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Creator tools are changing the power dynamic of audiences and platforms

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Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

31 Aug 2021

As ever, the maturation of markets begs the question: “what next?” – and we have now hit this point with streaming, as the ‘ big bang’ moment of D2C video streaming platforms coincides with the...

Why Spotify’s creator strategy needs to pay more attention to fans

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Blog post by Kriss Thakrar

10 Aug 2021

Spotify’s shift towards becoming an audio platform encompasses a push to become a creator-first business, with a vision of 50 million creators supplying content to a billion users. However, the company’s...

The record labels are weaning themselves off their Spotify dependency

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Blog post by Mark Mulligan

6 Aug 2021

The major labels had a spectacular streaming quarter, registering 33% growth on Q2 2020 to reach $3.1 billion. Spotify had a less impressive quarter, growing revenues by just 23%. After being the industry’s...

Spotify and music listening 10 years from now

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Blog post by Mark Mulligan

23 Jul 2021

music listening

July marks ten years since Spotify’s US launch. Although the tendency among some is to consider this ‘year zero’ for streaming (thus ignoring everything that had happened in prior years both within...

On the cusp of an AVOD era – takeaways from the MIDiA AVOD webinar

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Blog post by Tim Mulligan

12 Jul 2021

Last Wednesday’s MIDiA AVOD webinar was full of promise about ad-supported video on demand, and its ability to transition from its current niche user base into a mainstream video streaming proposition....

Global music subscriber market shares Q1 2021

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Blog post by Mark Mulligan

9 Jul 2021

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The music industry’s growing obsession with declining ARPU will continue to colour the outlook for the global streaming market in revenue terms, but the positive driver of this equation is the rapid...

Hi-Res audio: It’s all about a maturing market

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Blog post by Mark Mulligan

21 May 2021

Apple and Amazon made a splash this week by integrating Hi-Res Dolby Atmos audio into the basic tiers of their streaming services . The timing, i.e. just after Spotify started increasing prices, is –...

UGC vs. Premium: Is the video valuation bubble big enough to burst?

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Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

21 May 2021

The market disconnect between the proliferation of independent content creators and the consolidation of brand IP into the hands of ever-fewer major players is growing increasingly stark. On the one hand,...

Growth drivers – what comes after streaming

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Blog post by Mark Mulligan

7 May 2021

The pandemic-defined 2020 was an outlier year across digital entertainment, with the extra 12% of time consumers spent with entertainment boosting everything, including music. One of the effects was that...

Super League feels the cost of forgetting fans

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Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

23 Apr 2021

Sports has an age problem among its audiences. Around half of consumers over the age of 45 watch live sports on TV, dropping to less than a third of those under the age of 24 as of Q1 2021 (source: MIDiA...

What does it mean to 'fix streaming'?

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Blog post by Keith Jopling

19 Apr 2021

When I wrote a blog for MIDIA in January 2020 I first coined the term the “ Song Economy ”. At the time I saw it as a good thing - a major growth driver for the music industry to increase the value...

Why is D2C okay for HBO, but not Manchester United?

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Blog post by Tim Mulligan

19 Apr 2021

The Super League

A decade-long threat from Europe’s wealthiest football clubs to break away and form a league of its own has finally become a reality with the announcement of the formation of the Super League.AC Milan,...

Is sci-fi about to have its Game of Thrones moment?

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Blog post by Tim Mulligan

11 Feb 2021

We are only just into the second month of 2021, and already the TV engagement landscape environment is starting to transform into something distinctly different from 2020. The sci-fi genre, long seen as...

Watch Together: BT Sport adapts to lockdown, offering synchronised group streaming

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Blog post by Alistair Taylor

4 Feb 2021

The pandemic-enforced prohibition of fans in attendance at sporting events has weakened the viewing spectacle, forcing rights holders and operators to experiment with the viewing experience. The NHL pioneered...

The live versus streaming demographic paradox

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Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

5 Jan 2021

As we begin 2021 with a vaccine on the near horizon, live venue businesses are holding on with whitening knuckles through the intermediate stricter lockdowns. However, the world has changed much in the...

The video streaming shift from sports to news

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Blog post by Tim Mulligan

5 Nov 2020

Yesterday the Sinclair Broadcast Group reported its Q3 2020 results . A 37% increase in consolidated revenues was undone by a $4.2 billion impairment on the local sports segment due to the COVID-19 disruption...

Why DAZN is adapting to German consumer nuances with linear and digital bets

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Blog post by Alistair Taylor

22 Oct 2020

DAZN’s recently-established position as the ‘Netflix of sport’ has been a hard fought one, requiring extensive rights investment in order to carve out a compelling proposition. In the markets where...

Streaming’s remuneration model cannot be ‘fixed’

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Blog post by Mark Mulligan

12 Aug 2020

The #brokenrecord debate continues to build momentum and new models such as user-centric are getting increased attention, including at governmental level in the UK. But as Mat Dryhurst correctly observes...

The MIDiA Research Podcast: Episode 1 – What Next for Tencent?

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Blog post by Mark Mulligan

7 Aug 2020

Media & Marketing

We are excited to announce the first episode of the MIDiA Research podcast: What Next for Tencent? President Trump's executive orders concerning Bytedance and Tencent set the cat among the pigeons. In...

We are at a turning point for social music

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Blog post by Mark Mulligan

4 Aug 2020

In recent days we have seen three major developments that, collectively, are a potential pivot point for social music: 1. TikTok close to a US-entity buyout by Microsoft to avoid potential sanctions, following...

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