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DAZN financials: Growth reliant on premium domestic rights

Alistair Taylor

14 Sep 2020

DAZN

DAZN Group

Perform

DAZN’s 2018 financials highlighted the difficulty of encouraging a transition to consume live sports digitally with its existing portfolio of rights. DAZN has not yet released its 2019 financials, but...

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Luminary Media Bets Big on Ad-Free Podcasts

Georgia Meyer

24 Apr 2019

Ad Supported

ad-free

Apple podcasts

The long-awaited podcast subscription service, Luminary Media, went live on 23rd April 2019. The service has raised $100 million from investors with the aim of distributing ad-free exclusive podcast content...

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ESPN+ leverages UFC appeal to double subscriber base to 2 million in five months

Alistair Taylor

8 Feb 2019

BAMTech

combat sports

direct-to-consumer

Disney announced in its Q1 earnings call on Tuesday that its sports-centric streaming service ESPN+ had surpassed two million subscribers, doubling its subscriber base in less than five months. Launched...

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NFL issues warning to streaming services

Alistair Taylor

6 Sep 2018

2018 World Cup

Amazon Prime Video

Consumer behaviour

As rights holders and tech majors continue to experiment with streaming video on demand (SVOD) services as a way to broadcast sports content, questions are being raised about the ability of streaming platforms...

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Beggars Group, Sky, The Economist, Plus more Speakers at the Access vs Ownership Industry Event

Dara Jegede

26 Jun 2018

Media

midia event

Music Subscriptions

MIDiA is back with another exclusive industry event, bringing together experts, decision makers, innovators and entrepreneurs from all across the digital entertainment spectrum. This event will explore...

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If Amazon Swallows Retail, Could Facebook Do the Same with Media?

Zach Fuller

25 Aug 2017

Amazon

amazon advertising

amazon media group

Former President and CEO of Netscape James L. Barksdale once said he knew of two ways to make money, ‘Bundling and Unbundling’. Whilst much of the focus has been on the unbundling factor of media,...

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

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...

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Could Facebook Be About To Get Into Premium Video Content?

Tim Mulligan

9 Mar 2016

Facebook

NFL

Online video

Last Thursday Variety reported that Facebook is considering bidding for the NFL streaming rights for Thursday night games. The National Football league is auctioning off the digital rights to stream 18...

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The Vision Behind Today’s DisneyLife Launch

Tim Mulligan

23 Nov 2015

DisneyLife

mobile apps

Mobile content

Today marks the launch of DisneyLife in the UK. This is Disney’s new app –based subscription video on demand service. The launch represents a significant development in the evolution of the global...

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YouTube Bets On Premium

Tim Mulligan

21 Oct 2015

native creators

Online video

Paid Content

YouTube’s announcement today that it is going to launched a paid subscription service on October 28th has been long anticipated and marks a significant development in the platform’s evolution. A decade...

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