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Read our latest daily deep dives, hot takes, and exciting updates about the digital entertainment world. Check out the latest from your favourite analyst, or search by coverage - games, video, music, audio, social, or critical developments.

Are rights holders missing the point with Twitch?

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Mark Mulligan

13 Nov 2020

Twitch has apologised to its users for the growing volume of rights holder takedown notices for music used in Twitch videos . Twitch is in an awkward transitionary phase with music rights holders, not...

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Post-pandemic programming webinar replay

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Dara Jegede

12 Nov 2020

If you missed the Post-Pandemic Programming webinar on Tuesday, November 10, you can relive the discussions in the video below. To ensure you don't miss another MIDiA event, register here to stay in touch...

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WWE Q3 Earnings – An innovative digital strategy helps WWE overcome COVID-19 disruption

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Alistair Taylor

12 Nov 2020

World Wrestling Entertainment

WWE’s Q3 2020 results provide a fascinating insight into how a live event-focused entertainment business has successfully navigated a global pandemic. In its financials for the quarter , WWE saw a 19%...

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MIDiA expands academia support to gaming community through MetArena partnership

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Dara Jegede

11 Nov 2020

We are pleased to announce that the University of Kentucky is the first to benefit from a new partnership between MIDiA Research and MetArena, which will see students receive access to the MIDiA platform...

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Catch up with MIDiA's post-pandemic programming podcast series

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Dara Jegede

11 Nov 2020

MIDiA has long said that podcasts are a rising force in the audio entertainment market – and we’ve put our efforts where our insights are, launching our first podcast series. Our episodes are now available...

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Why Take-Two Interactive does not need to adopt games subscriptions yet

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Karol Severin

10 Nov 2020

take two interactive

games subscriptions

Take-Two Interactive (T2) reported quarterly results, with revenue dipping slightly, but profitability improving. On the call, T2 reiterated scepticism over the future of the games subscription models....

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Disney+, one year on…

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Tim Mulligan

10 Nov 2020

On Thursday 12 November, Disney will announce its Q4 (Calendar Q3) earnings. The date is particularly poignant, as it is exactly one year since Disney launched its direct-to-consumer (D2C) service Disney+...

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Why the sports broadcast model is now under threat

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Alistair Taylor

6 Nov 2020

Sinclair Broadcast Group

sports broadcast

The Sinclair Broadcast Group reported its Q3 2020 results earlier this week, which highlighted the detrimental impact sporting investments had on its balance sheet. A 37% year-on-year (YoY) increase in...

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The video streaming shift from sports to news

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Tim Mulligan

5 Nov 2020

Yesterday the Sinclair Broadcast Group reported its Q3 2020 results . A 37% increase in consolidated revenues was undone by a $4.2 billion impairment on the local sports segment due to the COVID-19 disruption...

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Discovery Mode: Understanding how Spotify thinks

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Mark Mulligan

4 Nov 2020

Spotify’s Discovery Mode announcement looked at the very best a poorly timed announcement, coming at a time when artists and songwriters are more concerned about their income than at any other since...

4 min read

We’re hiring!

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Mark Mulligan

2 Nov 2020

MIDiA Research is hiring for a consultant to join our fast growing consulting division. Want to be a part of exciting strategic projects, helping some of the world’s biggest entertainment companies solve...

1 min read

Live streaming centre stage for 2021

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Keith Jopling

2 Nov 2020

Live music industry

The longer the pandemic continues, the harder it gets for the live music business (and other cultural sectors built around live performance) to sustain hope of a ‘return to normal’. I hate saying it,...

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Among Us: What brands can learn from gamer communities

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Hanna Kahlert

2 Nov 2020

Last Tuesday, 27 October, a new record was set for the third-largest games stream in Twitch history , with an audience of between 300,000 and 400,000 over three and a half hours. It was not driven by a...

3 min read

PS5 and Travis Scott partnership illustrate PlayStation’s/Sony’s cross-entertainment future

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Karol Severin

29 Oct 2020

Over the last year we have written a number of times that Sony’s future is cross-entertainment , while Xbox’s future is cross platform . This stems from their respective strengths and weaknesses. Sony...

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Spotify Q3 2020: What price growth?

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Mark Mulligan

29 Oct 2020

Spotify reported another strong quarter in Q3 2020, with subscriber growth up 27% year-on-year (YoY) and ad-supported user growth up 21%. Spotify continues to set the pace for the global streaming market...

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Post-Pandemic Programming

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Mark Mulligan

29 Oct 2020

COVID-19 caused dislocation and disruption to the global entertainment business. Now, the recession and the prospect of further pandemic peaks create an unprecedented outlook for entertainment companies....

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Foxtel, diversifying for reach, launches freemium Kayo service

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Alistair Taylor

28 Oct 2020

News Corporation

Australian pay-TV organisation Foxtel is launching a free version of its sport-centric streaming service Kayo in 2021. This follows a difficult year for the streaming service that saw its subscriber numbers...

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No Time to Die contemplates a streaming future

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Tim Mulligan

28 Oct 2020

A big story over the previous two months in the film industry has been the role of streaming to help fill the pandemic-induced gap in theatrical release schedules due to the shuttering of cinemas around...

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Turning fandom into revenue: Why UGC is the next big revenue maker for the content industries

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Keith Jopling

28 Oct 2020

In our recent report The Rising Power of UGC , in association with Audible Magic we identified that the music industry could unlock as much as $6 billion in revenues from UGC by 2022. Such an outcome would...

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Quibi’s failure is a warning to those who do not seek to understand audiences

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Hanna Kahlert

27 Oct 2020

Quibi launched six months ago, grabbing onto the coattails of short-form content and announcing it would bring “big stories” in “small bites”. Studio executives were curious to see if, indeed,...

4 min read

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