Video Reports from MIDiA Research

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Report by Tim Mulligan and Ben Woods

28 Nov 2022

This bundle contains three of our most recent video reports, providing you with a wide selection of insights and content from our analysts. Take this opportunity to get some of our most recent data at...

Unlocking the saturation conundrum
Key video trends going into 2023

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Report by Tim Mulligan, Hanna Kahlert, Sam Griffin and Ben Woods

14 Nov 2022

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A key challenge confronting the video streaming landscape in the current attention inflation era is maintaining engagement. Up until now, video streaming has been fixated on growth. In a saturated marketplace...

From video hardware to entertainment hardware
The gamer opportunity for smart TVs

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Report by Tim Mulligan

8 Nov 2022

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Video

smart TV gamers

smart TV gaming streaming retention

Smart-TV-owning gamers skew older and combine increased consumption spend with an increased willingness to pay for content and entertainment more broadly. Smart-TV owners over-index for games consumption...

Friction TV
Addressing the user experience disconnect in streaming TV

Report by Tim Mulligan

20 Oct 2022

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Hybrid SVOD

SVOD

SVOD Services

Streaming TV is now the default way to consume TV content. However, the streaming TV era is now the friction TV era, due to the fragmented nature of the direct-to-consumer (D2C) siloed, competing brands....

Video consumer snapshot Q2 2022

Report by Tim Mulligan

30 Sep 2022

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Video

This slide deck presents consumer demand for video subscription services and streaming consumption, with detail for streaming services and video consumption preferences The data is pulled from MIDiA’s...

Content is king, distribution is queen but retention is revolutionary

Report by Tim Mulligan and Hanna Kahlert

22 Sep 2022

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Video

audio

audience insight

Retention is the new cornerstone of subscription in an era of accelerating disruption. On the 22nd of September, 2022, at 4:30 pm BST, MIDiA's lead video analyst, Tim Mulligan, will be joined by Nada Arnot,...

Hybrid shock
How ads will change SVOD

Report by Tim Mulligan

31 Aug 2022

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Hybrid SVOD

ad-supported video

video streaming subscriptions

The combined effects of market saturation for subscription video on demand (SVOD) alongside a growing cost-of-living crisis are forcing pureplay SVOD services to modify their ad-free propositions. Disney-owned...

Music IP as video content
Why music fandom is strategically important for D2C

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Report by Tim Mulligan

28 Jul 2022

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music video

music genre

music ip

Music rightsholders are keen to leverage artist IP in an increasingly competitive direct-to-consumer video landscape, where appealing to silver streamers is a strategic play to minimise churn in an era...

Attention recession impacts on D2C growth

Report by Richard Broadhurst

26 Jul 2022

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Video

streaming

SVOD

Weekly active user (WAU) penetration for the top streaming services is now slowing with quarter-on-quarter growth effectively flat for the leading subscription video on demand (SVOD) services. Peak attention...

The streaming retention revolution
Content is king, distribution is queen, but retention is revolutionary

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Report by Tim Mulligan

30 Jun 2022

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Video

streaming retention

video monetisation

With video streaming transitioning into mainstream TV consumption, we have moved into the era of streaming TV. As a result, the early focus on gaining subscribers is making way for the rising challenge...

Metaverse
Future scenarios for smart TVs

Report by Tim Mulligan

31 May 2022

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metaverse

VR

virtual reality

Metaverse smart TV opportunities are currently nascent as clarity about the overall growth of the metaverse concept is still emergent. From a smart TV OEM perspective, a focus on future-proofing features...

The Attention Recession
How inflation and the pandemic are reshaping entertainment

Report by Mark Mulligan, Tim Mulligan, Karol Severin, Hanna Kahlert, Tatiana Cirisano and Annie Langston

27 May 2022

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Video

Music

Games

With the recent announcement of the 0.2 million subscriber drop in Netflix’s Q1 2022 figures, and Spotify seeing slower paid user growth, MIDiA’s predicted attention recession has come into fruition....

Social video
TikTok sets the pace

Report by Richard Broadhurst

10 May 2022

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ad

app

consumer

Social video is optimising lean-through engagement for digital natives, with simple editing features, filters, and music. Value for younger digital natives (those aged 16-19-years-old) lies in co-creation,...

Digital collectables and NFTs
Entertainment impacts for the video ecosystem

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Report by Tim Mulligan

26 Apr 2022

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NFTs

Video

business strategy

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have caught the attention of the wider media landscape. However, consumer awareness is niche with just 20% of consumers aware of what NFTs are. Despite this, NFTs represent...

AVOD
A market primed for success

Report by Tim Mulligan

24 Mar 2022

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Video

business strategy

The 20,000 foot view The leading ad-supported video on demand (AVOD) services in the US have doubled their weekly active users (WAUs) in the past 24 months. While still niche, AVOD is now moving ever closer...

TV internationalisation 2.0
Video is disrupting commissioning and turbo-charging international hits

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Report by Tim Mulligan

11 Feb 2022

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Squid Game

globalisation 2.0

TV hits

Streaming has empowered niche appeal shows to find global audiences on a scale comparable with analogue-era prime time domestic audiences. Niche is the new mainstream. For the first time a global hit...

Video discovery
The new streaming battleground

Report by Tim Mulligan

25 Jan 2022

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Q3 2021

discovery

streaming video discovery

Now that video streaming consumer activity is mainstream (Netflix WAU is currently at 59%), the challenge is for video to maintain its dominance over competing media formats. At the heart of all this...

Video Consumer Snapshot Q3 2021
US, Canada, Australia, UK, Germany, France, Sweden, South Korea, Brazil

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Report by Tim Mulligan

22 Dec 2021

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Online video

subscription video on demand

SVOD

Introduction: This slide deck presents consumer demand for video subscription services and streaming consumption, with detail for streaming services and video consumption preferences The data is pulled...

Consolidation and retention
How D2C is now driving video M&A strategy

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Report by Tim Mulligan

30 Nov 2021

Online video

subscription video on demand

streaming video

The D2C big bang moment of 2019/2020 opened up a new offensive front for media majors as they competed with the communications and tech majors for streaming audience market share, which was previously...

Indian sports consumer profiles
Indian urban sports fandom in Q3 2021

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Report by Srishti Das

30 Nov 2021

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live sports

sports rights

tv sports viewing

This case study is partnered with the report “Beyond broadcast | How digital natives will reboot sports content monetisation”, accessible to subscribers here ....

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