Subscription video on-demand in Indonesia has grown by more than 50% from 2020 to 2021 to 11.5 million subscribers, while digital advertising grew by 33% over the same period, according to AVIA.
Sports viewing in the UK has spiked since the start of the pandemic in 2020 to today, with women’s sports, particularly football, enjoying strong interest, according to a survey from Altman Solon.
In 2021, the Entertainment & Media industry bounced back from the contraction of 2020 to resume its growth path, with revenues rising a strong 10.4%, according to this year’s “Global Entertainment & Media Outlook Perspectives” by PwC.
Despite an almost complete loss of matchday revenue in the 2020/21 season, the European football market grew defiantly in revenue terms by 10% to €27.6 billion, according to Deloitte’s “Annual Review of Football Finance” report.
In the Asia-Pacific region, viewing of horror TV and film on Netflix grew by 20% from 2020 to 2021. Over the same period, viewing hours of horror content in Southeast Asia increased by over 40%.