Output and Spend
PSB Annual Research Report 2017
PSB output and spend
1 PSB Annual Research Report 2017
Section 1: PSB spend
2 PSB spend
Overall, the PSB channels spent £2.91bn on content in 2016, a 1% increase on 2014
Figure 1: PSB network spend, by channel (£m)
3,889 3,805 3,713 3,769 3,762 304 3,648 3,583 3,388 242 287 338 283 3,257 228 276 257 3,300 123 202 211 245 241 3,241 3,086 104 235 244 259 3,072 3,026 2,921 197 239 2,908 97 170 576 629 2,811 2,871 2,829 63 168 598 634 642 173 182 248 243 154 579 650 603 183 586 192 201 251 237 217 545 542 534 213 497 183 182 189 535 515 496 553 1,081 1,122 1,109 497 511 1,048 1,081 1,093 1,034 1,017 997 954 904 978 942 874 853 788 812 824 825 472 490 489 475 442 430 431 436 465 416 392 433 432 386 325 326 305 313 318
970 1,006 1,141 1,063 1,130 1,032 1,060 988 1,032 979 870 866 929 838 889 764 819 768 845
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
BBC One BBC Two ITV/ITV Breakfast Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC Portfolio Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: figures are expressed in 2016 prices. BBC portfolio figures include BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC, CBeebies, BBC News 3 and BBC Parliament. Figures do not include S4C, BBC Alba or BBC HD and nations’/regions’ programming. PSB spend
PSB spend on first-run UK-originated content stood at £2.6bn in 2016, an increase of 2% in real terms on 2014
Figure 2: PSB network spend on first-run UK originations, by channel (£m)
3,277 3,340 3,285 3,221 3,169 3,059 265 282 321 2,983 2,943 214 255 2,806 127 135 137 257 114 140 138 233 2,723 2,775 2,662 95 130 108 2,640 2,657 2,599 2,515 89 107 455 501 483 115 215 234 2,467 2,539 2,517 116 484 478 226 224 166 60 470 464 81 70 215 109 476 460 102 104 229 195 129 361 102 439 396 90 113 406 401 403 380 441 999 390 406 1,010 1,021 975 993 914 917 980 914 844 890 809 821 790 792 779 749 767 787 400 419 406 422 390 417 364 350 366 363 346 371 371 347 300 303 278 288 293
900 1,014 949 1,019 943 915 900 895 919 749 757 847 859 775 835 712 775 725 810
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
BBC One BBC Two ITV/ITV Breakfast Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC Portfolio Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: figures are expressed in 2016 prices. BBC portfolio figures include BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC, CBeebies, BBC News 4 and BBC Parliament. Figures do not include S4C, BBC Alba or BBC HD and nations’/regions’ programming. PSB spend
Spend on first-run UK originations was level with that of 2014 in the year that BBC Three moved to an online platform
Figure 3: PSB network spend on first-run UK originations, by sector (£bn)
3.28 3.34 3.29 3.22 3.17 3.06 2.94 2.98 2.81 2.72 2.77 2.66 2.64 2.66 2.60 2.52 2.47 2.54 2.52 1.62 1.59 1.66 1.60 1.61 1.49 1.58 1.49 1.50 1.29 1.27 1.45 1.29 1.30 1.32 1.34 1.25 1.26 1.31
1.63 1.62 1.72 1.69 1.56 1.57 1.36 1.49 1.44 1.50 1.18 1.22 1.31 1.35 1.36 1.22 1.28 1.21 1.28
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
BBC Commercial PSB channels Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: figures are expressed in 2016 prices. BBC portfolio figures include BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC, CBeebies, BBC News 5 and BBC Parliament. Figures do not include S4C, BBC Alba or BBC HD and nations’/regions’ programming. PSB spend
Spend on new UK content at peak time stood at £1.63bn in 2016, a 1% decrease in real terms on 2015.
