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Why Disney+’s Sky Distribution Deal Is Likely to Become Mainstream Among D2C Competitors

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Tim Mulligan

3 Mar 2020

Today the UK’s dominant pay-TV operator, Sky, announced a partnership with media major Disney+ to grow its UK subscriber base prior to its official UK launch on March 24 th . Sky currently operates Now...

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Is Video Streaming About to Witness Music’s P2P Trial by Fire?

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Hanna Kahlert

2 Mar 2020

As the direct-to-consumer (D2C) big bang moment continues the slow process of expansion through the attention-saturated digital universe , video service providers are struggling with the existential question...

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NFL's Broadcast Over-Index Flatters to Deceive

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Alistair Taylor

27 Feb 2020

The NFL’s recently released viewing figures provided to CNBC highlighted a 5% increase in viewership as TV audiences grew on average to 16.5 million, up from 15.8 million in 2018. Not only this, but...

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Apple TV+ Bets on Fandom

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Hanna Kahlert

24 Feb 2020

age of the creators

As the D2C streaming wars coalesce, it is worth zeroing in on some of the propositions in play by the various tech majors, which in turn highlight their respective strategies and may provide some insights...

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Why the BBC Finds Itself in an Existential Battle for Survival

Tim Mulligan

18 Feb 2020

On February 5 th Nicky Morgan, the UK Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, announced an eight-week public consultation on whether to decriminalise TV licence fee...

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Joining the D2C Streaming Wars Is a Do-or-Die Moment for ViacomCBS

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Tim Mulligan

12 Feb 2020

Last Thursday CNBC reported that the newly-merged ViacomCBS is planning to launch its own direct-to-consumer (D2C) service, with a formal announcement to be made during the company’s forthcoming...

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Tale of the Tape: UFC or Bundle Driving ESPN+ Adoption?

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Alistair Taylor

11 Feb 2020

Walt Disney’s pureplay sports streaming service ESPN+, which launched back in April 2018, has surpassed 7.6 million paid subscribers, Disney’s chief executive Bog Iger reported during last week’s...

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20 Million Is the Magic Number for Disney Today

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Tim Mulligan

4 Feb 2020

Today Disney announces its Q1 2020 numbers, with Wall Street expected to laser-focus upon the first available numbers for Disney+ since its launch on November 12th of 2019. Disney+ is the key direct-to-consumer...

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A View to a Sure Thing – Part Two

Tim Mulligan

29 Jan 2020

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Long-term readers of the MIDiA Research Blog may remember a post from September 2017 outlining the appeal to tech majors Apple and Amazon of acquiring the rights to the James Bond...

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Peacock Goes for Gold

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Alistair Taylor

23 Jan 2020

On the 16 th of January , Comcast (owner of NBCUniversal) unveiled further details of its direct to consumer (D2C) proposition, Peacock. Peacock is set to debut on the 15 th of April exclusively for Comcast’s...

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Peacock Gets Ready to Ruffle Some D2C Feathers

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Tim Mulligan

22 Jan 2020

On January 16 th , US communications behemoth Comcast (owner of NBCUniversal) held an investors day to provide much-needed clarity around its forthcoming direct-to-consumer (D2C) service Peacock. Of the...

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YouTube and the Fan Monetisation Model

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Hanna Kahlert

21 Jan 2020

fan monetisation

How to describe YouTube? The now-15-year old video platform does not fit into a single box, but rather ticks all of them. Its positioning between consumer and business is a fascinating one, replicated...

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The Challenge for Global D2C Growth in 2020

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Tim Mulligan

17 Jan 2020

2020 promises to be a big year for direct-to-consumer (D2C) services, with Warner Media’s HBO Max and Comcast’s Peacock set to join Apple TV+ and Disney+ in the battle to win streaming audience share...

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The Meta Trends that Will Shape the 2020s

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Mark Mulligan

10 Jan 2020

2020 predictions

abundance paradox

attention saturation

CES, the big annual consumer tech show, is underway in Las Vegas. Unlike in most previous years, there has been little in the way of big new announcements. This is in large part because we are reaching...

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‘If You Ain’t First, You’re Last’: Revenue-Over-Reach Argument Not Refuted for F1

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Alistair Taylor

9 Jan 2020

audience viewership

2019 audience figures for Formula One (F1) provide the latest example of a rights holder opting for short-term revenue optimisation over long-term strategic growth, to the detriment of its viewing audience....

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Netflix Bewitches the Internet

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Tim Mulligan

9 Jan 2020

Andrzej Sapkowski

Netflix, the current subscription video on demand (SVOD) global leader, has topped Wikipedia searches for the second week of 2020 with its new fantasy scripted drama original, The Witcher . The show...

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Can BT Lay the Smackdown on Its Rivals?

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Alistair Taylor

3 Jan 2020

addressable audience

This Saturday at 1am GMT BT will debut its live broadcast for WWE Smackdown, having acquired the exclusive rights from long-term UK broadcaster Sky in June 2019 . This signalled the end of Sky’s tenure...

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Enter the Dragon: Netflix Steps Closer to Borderless Content with Korea’s CJ ENM

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Tim Mulligan

2 Jan 2020

This Monday Netflix quietly announced a new strategic partnership with potentially far-reaching ramifications for how it weathers the direct-to-consumer (D2C) storm of 2020. The December 30 th press...

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The Future Has Finally Arrived – Streaming Supplants Pay-TV

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Tim Mulligan

16 Dec 2019

direct-to-consumer

It was a long time in coming, but what was always on the horizon has now become a reality as subscription video on demand (SVOD) has finally supplanted pay-TV to become the main paid video consumption...

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How an Economic Downturn Could Reshape Digital Media

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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...

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