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How COVID-19 Catalysed Competitiveness Among The Video Majors

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Tim Mulligan

5 May 2020

While the previous two months of pandemic disruption has had a dramatic impact upon video streaming, the overall direction of travel for video has remained constant, with video streaming remaining the...

3 min read

Collapsing Maul: Sport Facing Global Rights Re-valuations

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Alistair Taylor

4 May 2020

broadcast rights

The English Gallagher Premiership Rugby provides another case study that demonstrates just how significant COVID-19’s impact on rights holders is likely to be moving forward, as it faces a substantial...

4 min read

The IFPI Confirms 2019 was the Independents' Year for Streaming

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Mark Mulligan

4 May 2020

independent labels

UPDATE: this post has been updated to correct an erroneous data point. Previously it stated that independent market share was 41%. It has been corrected to 29% Recently I wrote about how a little-known...

2 min read

The ‘Covid Bounce’ In Games Can Cloud Judgement About What Lies Ahead

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Karol Severin

1 May 2020

Compared to most, the games industry has benefited from the Covid-19 outbreak and related lockdowns. For a lot of games companies, engagement has increased and so have revenues, albeit just partially....

4 min read

Travis Scott has Only Scratched the Surface of Music Games Tie Ups

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Mark Mulligan

1 May 2020

In February 2019 Marshmello caused ripples of almost tidal proportions across the music business when 10.7 million Fortnite fans watched him perform a ‘concert’ in the game. Then in April 2020 Travis...

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YouTube Ad Revenue Continues To Grow But For How Much Longer?

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Tim Mulligan

30 Apr 2020

On Tuesday (28th April), Alphabet, the holding company for Google released its Q1 2020 results. The performance of Google is hugely important across both the digital economy and the financial sector. Google...

3 min read

Spotify Q1 2020: Choppy Waters Ahead

Mark Mulligan

29 Apr 2020

Spotify’s first quarter earnings were a mixed bag, with a largely positive picture for Q1 but some warning signs for the remainder of the year: Subscribers: Spotify’s Q1 earnings may not have...

4 min read

Historical and Crime Dramas Are Dominating Lockdown Viewing

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Tim Mulligan

29 Apr 2020

Defending Jacob

historical drama

As a quarter of the world goes into a second month of lockdown some interesting trends are starting to emerge. First of all was the spike in TV and video consumption with linear viewing challenging the...

3 min read

Independents Grew Fastest on Spotify in 2019, But There’s a Twist

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Mark Mulligan

28 Apr 2020

independent artists

independent labels

Tomorrow (Wednesday 29 th April) Spotify announces its Q1 2020 results, at which point we will find out whether it had a COVID-bounce like Netflix did ( adding 15.8 million subscribers in Q1 ) or whether...

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HBO Max Now Has Its Launch Date-Will This Turn Out To Be Good Or Bad Timing?

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Tim Mulligan

24 Apr 2020

On Tuesday, AT&T subsidiary Warner Media announced the launch date for its forthcoming D2C streaming video service HBO Max. On May 27 th HBO Max will launch into a world radically different from the one...

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Lockdown Listening and the Independent Artist

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Mark Mulligan

24 Apr 2020

coronavirus covid-19

After an initial lockdown lull, streaming levels are – on the surface – beginning to normalise. Underlying the macro-level normalisation, ‘lockdown listening’ is in fact resulting in dramatic shifts...

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The Battle Down Under

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Alistair Taylor

23 Apr 2020

#playerstogether

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...

5 min read

Netflix Q1 2020- Streaming’s First Financial Lockdown Update

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Tim Mulligan

22 Apr 2020

As the world continues to adjust to the new normal of lockdown, work and entertainment now revolves around the home. Over the past month a combination of consumer survey data, ratings announcements and...

3 min read

Watch Out, Twitch, YouTube and Apple Arcade: Facebook Gaming Is Coming For Your Market Share

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Karol Severin

21 Apr 2020

facebook games app

Facebook has launched a new app, Facebook Gaming, currently available on Google Play. Though the company has been in games for years, this is a major development in its games-related strategy as...

4 min read

Consumption and Production Impacts on TV and Video Streaming under Lockdown

Tim Mulligan

21 Apr 2020

COVID-19 programming

Unsurprisingly the UK government opted to extend lockdown for a further three weeks last week, and today will mark the first full month of lockdown for UK consumers. In the US 95% of the population is...

3 min read

Consumer Engagement: The Brand Solution in a Digital Era of Churn

Hanna Kahlert

21 Apr 2020

Chart Of The Week

The digital marketplace has been the setting for innovation in every way that business is conducted, not least for advertisers, entertainment propositions and consumer adoption –and the current COVID-19-induced...

3 min read

Now Is the Time to Engage, Not Convert

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Hanna Kahlert

17 Apr 2020

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...

3 min read

Streaming Services Are Going to Have to Change Their MO

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Mark Mulligan

17 Apr 2020

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...

4 min read

The Gaming Boom Is Driven by Different Genders In Different Age Groups

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Karol Severin

16 Apr 2020

covid-19 impact

gamer demographihcs

We know that we are experiencing a spike in games engagement during this crisis. 21% of adult consumers in the US say they’ve spent more time playing games online ‘in the last two weeks’ (fielded...

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AVOD Steps Out Into the Lockdown Era

Tim Mulligan

16 Apr 2020

Yesterday saw the soft launch of Peacock, the new direct-to-consumer (D2C) ad-supported video on demand (AVOD) and subscription video on demand (SVOD) hybrid app from NBCUniversal – the media subsidiary...

3 min read

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