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Entertainment subscribers overtake buyers in UK

10/03/2019

Entertainment subscribers overtake buyers in UK as new digital services are turning the UK into a country of subscribers rather than entertainment buyers as music follows video and games to become a majority ‘rental’ market for the first time, according to figures in the latest Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) Yearbook. Revenues for paid-for music subscription services rose 38% in 2018 to £829m and now account for 62% of total recorded music revenues. Ownership formats like […]

Paid-for streaming set to overtake free services in UK

11/02/2019

Paid-for streaming set to overtake free services in UK with younger consumers more likely to pay for streaming according to new figures from the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). Subscription streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Deezer and YouTube Music are winning the battle to persuade more people to pay to stream music than stream it for free. More males pay to stream (24.3%) rather than stream for free (23.9%), and more 25-34 year-olds […]

Streaming drives UK entertainment sales 9.4% higher in 2018

14/01/2019

Streaming drives UK entertainment sales 9.4% higher in 2018 according to the end of year report from the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). This represents the sixth consecutive year of growth. Although the entertainment market is now three quarters digital physical formats have dominated this year’s biggest hits. According to preliminary data compiled by the ERA the entertainment market reached another all-time high of £7.537 Bn in 2018. After a sixth successive year of growth driven […]