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UK entertainment sales boom during lockdown

09/01/2021

UK entertainment sales boom during lockdown with entertainment sales increasing in 2020 by 16.8% to £9.05 Bn according to preliminary data compiled by the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). It was the fastest growth rate since records began, driven above all by digital services, who saw revenues increase by £1.4 Bn over 2019 to a new high of £7.8 Bn. Digital video services spearheaded by Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video increased revenues by a remarkable 37.7% over 2019 while […]

National Album Day 2020 returns on 10th October

25/08/2020

National Album Day 2020 returns on 10th October celebrating the Eighties arguably music’s greatest decade. This year’s 80s theme is a first in a series of musical themes for National Album Day that will be rolled out annually and coincides with the current resurgence of 80s popular culture that is loved by audiences both young and old. The Eighties has been voted the UK’s favourite music decade and gave us artists like Madonna, Eurythmics, Culture […]

Coronavirus lockdown produced a boom in subscriptions to video, music and games services

16/08/2020

The coronavirus lockdown produced a boom in subscriptions to video, music and games services according a guide from the Entertainment Retailers’ Association (ERA) about how the UK entertained itself in the first half of 2020. The data comes from ERA’s tracking study which has measured the entertainment choices of a representative panel of up to 2,000 consumers each quarter for the past seven years. The latest 28th wave of the research commenced on 25th May 2020, […]

Over 55s are UK’s fastest growing group of music streamers

06/05/2020

Over 55s are UK’s fastest growing group of music streamers with 90% of new over 55 streamers taking out paid subscriptions, according to new pane research conducted by the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). More than 1.1m over-55 year olds turned to streaming services over the past year. Over-55 year olds are the fastest growing group of new users of subscription music streaming services like Spotify, Amazon Prime Music, Deezer and You Tube Music Premium. The […]

Entertainment technology usage differs across the generations

07/12/2019

Entertainment technology usage differs across the generations according to a UK survey conducted by the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) which shows a move to mobile and smart devices amongst the young. The consumer panel-based research showed that over-55s love their radios, but smartphones and laptops oust radio and TV for the under-25s The results of a survey of 2000 UK consumers published on the ERA website, show that for under-25s the smartphone and laptop are […]

UK music streaming could double by 2023

23/11/2019

UK music streaming could double by 2023 by adding new services and innovations targeting different music fans more specifically according to research commissioned by the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). The report prepared by consultants OC&C, highlights of which are published in a recent ERA blog, suggest that the already booming streaming market could double to £1.6 Bn annually in as little as four years. Key to the growth forecast, say OC&C experts, is increasing streaming […]

The Greatest Showman - Best selling album in first six months of 2019

UK consumers spend more than £100m a week on digital services

14/08/2019

UK consumers spend more than £100m a week on digital music, video and games in the first half of 2019, according to latest data from the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA), a total of more than £2.7bn on streaming services, downloads and gaming credits. Add in expenditure on physical formats such as CD and DVD and retail revenues of the combined music, video and games sectors grew 4.5% to £3.3bn in the first six months of […]