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Film Studios Pause Production; Is This the New Era of Anime?

Hanna Kahlert

26 Mar 2020

animated content

animated film

anime

With national lockdowns becoming the norm and the majority of nonessential workers being sent to work remotely, the video industry is set for some interesting changes over the next few months. As recently...

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Olympics Postponement: The Sports Media Landscape of COVID-19

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...

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Why Sitcoms Are the Leaders in Scripted Shows

Amanda Stears

24 Jul 2019

Friends

Media

Online video

On May 2004, 52.5 million Americans tuned in to watch the season finale of Friends. 15 years later, it is still one of the most-watched TV shows in history. When news broke that Friends and The Office...

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Is Pay-TV killing off Niche Sports?

Alistair Taylor

4 Jul 2019

Awareness

BBC

BBC One

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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Sports SVOD Services: The Underdogs’ Game

Hanna Kahlert

29 May 2019

addressable audience

binge viewing

carriage partnerships

Cord cutting and “the attention economy” are the landscaping trends reshaping everything video in 2019, and sports television – despite its reliably existent fanbase – is no exception. New sports...

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Fox News to ‘New Fox’: What is Left After Disney Deal

Alistair Taylor

1 Apr 2019

cbs

Disney

Equity stake

On the 20th March 2019 , The Walt Disney Company’s acquisition of Rupert Murdoch’s 21 st Century Fox became official. What did Disney acquire? The $71.3 billion merger significantly strengthens Disney’s...

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Not All Originals Are Created Equal

Tim Mulligan

12 Mar 2018

Netflix

Online video

Originals

As the world shifts closer to becoming a digital video landscape, the ‘original’ has become a key part of the value proposition for subscription video on demand (SVOD) services as they battle for market...

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Pay-TV Cord-cutting Versus Savvy SVOD Switchers

Tim Mulligan

16 Oct 2017

Content Budgets

Online video

Pay TV

The news last Thursday about AT&T’s 390,000 pay-TV subscriber losses in the third quarter of 2017 are a salient reminder of the winds of change currently sweeping through the traditional video industry....

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The Culture Bubble & Scripted Drama

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,...

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Virtual Reality And Scripted Drama

Tim Mulligan

13 May 2016

canal+

exzeb

gaming

At the start of 2016 the tech hype machine was going into overdrive over the potential for Virtual Reality to finally break through to the mainstream. January’s CES in Las Vegas featured the launch of...

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Apple Get Into Scripted Drama With Dr Dre

Tim Mulligan

16 Feb 2016

Apple

apple music

Beats

The inevitable first shot by Apple in the video streaming originals battle has been fired. On Friday the Hollywood Reporter ran with the announcement that Apple was paying for media mogul Andre Young –...

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Quick Take: Too Much Demand And Not Enough Television Talent

Mark Mulligan

7 Oct 2015

actors

Online video

So The Hollywood Reporter runs with a story about the tumultuous Fall Season for the American TV production community . It wasn’t meant to be this way, it was meant to be the scripted drama renaissance....

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