Figure 4: PSB network spend on first-run UK originations during peak hours, by channel (£m)
1,862 1,896 1,878 1,897 1,886 1,807 1,804 124 148 138 125 129 97 107 1,684 1,701 1,681 1,638 80 74 82 64 1,644 1,615 1,614 1,643 1,634 80 89 67 102 1,521 1,540 40 106 103 107 73 41 1,456 79 236 239 230 252 241 49 51 73 107 88 90 30 5828 227 249 66 74 83 13 70 217 66 61 220 239 246 246 237 240 240 281 278 208 216
617 646 639 649 683 675 573 679 641 628 606 554 522 546 559 598 605 586 577
217 216 221 241 244 194 227 203 199 208 191 200 199 220 210 208 196 203 210
532 569 550 569 545 528 534 500 452 451 459 462 490 429 440 402 423 419 451
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
BBC One BBC Two ITV/ITV Breakfast Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC Portfolio Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: figures are expressed in 2016 prices. BBC portfolio figures include BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC, CBeebies, BBC News 6 and BBC Parliament. Figures do not include S4C, BBC Alba or BBC HD and nations’/regions’ programming. PSB spend
In 2016, daytime spend on first-run UK originations reached its highest level since 2012 in real terms, at £670m.
Figure 5: PSB network spend on first-run UK originations during daytime, by channel (£m) 917 904 883 866 75 847 66 111 828 792 68 29 793 781 792 771 36 67 69 33 32 29 29 61 715 38 33 123 36 71 89 30 111 30 695 685 670 36 133 131 116 25 15 656 670 30 114 108 636 28 108 108 84 60 88 95 32 597 107 105 20 103 95 88 209 209 16 61 72 102 14 17 196 215 185 166 193 15 207 226 252 201 13 72 67 95 212 174 70 185 173 124 150 99 132 117 113 178 201 183 109 103 134 125 152 115 93 109 56 109 62 51 56 51 337 304 332 313 321 336 280 283 284 267 269 258 273 228 223 209 228 202 216
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
BBC One BBC Two ITV/ITV Breakfast Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC Portfolio Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: figures are expressed in 2016 prices. BBC portfolio figures include BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC, CBeebies, BBC News 7 and BBC Parliament. Figures do not include S4C, BBC Alba or BBC HD and nations’/regions’ programming. PSB spend
PSB spend on acquisitions and repeats made up 11% of all PSB channel spend in 2016.
Figure 6: PSB network spend on first-run UK originations, acquisitions and repeats (£bn) 3.89 3.77 3.80 3.76 3.71 3.65 0.35 3.58 3.39 0.27 0.27 0.36 0.37 3.26 0.20 0.43 3.30 0.23 0.22 0.16 0.38 3.24 3.09 0.24 0.23 3.07 3.03 2.92 0.25 0.16 0.22 0.40 0.20 0.37 2.87 2.83 2.91 0.25 0.20 0.31 0.27 2.81 0.22 0.15 0.13 0.18 0.12 0.10 0.24 0.22 0.24 0.19 0.24 0.07 1.62 0.10 0.09 0.09 1.59 1.66 1.60 1.61 1.49 1.58 1.49 1.50 1.29 1.27 1.45 1.29 1.30 1.32 1.34 1.25 1.26 1.31
1.63 1.62 1.72 1.69 1.56 1.57 1.36 1.49 1.44 1.50 1.18 1.22 1.31 1.35 1.36 1.22 1.28 1.21 1.28
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
BBC first-run UK originations Commercial PSB first-run UK originations BBC acquisitions/repeats Commerical PSB acquisitions/repeats Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: figures are expressed in 2016 prices. BBC portfolio figures include BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC, CBeebies, BBC News 8 and BBC Parliament. Figures do not include S4C, BBC Alba or BBC HD and nations’/regions’ programming. PSB spend
Spend on first-run UK originations for the nations and regions increased by 2% in real terms to £276m in 2016.
Figure 7: PSB spend on first-run UK originations for the nations and regions (£m)
492 473 476 473 449 442 434 406 405 397 361
297 293 288 279 286 276 267 262 259 269 272 243 239 243 247 224 238 236 217 208 203 204 198 191 193 194 195 230 225 200 210 213 214 182 187 167 162 94 143 89 90 87 76 78 78 81
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total BBC ITV/STV/UTV
Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: figures are expressed in 2016 prices. Figures exclude BBC Alba and S4C. 9 PSB spend
Share of spend on first-run UK originations slightly higher on internal rather than external productions in 2016.
