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Could Facebook Be About To Get Into Premium Video Content?

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

9 Mar 2016

Last Thursday Variety reported that Facebook is considering bidding for the NFL streaming rights for Thursday night games. The National Football league is auctioning off the digital rights to stream 18...

Quick Take: MTV Trax EE SIM Bundle

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

3 Mar 2016

There are two gaping holes in the digital music landscape: 1) a wide range of products for mass market consumers, 2) telco music bundles for pre-pay mobile customers. MusicQubed has just taken a stab at...

What Sony Music's Purchase Of Essential Music Says About The Future Of The Music Industry

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

2 Mar 2016

Independent label services company Essential Music & Marketing is no longer independent, having just been acquired by Sony Musi c and merged with Sony’s label services division Red to create a new...

Quick Take: BBC Music App

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

1 Mar 2016

The BBC has launched a music app called, well, BBC Music . Available only in the UK, this native music app is one step on a well considered path for the BBC as it tries to carve out a role for itself in...

Chart Of The Week: Music Subscribers Vs Video Subscribers

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Blog post by Mark Mulligan

29 Feb 2016

Chart Of The Week

music subscribers

2015 was a big year for streaming music but it was a bigger deal for streaming video, generating $16 billion in revenue compared to $4.5 billion for streaming music. (Both figures are retail values). The...

How YouTubers Monetize A Shift in Social Dynamics: And Why You Should Too

Blog post by Karol Severin

25 Feb 2016

content strategy

YouTubers have become some of the biggest reach content creators out there. The likes of Marcus Butler, Zoella and Pewdiepie are living proof that it is completely possible today for a single YouTuber...

How Free Is Defining Digital Content Strategy

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Blog post by Mark Mulligan

24 Feb 2016

The internet’s ‘gift’ to media companies was free. And it’s the gift that just keeps giving. Record labels, newspapers, online publishers, TV companies, games publishers continue to grapple with...

Vevo Must Break The Mould When It Goes Premium

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

18 Feb 2016

Vevo has long been in search of an identity. In fact you could make an argument that it has had an identity crisis since its inception as a music industry appendage/Trojan Horse superimposed on YouTube...

Quick Take: YouTube Acquires BandPage

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

12 Feb 2016

Direct to fan platform BandPage today announced that it is being acquired by YouTube. BandPage already integrates with a number of streaming services to sell merchandise, tickets and more for artists directly...

MIDiA Chart Of The Week: The Steady Decline Of The CD Buyer

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Blog post by Mark Mulligan

8 Feb 2016

Chart Of The Week

As much as we may be in the era of streaming, nearly half of recorded music revenue globally is still derived from physical sales, with the CD making up the vast majority of that. So, for all the understandable...

YouTube Just Broke The Chart’s Back

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Blog post by Mark Mulligan

3 Feb 2016

Or rather the music industry just broke the chart’s back with YouTube, although it doesn’t realise it yet. And here’s why… It is normal when switching between old and new worlds to use equivalents,...

Full Stack Or Media-Tech Conglomerate? Just What Kind Of Empire Is Access Industries Building?

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

21 Jan 2016

Access Industries

Deezer announced yesterday that it had closed a further €100 million investment round led by existing investors Access Industries and French telco Orange. There is no doubt Deezer needs the growth capital...

Kakao Corp Turns MelOn Into A Full Stack Music Company

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Blog post by Mark Mulligan

12 Jan 2016

Full Stack Music Company

Korean messaging app company Kakao Corp has acquired a 76.4% stake in South Korean entertainment company Loen Entertainment for $1.6 billion , valuing the company at $2 billion. Kakao operates the mobile...

Why P2P Is Still The Big Deal For TV That It Used To Be For Music

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Blog post by Mark Mulligan

6 Jan 2016

Piracy tracking website Torrent Freak released the chart of the 10 most downloaded TV shows on BitTorrent in 2015 . There are few surprises. The most successful TVs shows are also the most pirated TV shows....

MIDiA Predictions 2016: Video Eats The World

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Blog post by Mark Mulligan

18 Dec 2015

midia predictions 2016

With 2015 rapidly drawing to a close we have taken the opportunity to present the big trends that MIDiA Research believes will shape digital content and media in 2016. The entire findings are available...

MIDiA Data Point Of The Day: Download Buyers

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Blog post by Mark Mulligan

16 Dec 2015

Data Point Of The Day

The standout sales success of Adele over recent week has many permutations, not least of which is the keen reminder that many millions of people still buy downloads and CDs. The streaming transition continues...

Quick Take: Taylor Swift, Apple Music And The Search For Exclusives

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

14 Dec 2015

Taylor Swift just announced that Apple Music will be the exclusive streaming partner of her latest live film ‘The 1989 World Tour Live’ which includes alongside footage of the performances, back stage...

Quick Take: Vevo Buys ShowYou But Will It Seize The Opportunity?

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

8 Dec 2015

Music Streaming

Vevo has acquired video curation/discovery platform ShowYou . There’s a lot of talk about how this could preface a move into subscriptions for Vevo, given that ShowYou launched subscription functionality...

MIDiA Datapoint Of The Day: Mobile Music Piracy

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Blog post by Mark Mulligan

4 Dec 2015

Data Point Of The Day

One thing you'll often hear cited in defence of streaming is that it has helped kill piracy. On the surface that might be seem to be true given that music P2P penetration is down. But all is not as it...

Quick Take: Believe Digital Licenses QQ Music

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

3 Dec 2015

Believe Digital

emerging markets

Following hot on the heals of last week’s Yonder Celcom deal in Malaysia , indie label distributor Believe Digital announced a licensing deal with Chinese telco Tencent’s QQ Music service. Although...

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