International revenues for the U.K. TV production sector grew by 5.3 percent in the past year and have tripled in the past eight years, according to the Pact 2016 Census.
Read More »Ofcom: U.K. Has Become “A Nation of Binge Viewers”
Ofcom’s annual Communications Market Report points to the U.K. as having become a binge-viewing nation, with eight in ten adults watching multiple episodes of their favorite shows in a single sitting.
Read More »U.K. Ad Market Sees Growth in Q1, Drop in TV Spend
U.K. advertising expenditure grew 1.3 percent year-on-year in the first quarter to reach £5.31 billion ($6.9 billion), according to the Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report, marking the 15th consecutive quarter of growth but the slowest rate in four years.
Read More »European Pay-TV Operators Up Focus on Innovation, Customer Experience
Improving the customer experience and driving innovation are key priorities for European pay-TV platforms as future growth becomes more challenging, according to NAGRA's Pay-TV Innovation Forum report.
Read More »GroupM Downgrades U.K. TV Ad Forecast
GroupM has revised its 2017 U.K. advertising forecast from a previously projected 7-percent growth down to 4.1 percent. U.K. advertising is expected to see its eighth consecutive year of growth, with the 4.1-percent increase in spending taking the industry to a predicted investment of £18.6 billion ($23.6 billion).
Read More »European Media Execs Bullish on Growth Prospects
A survey by egta, which represents independent and in-house ad-sales operations across Europe, has found that more than half of its members expect the TV and radio advertising segments to grow over the next three years.
Read More »U.K., Germany, France Dominate European Content on Netflix
A study conducted by the European Audiovisual Observatory has found that almost half of the European TV content on Netflix in the region hails from the U.K., with about 20 percent from France and 14 percent from Germany.
Read More »Western Europe Pay-TV Market Poised for Growth
Western Europe is set to surpass 100 million pay-TV subscribers, and more gains are on the horizon in the next five years, according to Digital TV Research.
Read More »U.K. Ad Spend Hits Record of £21.4 Billion
U.K. advertising expenditure grew 3.7 percent to reach £21.4 billion ($27.5 billion) in 2016, according to the Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report, with TV ad spend lifted by growth in VOD revenue.
Read More »Pay-TV Subs Expected to Drop in Eastern Europe
A new Digital TV Research report sees tough times for the pay-TV universe in Eastern Europe, with the sector expected to lose 1 million subscribers between 2016 and 2022.
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