Figure 8: Relative share of spend on first-run UK originated content; in-house vs. external productions
(£m) £34 £84 £323 £562 £10 £479 £559 £20 £13 £515 £2,599 £44 £95 £330 £580 £19 £525 £483 £30 £15 £518 £2,640
10% 14% 24% 26% 28% 42% 42% 49% 45% 43% 48% 48% 46% 48% 63% 63% 73% 72% 72% 70%
100% 100% 90% 86% 76% 74% 72% 58% 58% 51% 55% 57% 52% 52% 54% 52% 37% 37%
27% 28% 28% 30%
2016 2011 2016 2011 2011 2016 2011 2016 2011 2016 2011 2016 2011 2016 2011 2016 2011 2016 2011 2016 2011 2016 Arts & Childrens News & Drama & Education Entertainment Factual Feature Films Religion & Sports Grand Total Classical Music Current Affairs Soaps & Comedy Ethics Internal External
Source: Ofcom/broadcasters. Note: Figures are expressed in 2016 terms. Includes spend by the five main PSB channels and BBC portfolio channels on 10 first-run originated content broadcast all day, and excludes nations'/regions' output. PSB spend
The BBC and ITV continued to invest more on internal productions than they did on external commissions in 2016
Figure 9: Spend on first run commissions by PSB channels: 2011 to 2016 (£m)
232 234 227 218 243 235 229 252 235 248
240 233 603
576 139
557
557
551
548
547
535
532 501 492 135 144 472 132 118 128 406 441 401 403 390 380 93 94 87 76
83 51
208
169
164 164
159 123
146
142
139 133
102 98 109 130 115
102 88 112
2012 2014 2016 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2011 2013 2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 BBC ONE BBC TWO ITV Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC Portfolio Internal Commission External Commission
Source: Ofcom / Broadcasters Note: Figures expressed in 2016 terms. First-run network commissions include news and sports rights. BBC portfolio channels included in the chart: BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC, CBeebies. ITV includes ITV Breakfast. The following Channel 5 internal spend figures are not visible on the chart – 2011: £1m, 11 2012: £2m, 2013: £2m, 2014: £4m, 2015: £3m, 2016: £6m PSB spend
The PSB channels spent more on factual content than on any other individual genre in 2016
Figure 10: PSB network spend, by genre (£m) 3,889 3,713 3,769 3,805 3,762 198 3,648 183 169 140 3,583 3,388 196 126 3,257 124 3,241 3,300 3,086 160 588 688 529 676 161 692 508 126 115 3,072 3,026 2,921 606 2,871 2,908 166 550 225 110 97 2,811 2,829 156 508 241 228 218 219 486 672 99 95 402 231 212 237 518 100 89 354 219 645 180 590 532 222 640 651 190 245 404 551 443 216 438 448 269 210 606 160 246 182 159 619 413 145 151 151 153 151 508 556 384 148 149 137 131 114 482 280 282 406 313 444 448 452 479 414 981 1,026 270 468 915 988 301 757 799 828 721 719 280 279 275 253 273 756 665 581 246 471 364 413 386 402 348 362 547 578 604 472 538 503 495 506 594 635 573 542 484 498 493 491 501 543 582
369 377 388 404 438 422 410 420 385 374 356 340 346 331 326 310 306 314 323 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 News and current affairs Arts and classical music Religion and ethics Education Factual Drama Soaps Entertainment Comedy Feature films Sports Children's Source: Ofcom/broadcasters. Note: figures are expressed in 2016 prices. Figures include PSB services: BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC, CBeebies, BBC News, BBC Parliament, ITV, ITV Breakfast, Channel 4 and Channel 5. The analysis does not include S4C, BBC Alba or BBC HD. Figures exclude nations'/regions' programming. Prior to 2006, spend on soaps was included in ‘drama’ and spend on comedy was included in 12 ‘entertainment’. PSB Spend
In a World Cup and Olympic year, new UK sports content had the greatest increase in spend of all genres in 2016.
