the Financial Times

7 November 2013

Alice Enders was quoted in an article discussing digital music service Deezer. About Deezer's "paid subscribers" figure which includes an undisclosed number of subscribers to bundled telecoms deals who have not activated the service, she commented that it is " one of the best kept secrets out there."

 

Claire Enders appeared on The Media Show to discuss BT Sport's potential bid for Champions League rights. The interview begins at 12:12 into the programme.

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29 October 2013

Benedict Evans was quoted in an article discussing Samsung who set out its pitch to app developers at the first event of its kind in Silicon Valley on Monday. He said that " Samsung has always had feet in lots of camps and it needs to keep a 'Plan B' open in case of problems with Android. But it's unlikely it plans to try to create a standalone platform as a rival to Android any time soon."

 

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29 October 2013

Benedict Evans was quoted in an article discussing Apple's FY 2013 results. He said that "clearly Apple has moved out of one growth phase." With the iWatch and TV, "it's much less clear there is a $200m-a-year market that can add another leg to the stool."

 

 

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28 October 2013

Alice Enders was quoted in an article discussing big publishers' reluctance to sign up for digital book services. She said: "cannibalisation is probably one of their biggest fears as 80 per cent of their revenue comes from 20 per cent of the most avid readers."

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25 October 2013

Benedict Evans was quoted in an article discussing how Twitter's flaws and feuds helped it fly the nest. He said: "if Twitter was a properly run company, would it have worked? Twitter can be whatever you want it to be. It's not constrained by a vision and a set of execution issues. If they don't screw it up, it may have a unique kind of value."

 

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23 October 2013

Benedict Evans was quoted in an article discussing Apple's new iPads. He said the launches contained "no real surprises." He added that "Apple doesn't need to be competitive on price because there are two completely different markets for tablets."

 

 

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16 October 2013

Benedict Evans was quoted in an article discussing the appointment of Christopher Bailey, Burberry's creative director, as CEO when Angela Ahrendts leaves mid-2014. Ms. Ahrendts will become senior vice-president of retail and online stores at Apple. He said " it's a billboard you can buy from " of the Apple Store. 

 

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9 October 2013

Alice Enders was quoted in an article discussing the Competition Commission's order to Cineworld to sell three UK cinemas in response to a ruling by regulators that there is "considerable overlap" between audiences and screenings at its multiscreen venues and the art house chain it bought last year. She said " the two other chains dominating the market [Odean and Vue Entertainment] will not be able to acquire them. This isn't a regular sale - it's a fire sale."

 

 

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23 September 2013

Benedict Evans was quoted in an article discussing sale figures for the iPhones 5S and 5C. He said that Apple "blew the doors off" with its opening weekend. He states that " there's clearly still strong underlying organic growth and it appears that this is without substantial demand for the 5C, which is not an early-adopter/queue overnight sort of product."