Analysis

U.K. television exports generated £1.48 billion in 2019-20, a 6 percent gain on the previous year, according to data released by Pact.

The latest Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report has downgraded its 2021 forecast to a return-to-growth of 14.4 percent, which is lower than the 16.6 percent predicted in July.

During the last year, Swedish households have purchased an additional 700,000 new SVOD subscriptions, though Netflix lost subs for the first time since its launch in the country.

According to Kantar’s latest Entertainment On Demand report, just 3 percent of U.K. households have taken on a new SVOD subscription in Q3, with Amazon seeing the most signups.

Eastern Europe is forecast to have 26.42 million paying SVOD subscriptions by 2025, according to Digital TV Research, more than double from the 10.26 million recorded at the end of 2019.

Revenues from the export of French content rose by 18 percent in 2019 to reach €325.3 million ($384.6 million).

According to Ampere Analysis, France, Spain, Germany, the U.K. and Italy recorded "unprecedented spikes" in commissioning throughout June and July 2020 as COVID-19 lockdowns eased in Europe.

New research from the U.K.'s Industry Trust for IP Awareness has found that people who illegally download or stream TV, movie and sports content are at a higher risk than ever of suffering negative consequences, both personal and financial.

People in the U.K. were spending an average of six hours and 25 minutes each day watching TV and online video content during lockdown measures in April, a total of almost 45 hours a week, according to Ofcom.

The latest Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report forecasts U.K. adspend to fall 15.6 percent year-on-year in 2020 to £21.4 billion, which is a slight improvement on the drop of 16.7 percent prediction from April.