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COVID-19 Impact on Entertainment

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Dara Jegede

16 Apr 2020

COVID-19 is having a clear and direct impact on the entertainment and media industries, driven by investor uncertainty – resulting in plummeting share prices – and restrictions on movement of people...

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Play for the World – EA Aims to Fill Void via FIFA Stay and Play Cup

Alistair Taylor

16 Apr 2020

In 2003, FIFA updated its primary logo to include the words ‘For the Game. For the World.’ Fast forward 17 years and governments around the world are instructing their citizens to stay inside. Now...

4 min read

Forget Virtual – UFC and NRL going Remote

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Alistair Taylor

10 Apr 2020

Associated Press

With fans currently starved of sports entertainment during lockdown, rights holders are jumping out of the gate to be the first to put on live sports to serve any form of quick fix to see a jump in engagement....

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Welcome to the new Era of Pandemic Programming

Tim Mulligan

9 Apr 2020

As 25% of the world gets used to a second month of lockdown following the public health crisis unleashed by the COVID -19 pandemic, the impact on video continues to grow. Propositions in this new landscape...

3 min read

Free COVID-19 Impact Webinar

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Mark Mulligan

9 Apr 2020

coronavirus impact

coronavirus research

coronavirus webinar

MIDiA Research is running a free-to-attend webinar on Wednesday, April 15 th : COVID-19 Impact on Entertainment Demand and Behaviours. Regular readers will know that MIDiA has been publishing COVID-19...

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Radio Is Switched On Again

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Keith Jopling

9 Apr 2020

Radio is suddenly more vital - and by that I mean music radio. The human factor in radio programming and presentation has been clearly demonstrated in the weeks and months of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic...

4 min read

The Digital Entertainment Boom Is Temporary; What Comes Next?

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Hanna Kahlert

8 Apr 2020

coronavirus and entertainment

coronavirus consumer behaviour

The digital entertainment boom as a result of the global COVID-19 lockdowns is but an optimistic wave in a stormy sea the market will have to weather over the coming months… and potentially even years....

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The Self-Isolation Entertainment Boom

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Mark Mulligan

7 Apr 2020

covid-19 entertainment boom

MIDiA has just published the latest report in its COVID-19 report series: “ T he Self-Isolation Entertainment Boom . This post explores some of the key findings and data. The full report is immediately ...

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Quick take: Games companies try discounts, delays, and self-disruption

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Karol Severin

7 Apr 2020

Amazon might delay games streaming service launch to 2021 The New York Times has reported that Amazon’s games streaming proposition (now deemed Project Tempo) may be delayed to 2021 due to coronavirus....

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Today Quibi Launches into A Brave New World with Even Bigger Challenges Ahead

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Tim Mulligan

6 Apr 2020

chance the rapper

When Quibi chose April 6 th as its US and Canada launch date, it could not have envisaged just how rapidly the world would have reprioritised its finite attention. Quibi’s go-to-market strategy...

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Self-Isolation: DAZN Concedes to COVID-19

Alistair Taylor

6 Apr 2020

additive services

all-encompassing offering

Sports streaming insurgent DAZN has announced last week it plans to inform rights holders of its intent to defer its payments of rights fees for any content not yet delivered (i.e. postponed / cancelled...

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Exclusive COVID-19 Research Package for Independent Entertainment Companies

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Mark Mulligan

6 Apr 2020

covid-19 research

During these unprecedented times, the entertainment industries are experiencing rapid change and have been forced to adapt accordingly – from the near collapse of live entertainment, through the cessation...

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Why Warner Media Is Investing in Incoming CEO Jason Kilar

Tim Mulligan

3 Apr 2020

On Wednesday AT&T announced that Jason Kilar will become the new CEO of Warner Media on May 1 st 2020. The choice of Kilar speaks volumes about how the US communications major is...

5 min read

The COVID Bounce: Part II

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Mark Mulligan

2 Apr 2020

coronavirus consumer behaviour

In their early stages, COVID-19 self-isolation measures have quickly created new consumer behaviour patterns, oriented around four key axes: Communication Entertainment Information/news Education (for...

5 min read

The Show Must Go On – NFL Throws Screen Pass at COVID-19 with NFL Draft

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Alistair Taylor

2 Apr 2020

The NFL’s commissioner Roger Goodell announced to all 32 teams in a memo on March 26th that the NFL draft will go ahead as scheduled from the 23 rd to 25 th of April, despite growing pressures resulting...

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Going the (Social) Distance: Rising Consumer Trends

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Hanna Kahlert

2 Apr 2020

Consumer Behaviour

consumer trends

In the current lockdown climate, consumer behaviours are adapting to the new normal – and out of necessity, much of this is happening on digital. The 2008 crash resulted in success for many pioneering...

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Quick Take: Games News That Matters, but You May Have Missed Due To Coronavirus

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Karol Severin

30 Mar 2020

Google Stadia launched Stadia Maker s to get independent developers on board: If this works, it could play a pivotal role in the success of the service. Especially in the times of lockdowns and cocooning...

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How News Can Unlock the Current Ad Engagement Paradox

Tim Mulligan

27 Mar 2020

With a quarter of the world’s population now estimated be living in areas under lockdown, online engagement is spiking at an unprecedented rate. Much of this engagement is being driven by a significantly-increased...

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The COVID Bounce: How COVID-19 is Reshaping Entertainment Demand

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Mark Mulligan

27 Mar 2020

The economic disruption and social dislocation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is not evenly distributed. Some business face catastrophe, while others thrive. Across the entertainment industries the same...

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

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Hanna Kahlert

26 Mar 2020

animated content

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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