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The State of California Goes Head to Head with The US Department of Justice on Net Neutrality

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

2 Oct 2018

The Golden State is renowned for doing things differently from the rest of the US and, yesterday, its liberal credentials were reiterated by California Governor Jerry Brown signing net neutrality legislation...

Telcos, Media, and the Battle for Monopsony

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

14 Jun 2018

AT&T

Comcast

disney

This week has seen the culmination of unprecedented moves in the realignment of the Telco and media ecosystems. In October 2016 AT&T, the largest US Telco, put in a bid to acquire content conglomerate...

With interest in Fox’s video content business, is 2017 the beginning of the end for traditional TV and film companies?

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

21 Nov 2017

21st century fox

Comcast

Fox

Last Friday, media stocks in the US rose on the back of news that 21st Century Fox had been approached by Comcast, Walt Disney Co, Sony and Verizon over the possible sale of its film and international...

Why CNN has Acquired A Video Start Up Founded By A YouTuber

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

29 Nov 2016

AOL

Bebo

Beme

Monday’s announcement by CNN that is has agreed to acquire Beme the social media app created by YouTuber Casey Neistat shouldn’t come as a surprise. The deal represents a tie up of the old media world...

Why AT&T Has Decided To Acquire Time Warner

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

24 Oct 2016

AT&T

Mobile content

The most powerful force in nature is when two landmasses moving in opposite directions come up against each other. The result of these two tectonic plates irrepressibly pushing up against one another is...

Quick Take: Taylor Swift, Apple Music And The Search For Exclusives

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

14 Dec 2015

adele

apple music

BBC

Taylor Swift just announced that Apple Music will be the exclusive streaming partner of her latest live film ‘The 1989 World Tour Live’ which includes alongside footage of the performances, back stage...

Hulu’s Growth Shows That It’s Not all About Netflix

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

1 Dec 2015

disney

Fox

hulu

For both the mainstream media and the consumer online video subscription services equate to either Netflix or Amazon Prime Instant Video. The push towards SVOD (Subscription Video On Demand) services becoming...

TV Content Owners Start To Rethink Their Netflix Relationship

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

5 Nov 2015

cbs

netflix

Online video

Yesterday Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes in his company’s Q3 earnings call made a statement which the emerging SVOD (Subscription Video On Demand) industry and Netflix in particular didn’t want to hear....