Earnings analysis

HMV’s next digital idea: click-to-collect plastic music

HMV will introduce in-store pick-up for online purchases, as it tries to hold on to a...

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Company strategy
The world’s hottest digital markets: a music map
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Market indicators
Digital Music Now Pays Artists More Than Pubs
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Company strategy
Game’s Not Over For Game, Now The Industry Wants It To Go Digital
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Facebook’s Big Freemium Funnel Helps Spotify Et Al Find The Pay In Free
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Interviews
Interview: Rdio Prepares To Take On Spotify, Deezer Et Al In Europe
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Market indicators
Suddenly, Spotify Is Ad Buyers’ Favourite Thing
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Updated: Pandora Says Rates Still Too Costly For UK Re-Entry
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
How Game Group Blew It: Digital Strategy Was Not Adopted Sooner
By Robert Andrews  
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Market indicators
Music Industry Can See The Light After ‘Least Negative’ Sales Since 2004
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Ireland’s Largest ISP Wants Country-Wide Three-Strikes Piracy Response
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Music Wars: Spotify Heading For Ireland And Oz As Rdio Gears Up In Europe
By Robert Andrews  
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Conference reports
Video: Vevo To Launch In Six More Countries, CEO Caraeff Says
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

BBC Overcomes Xbox Hurdles To Launch iPlayer With Kinect Control

The BBC has overcome Microsoft’s wish for iPlayer to be bundled with its paid Xbox Li...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Man Utd Wants Its Crest Stripped From Google Play
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Market indicators
Music Streams Join Downloads In U.S. Charts, UK Waits
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
How Netflix’s Hastings Could Get BSkyB Off An Anti-Trust Charge
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Company strategy
Music’s Celestial Jukeboxes Square Off In Germany; Next Stop Asia-Pac
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Another Atoms-To-Bits Moment: Game Group Retailer On Brink Of Collapse
By Robert Andrews  
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Interviews
Interview: Omnifone CEO Eyes Investments As Music Access Takes Off
By Robert Andrews  
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Funding analysis
Roku Needs To Raise $50 Million To Go Global
By Robert Andrews  
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Conference reports
Yahoo’s Next Strategy: There’s Gold In That There E-Commerce
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Google Aims To Convince Mobile Game Makers On In-App Payments
By Robert Andrews  
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Earnings analysis
Call Of Duty Subscriptions Helped Fuel Vivendi
By Robert Andrews  
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IPO analysis
What Happens Next If Spotify Goes Public?
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
When Will Music’s Celestial Jukebox Go Mainstream?
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

Labels And Spotify Still Struggle To Convince Some Artists On Stream Rates

The debate over whether artists get enough money from streaming played out in public ...

By Robert Andrews  
Insights
The End Of CDs: Russian Retailer Latest To Take Music Off Shelves
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
YouTube’s Missing Monetization Makes Its Internet TV Prospects Patchy
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Online Game Developer Shanda Gets $2.3 Billion Buy-Out
By Robert Andrews  
Funding analysis
Flaregames And Tusjuegos Take Funds To Build And Sell Games
By Robert Andrews  
First Look: BBC Sport Site’s Long-Overdue Reboot Ahead Of Olympics
Company strategy
First Look: BBC Sport Site’s Long-Overdue Reboot Ahead Of Olympics
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
The Times And Spotify: Why Pay When Everything’s Free?
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Netflix Sees Overseas Losses Doubling To $118 Million This Quarter
By Robert Andrews  
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Industry moves
British Film Institute Adds A New Digital Head
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Company strategy
Spotify Not Throttling Americans, Subs Hit Three Million
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Def Jam recording Artist Ludacris Sits in the Napster Car
Company strategy
Rhapsody Goes To Europe As New Music Services Compete, News Corp’s Fails
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
7digital Intros Streaming Web Player
By Robert Andrews  
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Market indicators
Digital Music Growth Re-Accelerated In 2011 Thanks To New Services
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

YouTube Fails To Convince Ad Regulator The Web Safeguards Kids Like TV Does

Two contrary advertising watchdog rulings against the same movie company highlight ho...

By Robert Andrews  
Industry moves
Manchester City Has Got A New Head Of Digital
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Hollywood Lambasts Sky Movies Ruling, But Open Access Gains Favour
By Robert Andrews  
Earnings analysis
Game Group Issues Warning After Poorer Christmas Game Sales
By Robert Andrews  
Market indicators
China Round-Up: E-book Wars, Digital Music Opportunity And Games Go Large
By Robert Andrews  
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Earnings analysis
Game Group Issues Warning After Poorer Christmas Game Sales
By Robert Andrews  
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Interviews
Interview Part 2: Netflix’s Hastings Hurt By Criticism But Over Transition
By Robert Andrews  
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Interviews
Interview Part 1: Netflix’s Hastings Aims To Challenge BSkyB
By Robert Andrews  
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Earnings analysis
HMV Sees Physical Content Crash Slowing Down, Despite Christmas Crunch
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Netflix Has Launched In UK, Price War With Amazon’s Lovefilm
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Premier League Rights: Google And Apple Unlikely To Bid
By Robert Andrews  
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Market indicators
Charts: What’s Happening To UK Music Sales
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
EU To Focus On Digital Content Policy In 2012
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

What’s Coming In 2012: Internet TVs Out-Box The Boxes

This is the third in a series of posts this week that will highlight key people, comp...

