Business Models in The Music Industry
Business Models in The Music Industry
Business Models in The Music Industry
Value creation?
What different
business models do
exist in the music
industry?
Business
Model?
Business
Models?
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THE
BUSINESS
MODEL
CANVAS
1. CUSTOMER SEGMENTS
2. VALUE PROPOSITION
3. CHANNELS
4. CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS
5. REVENUE STREAMS
6. KEY RESOURCES
7. KEY ACTIVITIES
8. KEY PARTNERS
9. COST STRUCTURE
Key
Activities!
Value
Proposition!
Client
Relationship!
Key
Partners!
Cost
Structure!
Client
segments!
Key
Resources!
Channels!
Revenue
Streams!
PARTNER
NETWORK
KEY
ACTIVITIES
KEY
RESOURCES
COST STRUCTURE
OFFER
CUSTOMER
RELATIONSHIPS
DISTRIBUTION
CHANNELS
REVENUE STREAMS
CUSTOMER
SEGMENTS
The
The
Music
Industry
Industry
A
dynamic
market
a
global
industry
characterized
by
many
players
and
erce
competition
A
product
or
service
with
a
mass-market
potential
A global industry
Something
for
everyone
Enough players
Technology
advancements
Declining sales
A record company
The big 4
Independent labels
1 main activity
PARTNER
NETWORK
KEY
ACTIVITIES
OFFER
CUSTOMER
RELATIONSHIPS
CUSTOMER
SEGMENTS
Marke:ng
&
promo:on
Distribu:on
channels
Detec:ng
&
building
talent
Manufacturers
Mass market
Hits
and
wannabee
hits
KEY
RESOURCES
DISTRIBUTION
CHANNELS
Por@olio
of
star
ar:sts
TV
Retailers
Copyrighted
content
Radio
Digital
COST STRUCTURE
Marke:ng
&
promo:on
Subsidizing
unsuccessful
ar:sts
REVENUE STREAMS
Royalty
payments
Tours
and
concerts
Huge
sales
from
a
few
ar:sts
albums
Merchandising
Piracy
The
dominating
phenomenon
PARTNER
NETWORK
KEY
ACTIVITIES
OFFER
CUSTOMER
RELATIONSHIPS
CUSTOMER
SEGMENTS
Upload
Developers
of
illegal
applica:ons
and
soGware
A
network
of
commiLed
users
Peer-to-peer
Download
KEY
RESOURCES
DISTRIBUTION
CHANNELS
User
skills,
interest
and
commitment
Digital
COST STRUCTURE
REVENUE STREAMS
Mass market
iTunes
A
new,
successful
business
model
Very successful
PARTNER
NETWORK
KEY
ACTIVITIES
Record labels
Hardware/
soGware
design
Marke:ng
&
Sales
OFFER
iTunes
soGware
Supply
chain
management
Seamless
music
experience
and
great
design
(music
and
hardware)
Mass market
Switching
costs
DISTRIBUTION
CHANNELS
iPod
hardware
iTunes
store
Content
&
agreements
Talented
Apple
brand
people
(designers)
COST STRUCTURE
Apple
stores
Retail
stores
apple.com
People,
design
&
development
Music
royal:es
CUSTOMER
SEGMENTS
Lovemark
KEY
RESOURCES
OEMs
CUSTOMER
RELATIONSHIPS
Marke:ng
&
Sales
Hardware
manufacturing
REVENUE STREAMS
High-volume
content
revenue
High-margin
hardware
revenue
Spotify
We
are
going
to
provide
music
to
everyone
(any
time,
any
place)
for
free
in
a
legal
way
KEY
ACTIVITIES
OFFER
Pla@orm
development
and
maintenance
CUSTOMER
RELATIONSHIPS
Automated
online
rela:onship
Adver:sing
Rightholders
(labels
and
publishers)
Access
to
music
via
streaming
and
download
services
SoGware
and
network
engineers
Communi:es
DISTRIBUTION
CHANNELS
Internet
+
PC
Global
music
fans
REVENUE STREAMS
Bandwith
costs
Salaries
Adver:sers
Internet
+
mobile
COST STRUCTURE
Royal:es
to
rightholders
CUSTOMER
SEGMENTS
Ad
fees
Subscrip:on
fees
PC
Subscrip:on
fees
PC
+
mobile
The artist
Crowd-funding
paves
the
way
for
the
independent
artist
40.000
11
days
24.000
promotion
PARTNER
NETWORK
Musicians
&
Songwriters
KEY
ACTIVITIES
Songwri:ng
OFFER
Singing
&
performing
Producers
Promo:on
Artwork
&
Studios
KEY
RESOURCES
The
Brand
Hind
Music archive
Music fans
Videos
(performance)
Concerts
Brand
experience
DISTRIBUTION
CHANNELS
Radio/TV
Online
pla@orms
Hind.com
Events
COST STRUCTURE
Investment
concerts,
transporta:on
REVENUE STREAMS
IT,
website
and
marke:ng
Salaries
CUSTOMER
SEGMENTS
(Social) media
Music
CD
produc:on
&
distribu:on
Management
CUSTOMER
RELATIONSHIPS
Concerts
Merchandising
Music
sales
A
fragmented
copyright
industry
made
it
impossible
to
set
up
legal,
sustainable
business
models.
Looking
at
some
current
shifts
in
the
music
industry
Legislation
around
piracy
Music distribution
Technology capacity
Customer in charge
What
do
customers
want
(tomorrow)?
Who is my customer?
Dierent needs
Market split-up
Multi-party
scene
serving
customers
needs
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