Hello, I’m Matt…
As the entertainment, media and technology landscape continues to fragment, and lines between roles and functions continue to morph and blur..
I am a media consultant helping to lead and inspire diverse commercial, creative and operational teams to achieve remarkable things. I do this leveraging a background in innovation, disruption, commercial savvy and a data-driven understanding of audiences and businesses across traditional and new platforms alike.
Latest Posts…
- What do we Love ❤️ to Watch on Netflix?
In an effort to boost transparency, Netflix have been releasing their bi-annual ‘What We Watched’ reports, which is lovely. The problem is their data is presented in a rather unwieldy 7000 line excel sheet it’s pretty hard to navigate. So I thought I’d help out…… Read more: What do we Love ❤️ to Watch on Netflix? - Do on demand services really satisfy? According to Ofcom…I built this chart by combining the following two charts in Ofcom‘s Media Nations and filling in the blanks from the underlying data. It’s an interesting comparison, despite the B or S (BS??) variance in VOD type. Though it’s odd to me to have excluded… Read more: Do on demand services really satisfy? According to Ofcom…
- Damn! Did I miss the Fireworks? 🎆Lot’s of interesting tit bits from the excellent Ofcom‘s Meida Nations report #youngpeoplewatchinglessliveTVshock. But for me, one outstanding stat was that 8% of the 12.1m people (yes that’s nearly a million people!) watching the New Year’s fireworks are doing so 1-7 days after New Years… Read more: Damn! Did I miss the Fireworks? 🎆
- YouTube Advertising Marches On..Not much evidence of any sluggishness in the ad market in YouTube numbers reported this week with a forth sequential quarter of double digit growth. At this rate they’re on target for their first 10Bn quarter by the end of the year. Note: these numbers… Read more: YouTube Advertising Marches On..
- Netflix vs ViaplayTwo multinational streamers reported their half-year results yesterday with diverging fortunes. 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗳𝗹𝗶𝘅: 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲Netflix continues to demonstrate remarkable profitability and a massive subscriber base, now 278m. Growth is slowing, and ARPU falling (possibly due to the impact of the ad tier, which is growing but… Read more: Netflix vs Viaplay
- Digital News-round (up), 2024Last week when looking at ITV’s annual report I suggested that News could be an opportunity for them based on what I perceived to be a relatively insular (ITVX focussed) strategy. It got me thinking about how much of a greenfield opportunity News is on… Read more: Digital News-round (up), 2024
- ITV’s Annual Report, AnalysisITV’s annual report was released last week. I always find these interesting, often more for the information that’s not included, rather than the info that is! Last year ITV very helpfully included data on linear advertising revenues (‘Linear Remains Resilient’). With declining resiliency, they’ve opted… Read more: ITV’s Annual Report, Analysis
- TL;DR for Reddit’s 281 page IPO FilingI’m a Reddit, Inc. fan. It’s one of only two social media apps that’s earnt front page privileges on my phone – a core procrastination tool! Nearly 20 years old, they’re now filing for IPO but at 281 pages it’s a hefty read so I thought I’d… Read more: TL;DR for Reddit’s 281 page IPO Filing
- My Love Letter to LIV..In an ideal world, everyone would play nice and I love Rory McIlroy‘s idea that this could be an IPL-style comp in the off-season, taking golf to new markets and new audiences. But we are where we are. And though I love much of what… Read more: My Love Letter to LIV..
- Paramount’s Q4.23 earningsSome observations from Paramount’s Q4.23 earnings call on Wednesday… 1. TV Media revenues are stagnant… Massive, but stagnant. Ads down 15%, licensing down 9%. I love their strong focus on content post-strikes but licensing will take a little while to claw back.2. Predicting “low to… Read more: Paramount’s Q4.23 earnings