Viewer engagement for each streaming service — measured in Average Daily Playtime per user, in hours — was down for all devices and almost all regions in 2021 compared with 2020, according to data from NPAW.
The North America and Europe games content and cloud gaming PC subscription market was worth $3.7 billion in 2021, growing 57% from $2.3 billion in 2020, according to Ampere Analysis’ latest data.
RTL Group’s consolidated revenue increased 10.3% to €6,637 million (2020: €6,017 million), mainly due to strong growth of TV advertising revenue in the second, third, and fourth quarters of 2021; plus Fremantle and streaming businesses.
The number represents a record level of investment in TV advertising, and an increase of 24% from 2020 (and 11% up on pre-pandemic 2019), The previous high of £5.28 billion was in 2016.
Leichtman Research Group found that the largest pay-TV providers of the country lost approximately 4,690,000 video subscribers in 2021, compared to a pro forma net loss of about 4,870,000 in 2020.