Over Half of Chinese Consumers Prefer Free-To-Play or Ad-Monetized Games Over Premium

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gamesindustry.biz reports: “Over half of Chinese consumers prefer free-to-play or ad-funded games over premium titles. That’s according to research commissioned by Mintegral, an AI-driven, programmatic ad platform, which surveyed 1,007 people and found that 61% prefer non-premium titles.”

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Following Ninja’s News, Mixer Pops to Top of the App Store’s Free Charts

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TechCrunch reports: “Yesterday, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins announced that he’s leaving Twitch, moving his streaming career over to Microsoft’s Mixer platform. This morning, Mixer has shot to the top of the App Store’s free app charts. Microsoft acquired Mixer in 2016, back when it was called Beam, and has been trying to grow the platform since.”

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New Data Exposes Gaps In The Streaming Music Market And Opportunities For Niche Services

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Forbes reports: “Streaming may be the dominant method for distributing music these days, but not everyone is happy about it. In fact, 60% of respondents to a recent survey expressed at least one area of frustration with their music streaming experience over the past six months and are looking for some specific improvements around searchability, recommendations, sound quality and catalog depth.”

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BBC VOD Service Gets Approval to Show Content for a Year Amid Streaming Competition

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Hollywood Reporter reports: “SVOD services, “including global offerings such as Netflix and Amazon, have entered the U.K. market and now attract millions of subscribers and take a growing share of total viewing time,” says regulator Ofcom.”

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Google is Testing a Play Pass Subscription Service For Premium Apps and Games

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The Verge reports: “Subscription services are all the rage these days, and Google is the latest company to get in on the action, with Android Police reporting that the company has already started testing a new Play Pass subscription service that offers “hundreds of premium apps and games” with no ads or in-app purchases for a flat monthly fee.”

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Apple Lists AR/VR Jobs, Reportedly Taps Executive Who Finalizes Products

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VentureBeat reports: “Apple’s work on augmented reality glasses appears to be shifting into a new phase this week, as a series of recent job postings and a reported leadership change suggest the company is actively working to bring a new AR/VR platform to market. Many of the new jobs have opened up over the last week, with a key product manager position appearing on Apple’s hiring site today.”

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Capcom Profits Up 50.8% Thanks to “Highly Profitable” Digital Downloads

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gamesindustry.biz reports: “Profits at Capcom were up last quarter, thanks primarily to “highly profitable” digital downloads of catalog titles. The Japanese developer and publisher posted a modest year-on-year sales increase of 4.3% to reach ¥17,938 million ($164 million) for the period.”

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Verizon Loses 52,000 Pay TV Subscribers in Second Quarter

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Hollywood Reporter reports: “Telecom giant Verizon on Thursday reported that it lost 52,000 net pay TV subscribers for its Fios video service in the second quarter, compared with a loss of 37,000 in the year-ago period and a loss of 53,000 in the first quarter.”

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TikTok-Parent Is Getting Into Mobile Search

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TechCrunch reports: “China’s ByteDance, which owns popular video sharing app TikTok, is already working to enter the smartphone business and the music streaming space. It appears the world’s most valued startup also has ambitions about developing its own search engine. Kind of.”

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App Developer Lightricks Raises $135 Million at a $1 Billion Valuation

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VentureBeat reports: “Despite concerns about saturation, the mobile app market shows no sign of slowing down. The Google Play Store and Apple App Store boasted 2.6 million apps and 2.2 million apps, respectively, as of Q1 2019. App Annie reports that the total number of downloads in 2018 hit 194 billion, up from 178 billion the year prior, while consumer spend in Q2 2018 ticked up 20% year-over-year.”

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