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Revenues Up But Audiences Down- The TV Sports Conundrum

Tim Mulligan

1 Sep 2016

NBCUniversal

Olympics

Online video

The 2016 Rio Olympics were bitter sweet for NBCUniversal. The US Network which holds the exclusive US TV broadcasting rights for the Olympics announced both record ad revenues and at the same time a decline...

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Full-Stack Media and Smart TV: Why LeEco’s Acquisition of Vizio Has Big Implications for Apple and Pay TV Giants

Zach Fuller

4 Aug 2016

Alibaba

Apple

Innovation

LeEco’s (formerly LeTV) $2 Billion acquisition of flat screen makers Vizio is a bold step in the development of full-stack media offerings for Smart TV. The deal essentially buys LeEco directly into...

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The Reasons Why Comcast And Netflix Have Become Friends

Tim Mulligan

6 Jul 2016

Comcast

Netflix

Online video

Yesterday’s report on Recode about Comcast agreeing to have the Netflix app available in its X1 platform is the latest twist in a complicated relationship. After years of scoring points off each other...

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Has Apple Woken Up To The Power Of Bundled TV?

Tim Mulligan

14 Jun 2016

Apple TV

Online video

Pay TV

Yesterday’s announcement at Apple’s WWDC event that it was partnering with Sling TV (the Dish Network’s online pay –TV subscription service) to be the first media streaming device to feature the...

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Chart Of The Week: Online Video Subscriber Penetration By Age

Mark Mulligan

2 Jun 2016

Amazon

Amazon Prime

Amazon Video

Streaming video subscriptions are now firmly established as a key component of the pay-TV landscape and look set to be an even bigger part of its future. With Netflix leading the way, SVOD is gaining ground...

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Is A New Pay TV Giant Enough To Save An Industry Under Attack From Online Video?

Tim Mulligan

19 May 2016

Charter

Online video

Finally, the seventh largest US pay-TV Operator Charter has completed its protracted takeover of rivals Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. This catapults Charter towards the top ranking of the...

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Viacom, Dish Networks And The Content Carriage Squeeze

Tim Mulligan

26 Apr 2016

Amazon

dish networks

Netflix

The last minute renewal of the carriage agreement between TV Network giant Viacom and Dish Networks, the third biggest pay TV operator in the US, revealed just how much the balance of power is shifting...

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Sports Content Comes To Basic Sky Subscription Packages

Tim Mulligan

18 Mar 2016

live sports

Online video

Pay TV

Today Sky announced that it is making a selection of sports content available to basic package subscribers. A new channel called Sky Sports Mix launching this summer will bring a range of sports content...

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The Imminent Launch Of Comic-Con HQ Highlights The Trend Towards Online Video Fragmentation

Tim Mulligan

17 Mar 2016

comic-con

comic-con hq

digital natives

On March 14th, Comic-Con and Lionsgate jointly announced the imminent launch of Comic-Con HQ a new SVOD (Subscription Video On Demand) service. The new platform will allow Beta access on the 7th of May...

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Google And The Battle For The TV Set

Tim Mulligan

2 Feb 2016

Amazon

Apple

Facebook

The Future of TV Coalition , a coalition of US Pay-TV companies whose 47 members include Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications and Dish Network has reacted strongly to Google’s latest attempt...

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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...

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Netflix Has Now Achieved What Pay-TV Could Only Dream Of

Tim Mulligan

7 Jan 2016

international online video growth

Netflix

Online video

When Netflix’s CEO Reed Hastings gave his keynote presentation yesterday at CES in Las Vegas what caught the media’s attention was the scale of the Video Subscription Service’s global ambitions....

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The Birth of The ESPN For Video Games?

Tim Mulligan

5 Jan 2016

Activision Blizzard

Digital Media

ESPN+

Amidst all the Pay TV industry angst around ESPN, Disney’s troubled Sports-Network, a new venture has appeared which specifically aims to replicate ESPN’s business model. Activision Blizzard, the gaming...

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MIDiA Chart Of The Week: Online Video Subscriber Forecasts

Mark Mulligan

19 Oct 2015

Amazon

Chart Of The Week

Over the last few years online video subscription services from the likes of Netflix, Amazon and Hulu havekick started a revolution in premium video that is threatening to disrupt the traditional TV business...

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