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UK music streaming tops £1 Bn in 2019

25/01/2020

UK music streaming tops £1 Bn in 2019 recording the fifth consecutive year of growth according to data compiled by the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). The report on entertainment spending in the UK contains information on music, video and games sales for the year and can be downloaded here. Spending by UK music fans on streaming services exceeded £1 Bn for the first time in 2019 as overall expenditure on entertainment increased to another all-time-high. […]

UK streaming reaches 114 Bn in 2019

09/01/2020

UK streaming reaches 114 Bn in 2019 with cassette and vinyl LP sales continuing to rise according to figures released by the BPI, the UK’s recorded music industry association. Music consumption up for fifth year in a row with the equivalent of 154m albums consumed across streaming and purchasing in 2019, up 7.5% on 2018 and reaching its highest level since 2006 (based on Official Charts Company data). UK recorded music in figures 114 Bn […]

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 […]

Smart speakers and 4K TVs on the rise in UK

02/12/2019

Smart speakers and ultra-high definition TVs are booming in popularity in the UK gears according to recently published Ofcom research. Ofcom’s latest Tech Tracker data shows that ownership of smart speakers has grown significantly over the past year. In 2018, 13% of households owned a smart speaker, such as an Amazon Alexa or Google Home but this year, that figure has grown to 20%. Meanwhile, ownership of ultra-high definition (‘4K’) televisions has more than doubled […]

Music industry contributes £5.2 Bn to UK economy

30/11/2019

Music industry contributes £5.2 Bn to UK economy with over half of music industry output exported according to a new report by UK Music. The Music By Numbers 2019 report contains details of the contribution of the live and recorded music sectors of the British music industry to the economy. Recent reports by IFPI show that the UK was the third largest recorded music market in the world last year and the second biggest in […]

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 […]

Half of UK employees listen to music at work

20/11/2019

Half of UK employees listen to music at work according to a recent survey conducted by OnePoll and commissioned by UK Classical Music radio station, Scala Radio. The poll of 2000 employed Brits showed that more than a quarter of us use music to block out fellow employee’s noise, while in contrast a tenth listen to avoid silence if their colleagues aren’t in. With an estimated 32.75 million UK workers currently in employment (Office for […]