Analysis

Spending on film and high-end television production in the U.K. could rise to £7.7 billion ($9.5 billion) by 2025, according to research commissioned by ScreenSkills, requiring up to 21,000 new crew members to meet that demand.

Despite cost of living increases, the number of people in the U.K. paying for video services has increased by 11 percent in the last year, according to new research from Omdia.

Advertising expenditure in the U.K. hit a record £31.9 billion ($40 billion) in 2021, a year-on-year growth of 34.3 percent, according to new Advertising Association/WARC figures.

The number of SVOD subscribers in Eastern Europe is expected to hit 43 million by 2027, up from 23 million at the end of last year, according to Digital TV Research.

A new study from Kantar has found that 1.51 million SVOD services were canceled by U.K. households in the first quarter, up from 1 million last quarter and 1.2 million in the same period last year.

Following a pandemic-inflated boost in 2020, broadcast TV viewing in the U.K. resumed its downward trajectory in 2021, according to Enders Analysis.

The European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO) has updated its report on film and TV content in VOD catalogs, finding that for TVOD and SVOD, European content holds a 33 percent share.

According to new data from Ampere Analysis, streaming services will be responsible for one-fifth of all sports rights spend this year across Europe’s largest markets.

According to Digital TV Research, Western European OTT TV episode and movie revenues will reach $45 billion in 2027, up from $26 billion in 2021.

Western Europe is forecast to lose 7 million pay-TV subscribers between 2021 and 2027, reaching 100 million subs, according to Digital TV Research.