A new breed of digital ecosystem may rise. Fortnite is showing early signs of expanding from gaming and offering other Digital Life services leading to the possibility that it could...
Artificial Intelligence: La-La Land. The most abused term award at CES 2019 goes to artificial intelligence where almost everyone is using it but almost no one seems to know what...
99.9% of India will be free not $9.99. Hopes of edgy investors are being raised by the notion that Spotify is now in a position to launch in India, but...
Devices to hasten the demise Never one to miss a trick, both Amazon (see here) and TiVo (see here) are now offering set-top boxes that make combining streaming and OTA...
The assault on the labels begins. Spotify has formally launched what I think is the first element of a strategy that will see the obsolescence of the record labels resulting...
TME is different. It makes money. Tencent Music Entertainment is no Spotify or Apple Music but it has many more users than both of these put together and critically, it...
Paying cash would open Pandora’s box. Sirius XM has agreed to buy Pandora in a move the ensures Pandora’s long-term survival as well as gives Sirius XM an insurance policy...
All looks downhill from here. The 70th Emmy Awards are showing that the premium streaming services are making most of the quality entertainment these days which is only likely to...
Volareo is way too late to have a chance. The smart speaker market is already extremely crowded which is likely to ensure that Volareo’s offering disappears without a trace. Volareo...
Richard is founder, owner of research company, Radio Free Mobile. He has 16 years of experience working in sell side equity research. During his 11 year tenure at Nomura Securities, he focused on the equity coverage of the Global Technology sector.
Spotify Q4 18 – Into the night
The labels won’t go quietly into the night. Spotify reported its first-ever profit and underscored its move into podcasts but the fall in the share price just serves to underpin...