UK Television Production: Market insight report

• Publication date: January 2013
• Report size: 31 pages

The television production industry has continued to grow through an uncertain economic period. The pace of change both in technology and business models looks likely to increase in the future in what is a significant export-earning industry for the UK. In this report we review the trends which are impacting the television production industry, at the global level in what is increasingly an international industry, as well as specifically in t...

The television production industry has continued to grow through an uncertain economic period. The pace of change both in technology and business models looks likely to increase in the future in what is a significant export-earning industry for the UK.
In this report we review the trends which are impacting the television production industry, at the global level in what is increasingly an international industry, as well as specifically in the UK.

We quantify the UK market size, historical growth rates, segmentation patterns and levels of industry profitability while setting out the factors which drive these figures. This includes an in-depth analysis of television industry revenue and the factors driving it as well as spending patterns – setting out historical trends and forecasts.

Our forecast for industry growth by segment is based on this analysis of historical trends and our understanding of growth drivers and how they impact the key customers and segments.

Audio And Video Equipment Industry in the United Kingdom

Contents

UK television production market
Market definition
History
Programme genres
Customers
Market characteristics and trends

Market size and growth
In-house vs outsourced production
Independent production company revenue segmentation
Volume and price
International comparisons

Market drivers
Discussion of drivers
TV viewing
Channel shares
Television Industry revenue
Competition to TV advertising from other media
Trend growth of subscription TV
BBC licence fee
Seasonality

Competitive landscape
Overview
Summary of leading operators

Forecasts
Key forecast assumptions

List of abbreviations

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Companies Mentioned

BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, Sky, BskyB, Discovery, Disney, UKTV, Fremantle, Endemol, All3Media, Shine Group, Zodiak, Shed Media, RDF