap Inc, the parent company of Snapchat, was this morning’s announcement that the US messaging service is partnering...

Why Facebook Is Getting Serious About Native Video Content Creators

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

3 Feb 2017

facebook

google

NFL

On Wednesday’s fourth quarter earning’s call , Facebook’s CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg made a point of emphasizing the centrality of video to the future growth of the company and specifically...

Why go90 Is Where It Is

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

2 Feb 2017

Go90

mobile apps

Mobile content

18 months is a long time in the digital world. In that time, Facebook’s Messenger and Whatsapp both passed the billion monthly active users milestone and Snapchat has more than trebled its video engagement...

Amazon Steals A March On Netflix With The First Streaming Pay- TV Best Picture Oscar Nomination

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

27 Jan 2017

amazon studios

Amazon Video Prime

Independent films

In the ongoing video streaming wars currently being fought out between Netflix and Amazon (globally number one and number two global subscription services) Amazon have just claimed a significant victory....

Why Netflix Can Turn A Profit But Spotify Cannot (Yet)

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

19 Jan 2017

content strategy

netflix

Netflix originals

Having just celebrated its 10 th (streaming) birthday, Netflix followed up with a strong earnings release, announcing 5.8 million net new paid subscribers in Q4 , sending its share price up by 9%. This...

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