The music industry is categorized as an oligopoly market
mainly due to the fact that it is dominated by a few large but small number of
firms competing with each other.
The general public would spend on trusted labels
like Warner Music Group, EMI Group, Universal Music Group, and Sony BMG. These
companies are collectively known as the ‘’Big Four” majors which have been
working with each other fairly well. Apparently, these companies have control
over approximately 75% of the global market.
There are two types of oligopoly market which is homogenous oligopoly or differentiated oligopoly. Homogenous oligopoly firms could be firms which supplies steels, copper, latex and so on. Differentiated oligopoly firms could consist of firms producing stationaries, automobiles and furnitures. The music industry would be classified as a differentiated oligopoly market as the quality, packaging and branding of music companies would be unique.In such an oligopoly market, independent labels will find it very hard to survive in the industry as these major record labels have control over pricing decisions. In fact, barriers to enter the industry is deemed to be high as it involves copyright issues, patents, advertisements and also economies of scale.
The behavior of oligopoly firms can be referred to as the game theory. It is vital that oligopoly firms consider the actions and possible comeback of their rivals in order to outstand themselves in the industry.
Mutual interdependence exists between companies in the oligopoly market as the behavior of one company significantly affects the entire industry. In an oligopoly market, tacit collusion often happens which refers to an informal agreement between firms upon a certain strategy. However, firms would avoid competing based on the price factor due to the risk of cheating from other firms. Instead, firms focuses on after sales service, advertising and marketing efforts.
Written by : Chuah Pei Jin
Reference List :
- http://musicians.about.com/od/musicindustrybasics/g/BigFour.htm
- http://themusicbusinessnetwork.wordpress.com/2010/05/08/an-overview-of-the-recorded-music-industry-market-structure-major-players-technological-changes/
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