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Cable TV – Sword of Damocles pt. VII

Cable cedes users to a combination of streaming and OTA. The usage of digital antennas to receive over-the-air broadcast TV is continuing to rise in yet another sign that the...

Cable TV – Sword of Damocles pt. VI.

Emmy Nominations again signal the death of cable TV.  The 2018 Emmy nominations (see here) are out and for the first time, it is one of the streaming services that...

Sony – Old chestnut

Reply to this post           Old chestnut software problem is back. Sony is intending to change its stars by moving away from hardware towards content and...

Music streaming – Tidal wave

Reply to this post           This could be the end of Tidal. Tidal has received allegations of serious misconduct which if proved true, are likely to...

Spotify Q1 18 – Law of large numbers

Reply to this post           Only scale slows growth. Spotify reported maiden results that met expectations but disappointed the speculators who have driven the stock up...

Mobile Gaming – Declining empire?

Reply to this post Forward indicators for games look tough. Gaming had a good 2017 on mobile devices, but the data is pointing a rapid changing of the guard in...

Spotify – Speaker’s corner pt. II.

Reply to this post Spotify auto speaker is another wake up call. Spotify releasing a music player for the vehicle is an attempt to push back against Apple Music in...

Broadcast TV – Sword of Damocles pt. V.

Reply to this post           5G could be an extinction level event for cable TV. The latest surveys are suggesting that fast internet is one of...

MoviePass – Ads or death.

Reply to this post           MoviePass has to track to survive. Unless MoviePass tracks its members and is able to monetise the data that they generate,...

Spotify – Straight record.

Reply to this post           Improvement masked by debt slip-up. Spotify will be going public in a somewhat unorthodox fashion next month, but the financial position...