Analysis

Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (CNC) and TV France International have unveiled their annual study of program exports, revealing that the sales of French series abroad totaled nearly €276 million ($305 million) in 2018.

According to the 2019 Pact UK Television Census, Britain's independent TV production sector saw more than £3 billion ($3.7 billion) in revenues last year, their highest level to date and up over 40 percent since 2008.

Total video entertainment consumer spend in France is expected to exceed €7 billion ($7.8 billion) this year, making it the third-largest video entertainment market in Europe, according to the latest report from Futuresource Consulting.

Enders Analysis has revised its U.K. TV advertising forecast downward for 2019, to a decline of 5 percent for the year, due to the prospect of the Brexit deadline looming.

Ofcom's Media Nations report reveals that about half of U.K. homes subscribe to streaming services, while traditional television still dominates viewing time.

In 2018, online advertising contributed 57 percent of the U.K.’s total advertising spend of £23.6 billion ($30 billion) and is predicted to account for 62 percent by 2020, according to a new Enders Analysis report.

Digital TV Research has forecast 131.2 million gross SVOD subscriptions in Western Europe by 2024, doubling from 65.19 million by end-2018, with Disney+ expected to make "a strong and immediate impact."

Eastern Europe is expected to add 16 million SVOD subscriptions over the next five years, per Digital TV Research’s Eastern Europe OTT TV and Video Forecasts report.

U.K. adspend was up 6.3 percent year-on-year to reach £23.6 billion ($30.8 billion) in 2018, according to the latest Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report, marking the ninth consecutive year of market growth and the highest annual total since monitoring began in 1982.

In the European TV market, the U.K. is seeing the largest decline in pay-TV subscriptions, according to Strategy Analytics, following the cord-cutting trend present in the U.S.