Mumbrellacast

Media monitoring company iSentia has made six redundancies and a number of staff changes to its commercial team as its share price and market value plummet. While the share price recovered slightly today, iSentia has had a tough time of it recently, having suffered a cyber attack in late 2020 which saw its financial revenue for the first half of the financial year suffer. So what does iSentia need to do to succeed, and is Ed Harrison the right person to lead the company forward? It was a week of developments in the world of paid streaming services, with Amazon Prime Video holding a showcase event and announcing a stack of new and original Australian content, while Network Ten owner Viacom CBS revealed it will launch Paramount+ in Australia to replace Ten All Access. The Mumbrella team breaks down the state of play among Subscription Video On Demand services at current and looks ahead to the rest of 2020 including where the A-League rights are going, and how anti-siphoning laws may be affecting new players en