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Amazon And Netflix Sweep Up At The Emmys

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

24 Sep 2015

Sunday’s Emmy awards officially recognized what the TV industry has known for the last few years: quality drama is being made for exclusive distribution on Subscription Video Services (SVOD). Since 2013...

Variable Programming
How Online Video Is Shaking Off The Schedule Straightjacket

Report by Tim Mulligan

21 Sep 2015

SVOD Linear TV

Amazon Instant Video

netflix

The 20,000 Foot View The advent of Video On Demand transformed the business models of the broadcast and pay-TV industries. Now it is set to have an equally disruptive impact on the nature of video content...

Netflix Disrupts The Movie Business

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

18 Sep 2015

Last week at the Venice film festival something unprecedented occurred. Alongside the usual whirl of bright and thought provoking auteur pieces and International films with IQ, Netflix premiered its first...

THE BBC WAKES UP TO THE REAL DEMANDS OF DIGITAL NATIVES

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

7 Sep 2015

BBC director general Tony Hall has today laid out his vision for the British Broadcasting Corporation over the next ten years. It strikes a somewhat contradictory line between the need to evolve in order...

NETFLIX BECOMES A FULLY FLEDGED TV BUSINESS

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

2 Sep 2015

Netflix’s decision to not renew its $1 billion dollar licensing deal with Epix the movie distributor has been presented as a significant gamble for the company. The fact that one of Netflix’s rivals...

THE SVOD WAR OPENS A NEW FRONT IN JAPAN

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

27 Aug 2015

Not to be outdone by Netflix, Amazon has announced that sometime in September it too will be launching its SVOD (Subscription Video on Demand) service Amazon Prime Video, in Japan. With Netflix due to...

COMCAST STAKES ITS CLAIM IN ONLINE VIDEO

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

21 Aug 2015

It has emerged that Comcast, the largest Cable & Broadband operator in the United States is getting ready to launch a new video platform, provisionally entitled Watchable. The project which has been18...

The Mainstreaming Of SVOD
How Apple Can Make Video Subscriptions Ready For Primetime

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Report by Tim Mulligan

13 Aug 2015

Apple TV Pay-TV

traditional tv companies

tv networks

The 20,000 Foot View The digital revolution has created an increasingly fragmented TV landscape. Traditional Pay TV still clings to its old business model whilst Netflix and Amazon hammer on its door,...

Liberty, ITV And The OTT Effect

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

5 Aug 2015

The decision by Liberty Global, John Malone’s Pay TV group, to increase its stake in ITV to 9.9% signals a new round of deal-making in the wider TV industry as company’s struggle to make sense of the...

Global Video Forecast 2015-2020
Subscriptions Come Of Age

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Report by Tim Mulligan

23 Jul 2015

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Video

SVOD

VOD

The 20,000 Foot View 2015 to 2020 will be a transformational period for the video sector. Accessing TV content online will become mainstream as video penetration reaches 50% by 2019. Despite solid adoption...

A Glimpse Into The Future Of Video Consumption

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

10 Jul 2015

Something momentous is happening amongst the future generation of Video consumers. According to a report from Miner & Co Studio, 57% of parents surveyed said that their children now prefer to watch...

Facebook Goes Head To Head With YouTube

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

3 Jul 2015

disruption

ecosystems

Online video

A lot can happen in the world of online video in a year. In fall 2014 Facebook was reporting 1 billion views per day for it’s video feature. Fast forward to summer 2015 and the world’s preeminent social...

Ownership to Access, And Back
Physical Ownership Acquires A New Value In The Digital Era

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Report by Tim Mulligan

2 Jul 2015

SVOD

Physical ownership

emerging markets

The 20,000 Foot View It seems counter intuitive to suggest the physical ownership of content has an addressable market in the digital era. Despite the ubiquity of digital delivery mechanisms for premium...

The Rise Of The Anthology & What It Tells Us About The New Video Content Paradigm

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

29 Jun 2015

This week saw the launch of the second season of True Detective. When the HBO original show first aired in January 2014 it was widely acclaimed for its measured and original interpretation of a tired old...

Ali Baba's New Video Streaming Service Sheds A Light on Netflix's Global Strategy

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

17 Jun 2015

disruption

ecosystems

Online video

On Monday, Alibaba announced during its CEO’s latest US tour that it will launch a new video streaming service in China. The Tmall Box Office (TBO) will go live in July and will include original content...

Pinterest Changes The Rules of Online Advertising

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

21 May 2015

disruption

ecosystem

Online video

On Tuesday, Pinterest made a significant announcement. The social networking platform which has become the darling of creatives and the general public for its image focused sharing functionality and carefully...

Verizon Seeks To Future-Proof Its Online Video Strategy

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

14 May 2015

disruption

ecosystems

Online video

The May 12th decision to purchase AOL is a bold statement of intent by Verizon. Subject to regulatory approval, the $4.4 billion purchase will provide America’s largest Wifi carrier and significant Internet...

The Netflix Effect
How Netflix Is Changing The Rules For TV

Report by Tim Mulligan and Alun Simpson

12 May 2015

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netflix

Pay-TV

traditional tv companies

The 20,000 Foot View Since reinventing itself as an online video subscription platform Netflix has transformed the paid video market. By delivering its online offering into consumers’ living rooms through...

YouTube Goes Into The Movie Business

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

6 May 2015

YouTube’s recent announcement to make movies with Awesomeness TV heralds the launch of new positive rather than reactive thinking by the world’s largest vide sharing and viewing site. On it’s 10th...

FaceBook’S 25% Increase In Video Views & The Need For Premium Content

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

29 Apr 2015

Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg rightly described Facebook 1st quarter Financial Results as “A strong start to the year” with a record 1.44 billion monthly active users on the site. On a daily basis...