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The Last Dance – ESPN Raining Threes

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

18 May 2020

With the pandemic-enforced postponement of live sports creating an entertainment void for sports fans, US broadcaster ESPN played its trump card to capitalise on the thirst for stimulating content during...

Disney’s Results for Calendar Q1 Underlines The Importance Of its D2C Pivot

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

7 May 2020

d2c

disney

ESPN+

There was no dressing it up. Disney had a bad start to the year from a financial perspective. In its Q2 2020 (calendar Q1 2020) report the company announced an 85% decline in income from its continuing...

HBO Max Now Has Its Launch Date-Will This Turn Out To Be Good Or Bad Timing?

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

24 Apr 2020

Covid-19

d2c

On Tuesday, AT&T subsidiary Warner Media announced the launch date for its forthcoming D2C streaming video service HBO Max. On May 27 th HBO Max will launch into a world radically different from the one...

Netflix Q1 2020- Streaming’s First Financial Lockdown Update

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

22 Apr 2020

d2c

disney

netflix

As the world continues to adjust to the new normal of lockdown, work and entertainment now revolves around the home. Over the past month a combination of consumer survey data, ratings announcements and...

Consumption and Production Impacts on TV and Video Streaming under Lockdown

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

21 Apr 2020

Covid-19

COVID-19 programming

disney

Unsurprisingly the UK government opted to extend lockdown for a further three weeks last week, and today will mark the first full month of lockdown for UK consumers. In the US 95% of the population is...

Forget Virtual – UFC and NRL going Remote

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

10 Apr 2020

Associated Press

broadcaster

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....

Welcome to the new Era of Pandemic Programming

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

9 Apr 2020

Covid-19

disney

netflix

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...

Self-Isolation: DAZN Concedes to COVID-19

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

6 Apr 2020

additive services

all-encompassing offering

asset class

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...

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

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

27 Mar 2020

amazon music

Amazon Prime

apple tv

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...

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...

Why Disney+’s Sky Distribution Deal Is Likely to Become Mainstream Among D2C Competitors

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

3 Mar 2020

Comcast

disney

Sky

Today the UK’s dominant pay-TV operator, Sky, announced a partnership with media major Disney+ to grow its UK subscriber base prior to its official UK launch on March 24 th . Sky currently operates Now...

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...

20 Million Is the Magic Number for Disney Today

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

4 Feb 2020

disney

Video

Today Disney announces its Q1 2020 numbers, with Wall Street expected to laser-focus upon the first available numbers for Disney+ since its launch on November 12th of 2019. Disney+ is the key direct-to-consumer...

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...

Hotstar's potential Disney+ partnership raises brand challenges

Blog post by Amanda Stears

12 Dec 2019

21CF

21st century fox

ad-free

Yesterday Indian streaming service Hotstar published its 2019 India Watch Report . Hotstar (a fully-owned Disney subsidiary since the 21CF acquisition by Disney back in March of this year) now boldly states...

What Star Wars in Fortnite Tells Us About the Future of Digital Entertainment

Blog post by Karol Severin

10 Dec 2019

cross-entertainment strategy

cross-format entertainment

cross-platform entertainment

It has been revealed that Disney will soon be premiering a scene from its upcoming The Rise of Skywalker film. What makes this a truly newsworthy story is that the event will take place inside Fortnite’s...

Disney+ Has Tapped the Cultural Zeitgeist with the Mandalorian

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

6 Dec 2019

baby yoda

disney

midia index

With 10 million sign ups in its first day, there is no doubt that Disney+ has tapped strong latent demand in what is already a highly saturated US streaming video market. What differentiates market...

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