European Audiovisual Observatory

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Top 100 audiovisual businesses outpacing market in Europe

The top 100 audiovisual businesses in Europe grew twice as fast as the overall market…

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EU SVOD: European content and US streamers

Thirty per cent of SVOD viewing in key EU countries is of European content, even…

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Streamers accounted for a quarter of European original content spend in 2022

Global streamers’ spending accounted for 24% of all spending on European original content last year, according…

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Close to half of European kids TV channels are US owned

Almost half of children’s TV channels in Europe belong to US companies, while six in…

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European audiovisual revenues becoming more concentrated as SVOD drives growth

The top 100 audiovisual players in the European market are growing twice as fast as…

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European films on VOD in numbers

On average, European consumers across 21 major countries have access to 8,528 European films on…

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Big SVOD players driving European audiovisual services revenue growth

The top four streaming players accounting for the lion’s share of growth among the top…

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EU VOD revenues at more than €11 billion in 2020

Revenues from VOD services in Europe increased 30-fold over the past decade. According to a…

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More than 11,000 TV channels in Europe finds report

Over 11,000 TV channels were available in Europe in 2019, a new report has revealed….

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Most European content on EU VOD services is imported, with UK as major supplier

Most European content on VOD services in the EU comes from outside the country operating…

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Report: theatrical admissions has little impact on TVOD window

The average window between the theatrical release of popular movies in cinemas and their transactional…

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European movies losing out in TVOD promotion

European films in transactional video-on-demand catalogues suffer from less promotion per film than US titles,…

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European content less than a fifth of EU SVOD TV episodes

European TV content accounts 24% of all episodes found in TVOD catalogues and 19% of…

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US media groups playing bigger role in European broadcasting

US media groups are playing an increasingly prominent role in a fragmented and increasingly internationalised…

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European cord-cutting ‘overstated’

Cord-cutting may be ubiquitous in headlines, but the reality is not quite so cut-and-dried, claims…

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European Audiovisual Observatory launches film VOD directory Lumiere

The European Commission, working with the European Audiovisual Observatory, has launched a new directory to…

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Brexit report highlights ‘reciprocity gaps’ for broadcast business

A report on the impact of Brexit on the audiovisual media industry compiled by the…

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YouTube and Facebook taking lion’s share of online video ads, but TV dominates

YouTube and Facebook account for the majority of online video advertising in Europe, but the…

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European Audiovisual Observatory highlights European TV trends

There is no hard evidence of cord-cutting in Europe for now, US groups account for…

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European TV news ‘pluralistic and varied’ says EAO report

A new report from the European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO) into TV news channels has revealed…

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Study highlights pre-Brexit importance of UK audiovisual business

Some 29% of all European TV channels are based in the UK and the UK,…

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SVOD accounted for majority of pay video growth in 2016

Subscription video-on-demand services in Europe accounted for 60% of the growth in pay video services…

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European TV accounts for just 21% of episodes on SVOD services

European TV content accounts for just 24% of all episodes found in European TVOD catalogues…

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SVOD ‘driving growth’ in on-demand in Europe

Subscription video-on-demand is driving growth in the European pay on-demand market, accounting for two thirds…

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More European films released internationally, but admissions fall

The number of European films released outside of Europe grew by 8.5% in 2016, according…

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Pubcasters offering more European films than commercial players

Films produced in Europe made up 28% of films broadcast by a sample of TV…

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European movies struggling to get on-demand despite SVOD boom

Despite strong growth in on-demand revenues, European movies are struggling to achieve VOD distribution, according…

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One third of EU channels target foreign markets

One third of all TV channels and video-on-demand services in the EU specifically target foreign…

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US content ‘dominates Euro VOD slates’

American films and TV shows dominate the catalogues of Europe’s transactional and subscription VOD services,…

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VOD becoming ‘main financial support’ for European film

On-demand services are set to become the main financial support for European film production as…

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