Figure 11: PSB network spend on first-run UK originations, by genre (£m)
3,277 3,340 3,285 3,221 3,169 155 160 141 3,059 2,943 167 113 2,983 2,806 101 104 2,775 2,662 134 565 659 515 2,723 2,657 137 659 618 98 2,640 2,599 2,515 494 106 2,467 2,539 2,517 138 537 558 95 87 84 129 88 77 486 130 156 481 89 388 557 671 518 590 328 553 554 150 402 549 441 515 512 402 413 129 529 388 443 484 117 117 112 114 99 93 430 242 248 359 104 257 373 408 421 410 415 387 875 838 884 404 799 247 714 577 528 247 233 241 631 633 670 498 236 248 240 251 414 321 339 347 314 330 280 313 578 487 529 560 569 613 455 517 488 481 557 525 471 483 477 476 486 526 559
369 376 387 404 437 421 409 419 383 373 355 340 345 330 326 310 306 313 323
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 News and current affairs Arts and classical music Religion and ethics Education Factual Drama Soaps Entertainment Comedy Feature films Sports Children's Source: Ofcom/broadcasters. Note: figures are expressed in 2016 prices. Figures include PSB services: BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC, CBeebies, BBC News, BBC Parliament, ITV, ITV Breakfast, Channel 4 and Channel 5. The analysis does not include S4C, BBC Alba or BBC HD. Figures exclude nations'/regions' programming. Prior to 2006, spend on soaps was included in ‘drama’ and spend on comedy was included in 13 ‘entertainment’. PSB Annual Research Report 2017
Section 2: PSB hours
14 PSB hours
In 2016, the PSB channels broadcast the greatest number of first-run UK originated hours since 2008
Figure 12: PSB first-run UK originated network hours, by channel (hours)
36,387 37,006 34,922 35,538 35,173 35,045 34,616 34,689 33,981 33,829 32,988 32,691 31,875 32,167 32,354 32,126 32,491 31,974 29,405 14,739 14,990 12,856 13,569 12,908 12,001 14,314 14,013 13,619 12,848 12,645 12,878 8,137 12,894 13,133 13,304 13,309 13,284 12,661
3,862 3,671 3,684 3,714 3,660 3,748 3,828 3,597 3,388 3,845 3,609 2,061 2,796 1,419 1,841 1,594 1,571 1,702 1,773 3,307 3,079 3,343 3,871 4,080 3,971 3,824 4,160 3,599 3,459 3,388 3,194 2,939 3,010 3,089 3,305 2,941 2,965 2,789 5,112 4,304 4,472 4,598 4,917 4,935 5,245 5,248 4,892 5,474 6,203 5,404 5,228 5,244 5,235 5,133 5,108 4,911 5,056 3,895 2,963 3,190 3,140 3,317 3,171 2,945 3,222 3,239 3,335 3,542 3,669 3,536 3,665 3,660 3,793 3,414 3,457 2,800
6,012 6,033 6,111 6,133 5,839 5,701 5,445 5,395 5,178 5,459 5,261 5,423 5,515 5,455 5,561 6,397 6,666 6,505 6,718
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
BBC One BBC Two ITV/ITV Breakfast Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC Portfolio Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: BBC portfolio figures include BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC, CBeebies, BBC News and BBC Parliament. Figures do not 15 include S4C, BBC Alba or BBC HD and nations’/regions’ programming. PSB hours
News and current affairs content made up most of the new UK content broadcast on the PSB channels in 2016
Figure 13: PSB first-run UK originated hours, by genre
36,387 37,006 34,922 35,538 35,173 35,045 34,616 34,689 33,981 33,829 32,988 32,691 31,875 32,167 32,354 32,126 32,491 31,974 4,075 3,601 29,405 4,347 4,420 4,570 4,211 3,645 3,978 3,530 4,120 2,843 2,406 2,903 2,467 3,144 2,488 3,063 3,468 2,845 2,792 3,118 3,206 3,093 3,000 3,732 4,307 3,100 2,833 2,662 2,723 2,652 2,623 2,668 2,276 4,122 3,270 2,220 4,011 4,495 4,596 4,786 6,174 2,896 4,985 4,523 4,112 4,781 5,318 5,674 5,619 5,783 5,809 5,587 5,673 5,556 5,720
4,181
19,789
19,331
19,106
