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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.

Quick Take: YouTube’s Music Streaming Service Is A Defensive Hedge

Zach Fuller

23 May 2018

YouTube has announced it is launching a paid subscription music service ‒ a move that many perceive as the service putting itself in direct competition with Apple, Spotify and Amazon. However, despite...

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Music Catalogue and Streaming

Zach Fuller

18 May 2018

music catalogue

rhino entertainment

When it comes to the music industry’s transition towards streaming, how the model has worked in the past requires a reconsideration of perspective. This is because throughout the business’s entire...

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Is YouTube Serious About Music Subscriptions This Time Round?

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Mark Mulligan

17 May 2018

In 2014 YouTube launched its inaugural music subscription service YouTube Music Key in beta. The following year YouTube announced it was closing it ahead of the launch of YouTube Red , a multi-format subscription...

6 min read

Why Amazon could become the ESPN of future E-sports coverage

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Tim Mulligan

16 May 2018

Last month’s NBA 2K partnership announcement between Take Two Interactive (the publisher for the NBA 2K video game) and Twitch to livestream all the new NBA 2K league on its platform was yet another...

3 min read

Tencent 2018: Is Tencent Now a Mature Business?

Alistair Taylor

15 May 2018

With Tencent making headlines for its recent round of high-profile media investments in Spotify and Skydance Media, alongside recent concerns stemming from the Q4 2017 earnings released in March, investors...

3 min read

Spotify, Apple Music and Ad-Supported Streaming

Zach Fuller

11 May 2018

ad supported streaming

Cast your mind back to streaming yesteryear, back when the format was yet to establish itself as the industry’s dominant source of revenue. Spotify pushed heavily for a free tier, citing its impressive...

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Could Spotify Buy Universal?

Mark Mulligan

11 May 2018

Vivendi is reported to be proposing to its board a plan for spinning out Universal Music. It is certainly the right time for a spin off (always sell before the peak), but a full divestment would leave...

6 min read

Disney Q2 Earnings: The Warnings Lights Are Flashing

Tim Mulligan

9 May 2018

Yesterday’s Q2 Earning Results from the Walt Disney Company pleased Wall Street by beating earnings estimates. However, a closer look at the financials reveals why Disney’s much heralded pivot to subscription...

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Q1 Snapshot: Advertising and Media in Big Tech

Zach Fuller

4 May 2018

amazon media group

The past three months saw big tech’s advertising and media practices thrust into the spotlight, with the very public Cambridge Analytica controversy swiftly following the EU’s introduction of GDPR....

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Does Tencent Hold The Key To The Future Of Media Distribution?

Tim Mulligan

3 May 2018

The digital foundations of premium video are undergoing profound transformation. Firstly, traditional TV programming and feature films are becoming decoupled from their original distribution technologies...

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Spotify Q1 2018 Results: Full Stream Ahead

Mark Mulligan

2 May 2018

Spotify earnings

spotify earnings q1 2018

Spotify released its first ever quarterly earnings results today. The results reflect strong performance in its first public quarter with growth in subscribers, total users, revenue and also gross profit....

5 min read

New Media's YouTube Strategy

Zach Fuller

27 Apr 2018

New media’s video strategy came to the fore in the last year. With instant articles on Facebook and Google meaning Vice, BuzzFeed and Vox’s core platforms lost significant amounts of traffic, video...

3 min read

Sweden Might Just Have Shown Us What the Future of Music Revenues Will Look Like

Mark Mulligan

27 Apr 2018

Earlier this week the IFPI released its Global Music Report – an essential tool for anyone with a serious interest in the global recorded music business. One interesting trend to emerge was the slowdown...

3 min read

CBS Launches International SVOD Foray with All Access in Canada

Tim Mulligan

25 Apr 2018

Amazon Prime Video

Yesterday, April 24, CBS launched CBS All Access in Canada. This the first international market for the US network’s subscription video on demand (SVOD) service and represents a clear statement of intent...

3 min read

Quick Take: How E-sports Video Partnerships Help Tech Majors In The Sports Wars

Karol Severin

20 Apr 2018

In December, we wrote about a deal that brought the NBA’s G League (minor league) live matches to Twitch. Now Twitch’s focus on basketball is about to extend further, though this time it will be through...

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Global Recorded Music Revenues Grew By $1.4 Billion in 2017

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Mark Mulligan

19 Apr 2018

2017 was a stellar year for the recorded music business. Global recorded music revenues reached $17.4 billion in 2017 in trade values, up from $16 billion in 2016, an annual growth rate of 8.5%. That $1.4...

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Netflix Q1 2018 Results: Hiking Prices or Fighting Churn?

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Tim Mulligan

18 Apr 2018

Monday saw another solid Netflix earnings call as the preeminent subscription video on demand (SVOD) service continues its seemingly inexorable rise to global dominance. Year-on-year (YoY) revenue growth...

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Free Report: Digital Music Is Streaming Forward

Dara Jegede

16 Apr 2018

Amazon Prime Music

MIDiA is proud to partner with DiMA on its inaugural Streaming Forward Report. Digital distribution, andstreaming in particular, has been transforming music business in recent years. Although digital business...

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TV Connect: Where Video Distribution Meets IP

Dara Jegede

16 Apr 2018

Media and Marketing

TV Connect returns to Olympia London next month. Have you booked your free visitor pass yet? On 9– 10 May, senior industry execs will meet to network, discover future-proof tech and focusonthe changing...

2 min read

Facebook Might Just Have Done YouTube a Massive Favour

Mark Mulligan

13 Apr 2018

The word on the street is that the deals labels have struck with Facebook for its forthcoming music service have been done on a blanket license basis (i.e. a flat fee) with no reporting. This was reported...

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