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Olympics Postponement: The Sports Media Landscape of COVID-19

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

26 Mar 2020

The global COVID-19 pandemic is increasing pressure on the viability of emerging and legacy media business models, and is already having an unprecedented impact on the sports industry. An unprecedented...

Disney+ Launches in the UK on the First Day of a National Lockdown

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

24 Mar 2020

coronavirus

Covid-19

The last two weeks have been dramatic for public companies in the wake of extreme investor reactions to the still unknown long-term economic impacts of the global coronavirus pandemic. However, media major...

The End of the Bob Iger Era – What Next for Disney?

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

26 Feb 2020

Bob Chapek

Bob Iger

d2c

Yesterday Disney announced that Bob Iger will step down from the Disney CEO role and become the executive chairman through to December 31 st 2021, with immediate effect. Bob Chapek, who has...

Joining the D2C Streaming Wars Is a Do-or-Die Moment for ViacomCBS

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

12 Feb 2020

cbs

d2c

disney

Last Thursday CNBC reported that the newly-merged ViacomCBS is planning to launch its own direct-to-consumer (D2C) service, with a formal announcement to be made during the company’s forthcoming...

Tale of the Tape: UFC or Bundle Driving ESPN+ Adoption?

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

11 Feb 2020

adoption

binge viewing

bundle

Walt Disney’s pureplay sports streaming service ESPN+, which launched back in April 2018, has surpassed 7.6 million paid subscribers, Disney’s chief executive Bog Iger reported during last week’s...

Peacock Goes for Gold

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

23 Jan 2020

ad-free

All or Nothing

AMC

On the 16 th of January , Comcast (owner of NBCUniversal) unveiled further details of its direct to consumer (D2C) proposition, Peacock. Peacock is set to debut on the 15 th of April exclusively for Comcast’s...

The Challenge for Global D2C Growth in 2020

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

17 Jan 2020

d2c

disney

HBO Max

2020 promises to be a big year for direct-to-consumer (D2C) services, with Warner Media’s HBO Max and Comcast’s Peacock set to join Apple TV+ and Disney+ in the battle to win streaming audience share...

The Future Has Finally Arrived – Streaming Supplants Pay-TV

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

16 Dec 2019

d2c

direct-to-consumer

Pay TV

It was a long time in coming, but what was always on the horizon has now become a reality as subscription video on demand (SVOD) has finally supplanted pay-TV to become the main paid video consumption...

Is Comcast’s D2C Move Primarily Digital Peacocking?

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

9 Dec 2019

Comcast

d2c

digital peacocking

On January 16 th 2020, Comcast will be holding an investor day meeting to provide further clarity around Peacock – its forthcoming ad-supported direct to consumer (D2C) video streaming service. The focus...

Why BritBox Is the Switzerland of the D2C Era

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

11 Nov 2019

BritBox

d2c

DTC

Last Thursday marked the official UK launch of BritBox –the British broadcasting industry’s answer to the D2C services currently redefining how viewers consume TV shows. Britbox launched in 2017 and...

Disney FY 2019 Results – The Final Sanity Check Before Everything Changes

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

8 Nov 2019

d2c

disney

HBO Max

We are now less than a week away from possibly the most important day in Disney’s 21stcentury history, as November 12this when its direct to consumer (D2C) service Disney+ goes live. While we will not...

How the D2C Revolution Might Accelerate an Impending Recession

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

30 Oct 2019

d2c

Peak Attention

peak attention economy

Recessions are notoriously difficult to accurately predict, and the next global recession is still hovering on the edge of reality. The macro-economic view is increasingly gloomy, with the ongoing Brexit...

Streaming Video Metrics Go Mainstream

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

18 Oct 2019

AVOD

d2c

MIPCOM

After a week engaging with streaming professionals on both sides of the Atlantic at MIPCOM in Cannes and the NAB New York Streaming Summit, two key themes have emerged. MIPCOM – D2C Big Bang Reflection...

Why the D2C Era Is About to Begin in Earnest

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

11 Oct 2019

apple tv

d2c

direct-to-consumer

Next month Apple TV+ and Disney+ will launch, followed by Warner Media’s HBO Max in Q1 2020 and NBCUniversal’s Peacock in April – making the next six months pivotal in the evolution of direct-to-consumer...

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