19,096
18,991
18,621
18,615
18,587
18,548
18,469
18,402
18,377
18,363
18,341
18,193
18,086
18,033
18,013 14,075
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
News and current affairs Arts and classical music Religion and ethics Education Factual Drama Soaps Entertainment Comedy Feature films Sports Children's Source: Ofcom/broadcasters. Note: Figures include PSB services: BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC, CBeebies, BBC News, BBC Parliament, ITV, ITV Breakfast, Channel 4 and Channel 5. The analysis does not include S4C, BBC Alba or BBC HD. Figures exclude nations'/regions' programming. Prior to 2006, hours of soaps were included in ‘drama’ and hours of comedy were included in ‘entertainment’. 16 PSB hours
The commercial PSB portfolio services and the BBC’s online services make a valuable contribution to PSB provision
Figure 14: Commercial PSB portfolio and BBC online services’ first-run UK originated hours, by genre
1,822 36 1,556 41 1,476 1,354 1,390 1,407 34 38 38 34 972
1,047 925 852 863 937
565 260 354 302 307 289 15 25 25 28 6 11 105 152 175 120 143 202 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Current Affairs Arts & Classical Music Education Factual Drama Entertainment and Contemporary Music Films Sport Children’s
Note: The commercial PSB portfolio channels are CITV, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, ITVBe, ITV Encore, 4Seven, E4, Film4, More4, 5USA, 5* and Spike. From 2016 onwards, figures include BBC content only available online. Output hours are based on running times. 17 PSB hours
Hours of first-run UK originations for the nations and regions decreased to 10,754 hours in 2016.
Figure 15: PSB hours of first-run UK originations for the nations and regions
14,999 15,161 14,933 14,496 14,001 13,425 13,006 12,114 11,825 11,859 11,977 11,647 11,060 11,002 11,232 11,287 11,077 10,439 10,754
8,884 8,880 8,753 8,761 6,249 6,300 6,392 6,310 6,308 6,510 6,364 6,402 6,193 6,229 6,171 6,277
6,408 6,119 6,172 5,865 5,525 5,467 5,667 5,117 5,283 5,039 5,058 4,550 4,600 4,906 4,131 4,477
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total BBC ITV/STV/UTV
Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: Figures exclude BBC Alba and S4C. 18 PSB Annual Research Report 2017
Section 3: Genre analysis
19 News
The PSB channels broadcast 17,272 hours of news content in 2016.
Figure 16: Volume of hours of UK/national news, all day
Spend £270m £266m £258m £248m £256m £247m £241m £229m £228m £231m £231m 17,327 17,043 17,272 16,585 16,755 16,712 16,605 16,880 16,845 17,026 17,025
4,162 4,043 3,651 3,782 3,637 3,756 3,865 3,695 3,982 4,005 3,762
7,413 7,561 7,541 7,492 7,391 7,601 7,798 7,620 7,547 7,421 7,320
316 316 454 412 390 311 281 297 308 314 464 246 244 315 313 313 318 237 233 234 240 242 1,045 1,066 1,418 1,471 1,434 1,193 1,052 1,045 1,836 1,525 1,452 447 413 733 887 609 532 827 926 913 919 1,055 3,354 3,420 3,461 3,386 2,498 2,501 2,389 2,490 2,487 2,507 2,532
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 BBC One BBC Two ITV/ITV Breakfast Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC Three BBC Four BBC News BBC Parliament
Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: Figures are for first-run UK originated news content only (i.e. not including repeats). UK/national news refers to network news and excludes non-network news. Spend is given in 2016 prices. Output hours are based on slot times. 20 News
The PSB channels broadcast 3,197 hours of news content during peak time in 2016.
