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Arash Amel

As Research Director, Digital Media at Screen Digest / Adams Media Research, Arash oversees the strategic development of the company's global output on the business and economics of broadband, the digital distribution of movies, music, TV and user-generated content, and the relationship between content, open internet distribution platforms and consumer technology. Since joining Screen Digest in 2001, Arash has pioneered and managed the company's market forecasting models in all of these areas, built on a granular service-by-service basis through direct relationships with service providers and content owners, which now underpin the Broadband Media Intelligence service – the first of its kind anywhere in the world. He regularly advises senior management at the world's largest media companies, including the Hollywood Studios, television networks, technology companies and telcos, as well as regulators and major investment firms, on the opportunities and obstacles posed to the entertainment sector by the internet.


> Recent Reports & Articles by Arash Amel
Adobe PDF Company Looking to the future: Netflix and digital delivery Looking to the future: Netflix and digital delivery Looking to the future: Netflix and digital delivery Report locked, login or read more about how to purchase this report
This report looks into the economics of digital delivery and Netflix transition to hybrid physical/digital business. Generating little revenue in its own right, Watch Instantly is a cost centre for Netflix, due to content licensing and delivery costs. The service is acting as a very effective land-grab for Netflix in the digital space, demonstrating the company's impressive agility and maintaining relevancy of the Netflix brand to a rapidly evolving home entertainment consumer.
02-Oct-09
Adobe PDF Research Article TV networks and the online market 2009 TV networks and the online market TV networks and the online market TV networks and the online market Report locked, login or read more about how to purchase this report
Finding the balance between releasing programmes on own and third-party platforms
17-Sep-09
Adobe PDF Company US Networks Claim Half of Free Online TV Market US Networks Claim Half of Free Online TV Market US Networks Claim Half of Free Online TV Market Report locked, login or read more about how to purchase this report
Online platforms owned by the owners of the big four US networks have secured leadership of the free online TV market in the US. Hulu, backed by News Corp, NBC Universal and ABC Disney, and the ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox websites, accounted for more than half of a $448m market last year, a market that Screen Digest forecasts will increase in value to $1.45bn by 2013. Within three years, online TV services will generate higher revenues per viewer than average broadcast TV shows within three years - provided operators are able to increase inventory and ad values.
15-Jun-09
Adobe PDF Research Article US movie download market fragments 2009 US movie download market fragments US movie download market fragments US movie download market fragments Report locked, login or read more about how to purchase this report
Digital retail and digital rental peformed below expectations in the latter part of 2008
16-Feb-09
Adobe PDF Company Hulu Numbers Highlight Flaws in YouTube Model Hulu Numbers Highlight Flaws in YouTube Model Hulu Numbers Highlight Flaws in YouTube Model Report locked, login or read more about how to purchase this report
Hulu, the News Corp/NBC Universal joint venture, is already generating a positive gross margin and demonstrating an online TV distribution model that is showing up the weaknesses of Google's YouTube platform. Next year we forecast Hulu will generate gross revenues of $175m - similar to YouTube but representing 26 times more revenue per stream than the Google-owned site. The crucial difference is Hulu's much greater amount of premium TV and movie content and its link to the TV schedules of its partners' TV networks.
05-Dec-08
Adobe PDF Company Selling online video: rise of 'value-add economics' Selling online video: rise of 'value-add economics' Selling online video: rise of 'value-add economics' Report locked, login or read more about how to purchase this report
Internet and technology companies, retailers and e-commerce businesses have made virtually no meaningful financial return from selling digital movies and TV downloads direct to consumers, because of high wholesale price expectations from content owners, and low volume consumption. Entertainment hardware manufactuers like Apple, Microsoft and Sony, however, will exploit the paid-for video segment to drive other profit centers such as hardware and games. Otherwise B2B companies stand to gain the most: that is, content owners and companies enabling and providing online video.
02-Oct-08
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