By Robert Andrews  
Market indicators
Online Video Sales Growing In China
By Robert Andrews  
IPO analysis
Rovio Still Talking Up A Mickey Mouse IPO, Now In Hong Kong
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Al Jazeera, Apple Could Drive Up Sky Sports’ Soccer Costs
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Microsoft And Nokia Pay Perform For A Mobile Soccer App
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Apple Finally Brings iTunes Music And Movies To Latin America
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
BBC Now Allowing Mobile iPlayer To Stream On Mobile Networks
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
UltraViolet’s First Web Channels Are Now Live, Now It’s Going Global
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Deezer Goes Boldly Global, Thumbing Its Nose At U.S.
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
BSkyB ‘Perplexed’ By On-Demand Movie Judgement
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
BSkyB Could Be Forced To Host On-Demand Movie Rivals
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Slideshow: The Future Of Movies According To Blinkbox And Tesco
By Robert Andrews  
Tesco, Blinkbox Marry DVD, Online Movies Ahead Of Ultraviolet
Company strategy
Tesco, Blinkbox Marry DVD, Online Movies Ahead Of Ultraviolet
By Robert Andrews  
Insights

Video: Noel Gallagher On How Technology Is Devaluing The Music Experience

iTunes, Shazam and crowdfunding get a pasting from the former Oasis musician as he pr...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
First Look: Spotify’s TiVo App On Virgin Media UK
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Chart: Spotify’s Growth Story; Next Stop: 100 Million Users?
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Shazam Is Buying Back Its Own Core Patents To Go Multi-Media
By Robert Andrews  
Interviews
Interview: FilmFlex CEO To Netflix: Bring It On!
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Now With 2.5 Million Customers, Spotify Tries Patenting Itself
By Robert Andrews  
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Funding analysis
Netflix’s Global Funding Makes Sense — If It Can Rescue Domestic
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Netflix Will Rely On Rival Amazon’s Cloud For Years To Come
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Spotify Announcing ‘A New Direction’ Next Week; What Is It?
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Big In Sweden: Spotify-Crazy Youngsters Are Bellwether For Music Biz
By Robert Andrews  
Game Hurt By Worsening Consumer Outlook But Digital Sales Growing
Earnings analysis
Game Hurt By Worsening Consumer Outlook But Digital Sales Growing
By Robert Andrews  
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Earnings analysis
Call Of Duty Maker Booms As Vivendi Sells A Stake To Buy EMI
By Robert Andrews  
It’s Time For Transparency On Music Streaming Rates
Company strategy
It’s Time For Transparency On Music Streaming Rates
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

Wee Motion Plus: Digital Marketing In The Men’s Room

Eat your heart out, Kinect, Move and Wii – the list of new video game controllers jus...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Spotify Expected To Launch In More Countries This Week
By Robert Andrews  
Funding analysis
WPP Re-Invests In Chinese Video Game Ads Company
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Netflix Adds Lionsgate To UK Line-Up; Look Out, Lovefilm
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Vevo Mulling Premium Content, Global Expansion In 2012
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Vevo Mulling Premium Content, Global Expansion In 2012
By Robert Andrews  
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Market indicators
Spotifies May Steal Customers From Pandoras, With Facebook’s Help
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Rdio, Spotify Race To Launch In LatAm, Germany, Asia
By Robert Andrews  
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Earnings analysis
Perform Group Eyes More Acquisitions With On-Track Business Growth
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Virgin Media’s Spotify Discounts Will Be Short-Term
By Robert Andrews  
Music Service Aspiro Sells A Stake To Norwegian Retailer
M&A analysis
Music Service Aspiro Sells A Stake To Norwegian Retailer
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Netflix Puts Global Expansion On Hold As Costs Drag It Down
By Robert Andrews  
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Funding analysis
PlayJam Takes $5 Million To Go Global With Its Connected TV Games
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

Netflix Cleared For UK & Ireland Take-Off Early In 2012: TV And Movies

Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), which was already known to be planning a UK launch in its globa...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Deezer Signing Deals To Launch In 130 More Countries
By Robert Andrews  
Market indicators
Online Movie Choice In UK Pales Against DVDs
By Robert Andrews  
Market indicators
Research: Spotify Had 2.4 Million U.S. Users In September
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Updated: Skype, Rdio Co-Creator Tries Again At Online Video
By Robert Andrews  
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Conference reports
BBC’s Digital Olympics: Four Screens, 28 Streams, 2,500 Hours
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Times Of India Grabs English Soccer Highlights For Indian Mobiles, Website
By Robert Andrews  
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M&A analysis
Sainsbury’s Supermarket Buying Media Vault To Launch Digital Content Retail
By Robert Andrews  
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Earnings analysis
Spotify Needs U.S. Success After Losses Deepened In 2010
By Robert Andrews  
YouTube Brings Movie Rentals To UK
Company strategy
YouTube Brings Movie Rentals To UK
By Robert Andrews  
Steve Jobs Introduces iCloud Storage System At Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference
Company strategy
Jobs’ Legacy: An Actual Consumer Model For Digital Content
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Microsoft Shifts Strategies To Expand Xbox Live TV, Go Global
By Robert Andrews  
Digital Gains Can’t Halt UK Music Album Declines
Market indicators
Digital Gains Can’t Halt UK Music Album Declines
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

Facebook-Spotify Love-In Over-Estimated Users’ Social Lives

Inside Spotify, staff say their big U.S. delay left them “constipated”. Now that its ...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Netflix’s Red Pill, Lovefilm’s Blue: DVDs Dowsing Amazon’s Fire?
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
We7 Cedes On-Demand Music Ground, Tries Pandora Model Instead
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Mog’s International Plans Still Stalled After Nearly Two Years
By Robert Andrews  
Conference reports
@ F8: Can Facebook’s Social Discovery Set Media Alight?
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
R.E.M.ix: ‘It’s The End Of TV As We Know It’
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Cloud Gaming’s OnLive Launched In UK With BT And Game Group
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