★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)⦁ Theme TrackerⓁ Sports BettingMarketsPolitics & PolicyServices ESPN-Penn Tie Up Initiates New Era for US Sports Betting, Upcoming NFL Season Likely to Juice Earnings After years of speculation about whether ESPN would ever launch a sportsbook to capitalize on the boom in online gambling,…McAlinden Research PartnersAugust 10, 2023
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)Services Streaming Services Finally Conquer Oscars’ Top Category, Set to Expand Content Spend in 2022 With Apple TV+'s "CODA" taking best picture at the 94th Academy Awards, the landscape of the film industry has been…McAlinden Research PartnersMarch 29, 2022
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)MarketsServices The Streaming Spending Splurge Continues, Saturation in US Forces Overseas Expansions In the latest sign that legacy cable providers see the writing on the wall, AT&T made waves early this week…McAlinden Research PartnersMay 18, 2021
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)⦁ Theme TrackerServicesTechnology Social Commerce Growth Surges as Top Firms take Cues from Massive Chinese Market Social commerce growth exploded in 2020 as consumers spent an average of 4 hours per day on their mobile devices. The…McAlinden Research PartnersFebruary 9, 2021
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)⦁ Theme TrackerTechnology We’re Adding Long Social Commerce as a New Investment Theme The worlds of ecommerce and social networking are rapidly converging and turning social platforms into powerful distribution channels for brands.…McAlinden Research PartnersFebruary 18, 2020
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)ServicesTechnology Big Tech Makes Moves to Break Spotify’s Music Streaming Stranglehold News of Amazon preparing to rollout their own free, ad-supported music streaming service rocked Spotify stock this week, but Amazon…McAlinden Research PartnersApril 17, 2019
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)Services Theater Companies Adjust Business Models to Adapt to New Video-on-Demand Era Fewer people are going to the movies these days. In the US/Canada market, for example, attendance has failed to match…McAlinden Research PartnersMarch 28, 2019
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)Services Cord Cutting Spells More Catastrophe for Cable Providers Cord cutting accelerated strongly in 2018 and is showing the path toward the future. While millions are fleeing cable and…McAlinden Research PartnersMarch 13, 2019
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)Services Telecoms Consolidate Content to Fight Back Against TV Flight With the notable exception of Twenty First Century Fox (FOX), traditional U.S. media & broadcasting companies have been in a…McAlinden Research PartnersJune 14, 2018
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)Services Media: Streaming Cuts Cable Deeper Than Ever Cable companies have had to accept declining customer bases until they come up with a counter-punch against the rise of…McAlinden Research PartnersMay 15, 2018