Pay-TV Reports from MIDiA Research

Sports Viewing 2018
SVOD Taking Over?

Report by Alistair Taylor

17 Jan 2019

20,000-Foot View: Facing the menacing presence of streaming alternatives, TV networks find themselves under growing pressure to ensure that viewing patterns are strong enough to deliver a return on expensively...

US Cord Cutting Q3 2018
SVOD Users the Driving Force

Report by Tim Mulligan

7 Dec 2018

cord cutting

cord shaving

Pay-TV

Cord cutting is now a firmly entrenched component of the pay-TV business, especially in the US. Pay-TV providers of all kinds continue to shed subscribers each quarter, all against the backdrop of a continually...

TV Fandom Q2 2018
SVOD Audiences Become Mainstream

Report by Alistair Taylor

19 Nov 2018

SVOD

subscription video on demand

consumer consumption

TV fandom underpins viewing across all platforms and territories, but is being reshaped by streaming, with audiences having much greater control over what they watch. This choice-led viewing provides...

2018 India SVOD Consumer Deep Dive

Report by Tim Mulligan

11 May 2018

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

SVOD

streaming

TV content

India has seen a dramatic rise in engagement with premium video services, fuelled by a combination of mass adoption of mobile technology and rapidly rising disposable incomes. However, India’s SVOD...

2018 China SVOD Consumer Deep Dive

Report by Tim Mulligan

26 Apr 2018

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

SVOD

streaming

TV content

The global subscription video on demand (SVOD) market is dominated in subscriber terms by the US and China, with both markets accounting for the majority of global users. However, beyond sharing scale...

Discovery and Measurement
Challenges For Content Producers In The SVOD Era

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Report by Tim Mulligan

27 Mar 2018

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

SVOD

streaming

TV content

Streaming video consumption continues to accelerate, still adding users in more mature markets and expanding at pace in emerging markets. Though the mix of value propositions and business models is diverse,...

The Sports Rights Bubble
Reaching The Tipping Point

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Report by Tim Mulligan

3 Jan 2018

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

Sport Bubble

sports rights

Pay-TV

The broadcasting of live sport has been a key part of TV’s appeal and underpins the pay-TV ecosystem. However, a combination of entrenched cord-cutting and an ageing audience means that revenues are...

The Emerging Video Content Bubble

Report by Tim Mulligan

26 Sep 2017

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

netflix

Amazon

facebook

Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) services like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu have spurred a scripted drama renaissance and, in doing, so have trigged a content licensing arms race. Traditional TV networks...

YouTube Q2 2017
Quietly Bigger And Better Than Ever

Report by Tim Mulligan

31 Jul 2017

£750.00 excl. VAT

YouTube

facebook

YouTube consumers

The announcement in June 2017 that YouTube had 1.5 billion monthly logged-in users was the first official user number since the 2013 tally of One billion unique monthly users. This metrics reticence stands...

Canada Video Market
Strong Pay-TV Market Creates A Big Appetite For Video

Report by Tim Mulligan

26 Apr 2017

SVOD

streaming subscriptions

SVOD Canadian trends

With a third of Canadians subscribing to traditional pay-TV, the country has a strong appetite for online video. This is demonstrated by the 20.3% of the population who are now Subscription Video On Demand...

Next Generation Networks
What A Post-Pay-TV Video Network Looks Like

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Report by Tim Mulligan

23 Mar 2017

£1,000.00 excl. VAT

SVOD

streaming subscriptions

SVOD Global trends

In the cord-cutting era TV networks are having to think about what life beyond the traditional pay-TV ecosystem might look like. With SVOD services snapping up audiences in their millions, operators are...

MIDiA Research Predictions 2017
The Year Of The Platform

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Report by Karol Severin, Mark Mulligan, Tim Mulligan and Zach Fuller

30 Nov 2016

VR

virtual reality

streaming

As we correctly predicted, 2016 was the year video ate the world. 2017 is going to be shaped by the battle for consumer attention through formatting and distribution wars. VR is likely to cede further...

Brazil Video Market Country Profile
Social Video and Pay-TV Vie for Dominance

Report by Leo Morel

24 Aug 2016

£750.00 excl. VAT

brazil

Online video

SVOD

Brazil Video Market Country Profile: Social Video And Pay-TV Vie For Dominance Despite the current period of economic and political crises, Brazil has become one of the main digital video consumption...

Australia Video Market Country Profile
A Sophisticated Market With Strong Growth To Come

Report by Tim Mulligan

27 Jul 2016

£750.00 excl. VAT

SVOD

australia

Pay-TV

Ranked as the 15th richest country globally by GDP per capita and with the world’s second highest smartphone penetration rate, Australia is a developed market poised at the forefront of the mobile transition....

US PAY-TV Disruption And Consolidation
How Streaming Video And Cord Cutting Are Re-Shaping US Pay-TV

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Report by Tim Mulligan

29 Feb 2016

SVOD Linear TV

US pay-TV

Pay-TV

The 20,000 Foot View 2015 was a year of unparalleled transition for US pay-TV. AT&T’s acquisition of DirecTV catapulted the communications company to the front of the pack with a combined subscriber...

The Netflix Effect
How Netflix Is Changing The Rules For TV

Report by Tim Mulligan and Alun Simpson

12 May 2015

£400.00 excl. VAT

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...

Video Market Country Profile: UK
Catch-Up TV Supercharges The Market

Report by Tim Mulligan

20 Apr 2015

£400.00 excl. VAT

US

United Kingdom

UK Online Video Market

The 20,000 foot view Online TV viewing in the UK is now a mainstream consumer activity. This has been facilitated by near universal levels of internet connectivity and smartphone adoption and driven by...

Video Market Country Profile: US
The Global Online Video Powerhouse

Report by Tim Mulligan

8 Apr 2015

usa

United States

US Online Video Market

The 20,000 Foot View The United States is fast approaching the point where online TV viewing becomes a mainstream consumer activity. This has been facilitated by near universal levels of internet connectivity...

Reports: Pay-TV