Spending on high-end television production in the U.K. hit £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) in 2018, a 4-percent increase on the previous year and the highest since tax incentives were introduced in 2013, according to the BFI.
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Advertising revenues in the U.K. are expected to rise by 4.6 percent in 2019, according to the latest Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report, despite uncertainty over Brexit.
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U.K. multichannel broadcaster investment in local content has topped the £1 billion mark for the first time, according to the Commercial Broadcasters Association (COBA).
Read More »Germany’s Video Entertainment Market Reaches €9 Billion
The German video market reached annual spend of around €9 billion ($10.4 billion) in 2018, up 6 percent year on year, according to the latest Video Insights country report from Futuresource Consulting.
Read More »U.K.’s Home Entertainment Market Valued at £2.34 Billion
New figures from the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) show that the home entertainment market in the U.K. grew by 10 percent in 2018, bringing the total value of the category to £2.34 billion ($2.97 billion).
Read More »Nearly Half of All Nordic Households Are SVOD Subscribers
New analysis from Mediavision finds that the takeup of SVOD services continues to grow at a rapid rate in the already streaming-heavy Nordic region.
Read More »GroupM: U.K. Advertising to Surpass £20 Billion in 2019
U.K. advertising is forecast to increase to £20.8 billion ($26.6 billion) in 2019, surpassing the £20 billion mark for the first time, according to GroupM.
Read More »IHS Markit: Cable Homes in Europe Hit Highest Level Since 2009
The number of cable homes in Europe reached 69.2 million in 2017, marking another year of growth and comprising 36.3 percent of all TV households, according to IHS Markit.
Read More »Netflix to Pass 10 Million Subs in the U.K.
Netflix is on track to exceed 10 million U.K. subscribers by the end of the year, according to new research from MTM's ScreenThink market tracker.
Read More »Digital TV Research: European SVOD Subscriptions to Triple
According to Digital TV Research, Europe will have 262 million TV subscriptions by the end of 2018, up from 205 million at the end of 2015.
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