19 NOV 2020

SVOD SUBSCRIPTIONS REACH 60% IN THE UK

The number of households with an SVOD subscription is now 17.0 million, up more than 3 million households since Q3 2019, and Netflix continues to be the largest single service.

Imagen El SVoD predominará en el mercado europeo para el año 2022

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BARB, the UK television audience measurement currency, has released data from its Establishment Survey for Q3 2020 that shows that these services continue to reach more UK households. Overall, the number of UK households with an SVOD subscription is now 17.0 million, up more than 3 million households since Q3 2019. This means that 60.0% of UK households have access to an SVOD service. Netflix continues to be the largest single service, increasing to 14.8m households as of Q3 2020.

One reason for the overall increase in the number of households with a subscription to any SVOD service is that, since data were last available in Q1 2020, the number of services available has increased. The largest new arrival is Disney+, which launched in late-March and is available in 3.4 million households as of Q3 2020.

Amazon Prime Video also continues to grow and has increased by 49.0% since Q3 2019, to 9.5m UK households. Its strong rate of growth may be partly attributable to households taking a fresh look at the value of free delivery during the lockdown.

Justin Sampson, BARB’s Chief Executive, said: “Understanding the take-up and viewing of SVOD services is high on our priority list. For many years, the Establishment Survey has provided insight into subscription levels; it’s no surprise to see these growing strongly as people have been forced to spend more time at home this year. Next on our to-do list is to report viewing to SVOD services, with or without their involvement. We are making great strides thanks to the installation of meters on the WiFi routers in our panel of homes. Preliminary data show aggregate viewing levels to SVOD and video-sharing platforms, while we plan to augment these with SVOD content ratings in 2021.”

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