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Recovery Economics | Bounce Forward not Back

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

28 May 2020

COVID-19 social distancing measures caused unprecedented dislocation to the entertainment economy. With a recession now a question of ‘how bad’ rather than ‘if’, entertainment companies have to...

The Battle Down Under

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

23 Apr 2020

#playerstogether

A-League

additive services

With COVID-19 exposing the vulnerability of pureplay sport streaming services , the importance of building out a robust and downturn-proof offering is fundamental to the viability of these currently additive...

Now Is the Time to Engage, Not Convert

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

17 Apr 2020

conversion

Covid-19

covid-19 dislocation

Before the COVID-19 pandemic and global lockdowns, there were already two key behavioural trends that have since been accelerated by the current phenomenon: a shift towards digital consumption, and an...

Streaming Services Are Going to Have to Change Their MO

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

17 Apr 2020

coronavirus

Covid-19

New music is the fuel in the streaming engine, creating a virtuous circle of increased label and artist output to meet DSP-stimulated user demand. Now though, with COVID-19 disrupting the production of...

Self-Isolation: DAZN Concedes to COVID-19

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

6 Apr 2020

additive services

all-encompassing offering

asset class

Sports streaming insurgent DAZN has announced last week it plans to inform rights holders of its intent to defer its payments of rights fees for any content not yet delivered (i.e. postponed / cancelled...

Olympics Postponement: The Sports Media Landscape of COVID-19

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

26 Mar 2020

Advertising Revenue

broadcasters

business model

The global COVID-19 pandemic is increasing pressure on the viability of emerging and legacy media business models, and is already having an unprecedented impact on the sports industry. An unprecedented...

Why Games Could Benefit from Coronavirus

Blog post by Karol Severin

17 Mar 2020

corona virus

coronavirus

Covid-19

Yes, it’s another coronavirus-related one, but this time hopefully a more cheerful story than what we’ve been reading and hearing over the last few weeks – at least for gamers and the games industry....

How Coronavirus Will Affect the Entertainment Industries

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

12 Mar 2020

coronavirus

coronavirus going out

coronavirus recession

The coronavirus is a global pandemic . Regardless of what its actual infection and mortality rates might be, it is already having seismic impacts on stock markets and consumer behaviour – the result...

Marketplace Pandemic: How Will Media Companies Fare in a Recession?

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

11 Mar 2020

coronavirus

market crash

market impact

With the 9 th of March dubbed by market analysts as “Black Monday” after S&P and Nasdaq suffered the worst share falls since the 2008 financial crisis, seeing trading briefly suspended before resuming...

How an Economic Downturn Could Reshape Digital Media

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

13 Dec 2019

economic cycles

economic downturn

financial cycle

Ten years on from the credit crunch, the global economy could be poised to enter another recession. Many of the underlying causes of the credit crunch remain in place, due to governments lacking appetite...

Disney+ Recovers From Initial Blunder to Surpass 10 Million Sign Ups on Debut!

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

14 Nov 2019

21st century fox

all-encompassing offering

AppleTV+. Market saturation

Disney claims unexpected traffic on its newly-launched service was at fault for the buffering and technical issues of Disney+’s launch Tuesday . The issues highlight just how difficult it is transitioning...

Take Five (the big five stories and data you need to know) October 28th 2019

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

28 Oct 2019

Ad Supported

AVOD

bbc news

SiriusXM, podcast marvel: SiriusXM has struck a multiyear deal with Marvel to create exclusive podcasts , illustrating that traditional radio companies still have the potential to be the major players...

Could a Recession Change the Tide for Sports Rights Allocation?

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

24 Sep 2019

additive services

all-encompassing offering

AppleTV+

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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