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A conversation about Disney yesterday reminded me of the below gem of an illustration. Drawn in 1957, it shows just how far ahead of the game Disney were in understanding the power of a multifaceted brand ecosystem, with each line of business feeding, and feeding off, the others.
Impartiality is a practice, perceived bias is inevitable and viewpoints should be treated equitably not equally
Another week, another bar chart race. This one prompted by Barb’s release of its Establishment Survey data for Q4 2022, which includes UK uptake of SVOD services. Barb have been collecting this data since 2014 and charting it over time nicely illustrates the UK SVOD story to…

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The publication of Q4 2022’s RAJAR results a couple of weeks ago, expertly analysed (as always) by Adam Bowie and Matt Deegan, but devoid of any big…
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I was after a simple visualisation of the most popular online properties (websites *and* apps), showing their relative reach. I couldn’t find one. So I…
Trends are seductive. Not just the fashion kind, but the line-going-up-or-down kind too. We see a line on a chart going up or down and we tend to a…
“Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.” An evocative…
How ad-supported social platforms have taken the web out of the World Wide Web (and reasons to believe it might return)
Assessing Netflix’s strategic U-turns
The elephant in the FAST channel room
“Thank God we’re done with shrinking quarters!” The words of Reed Hastings on Netflix’s recent Q3 2022 earnings call. Whilst his relief is…
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