Figure 17: Volume of hours of UK/national news, peak time
Spend £87m £99m £106m £98m £105m £95m £93m £92m £91m £92m £93m
3,425 3,383 3,299 3,304 3,351 3,304 3,350 3,290 3,275 3,172 3,197
774 964 898 877 973 903 851 827 893 788 858
1,561 1,591 1,561 1,545 1,520 1,524 1,537 1,488 1,494 1,410 1,374
123 140 112 98 117 144 154 171 174 171 210 125 215 216 216 215 211 209 210 211 209 219 289 151 236 263 277 240 236 246 242 252 268 311 306 284 285 286 288 290 301 295 305 305 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 BBC One BBC Two ITV/ITV Breakfast Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC Three BBC Four BBC News BBC Parliament
Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: Figures are for first-run UK originated news content only (i.e. not including repeats). UK/national News refers to network news and excludes non-network news. Spend is given in 2016 prices. Output hours are based on slot times. 21 Current affairs
In 2016, current affairs spend was at its highest level since 2009, at £92m.
Figure 18: Volume of hours of current affairs, all day
Spend £115m £108m £97m £92m £90m £84m £85m £81m £79m £83m £92m
3,245 3,008 2,875 2,767 2,798 2,773 2,570 2,583 2,647 2,481 2,359 1,304 1,198 1,005 1,043 1,099 899 994 900 1,020 1,015 818 110 157 114 115 114 118 161 147 166 160 146 259 191 212 217 178 212 696 99 133 178 539 133 534 540 553 374 350 374 474 334 398 315 245 238 283 219 241 215 217 216 218 217 130 144 136 194 185 139 115 167 127 137 128 292 267 279 281 328 287 291 394 439 379 414 200 210 232 229 247 271 264 194 200 189 206 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 BBC One BBC Two ITV/ITV Breakfast Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC Three BBC Four BBC News
Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: Spend is given in 2016 prices. Output hours are based on slot times. 22 Current affairs
There was a year-on-year increase of 44 hours in the amount of current affairs shown at peak time in 2016.
Figure 19: Volume of hours of current affairs, peak time
Spend £70m £67m £60m £57m £57m £53m £55m £50m £48m £52m £58m
741 697 647 621 619 593 596 569 559 571 270 154 222 520 122 143 81 97 118 110 42 86 129 113 113 143 140 130 133 121 114 113 107 47 42 49 54 40 16 1622 35 31 33 22 56 34 14 10 21 11 13 30 21 170 120 121 140 122 117 126 136 142 142 159 68 59 39 56 60 40 37 44 37 38 64 72 62 63 63 82 66 71 61 60 57 56 47 53 51 54 45 53 50 52 48 54 55 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 BBC One BBC Two ITV/ITV Breakfast Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC Three BBC Four BBC News
Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: Spend is given in 2016 prices. Output hours are based on slot times. 23 Children’s
There was an increase in both hours and spend on new UK children’s hours across the PSB channels.
Figure 20: Volume of hours of first-run UK-originated children’s programming, all day
Spend £113m £101m £104m £106m £98m £95m £87m £89m £88m £77m £84m
1,584 92
621 1,056 970 110 919 102 843 160 102 778 150 121 693 672 673 147 223 296 137 666 158 103 580 106 113 116 128 134 107 382 104 120 108 421 417 346 435 62 470 463 459 199 190 76 404 94 61 146 187 140 167 77 108 103 54 49 59 42 52 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 BBC One BBC Two ITV/ITV Breakfast Channel 4 Channel 5 CBBC Cbeebies
Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: Spend is given in 2016 prices. Output hours are based on slot times. 24 Formal education
There were 63 hours of formal education programming broadcast across the PSB channels in 2016
Figure 21: Volume of hours of formal education programming, all day
Spend £31m £35m £30m £30m £22m £19m £21m £11m £7m £11m £10m
3,130 233
603 2,260 288 170 438 420 1,602 211 293 1,240 415 263 183 252 739 1,570 404 646 628 593 410 210 448 234 240 830 239 251 572 237 236 362 350 348 63 205 176 329 195 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 BBC One BBC Two ITV/ITV Breakfast C4 C5 BBC Three BBC Four CBBC Cbeebies
Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: Spend is given in 2016 prices. Output hours are based on slot times. 25 Drama
In 2016, both the BBC and ITV broadcast the most hours of new UK drama since 2012
Figure 22: Volume of hours of first-run UK originated drama programming, all day
Spend £577m £528m £498m £414m £339m £347m £314m £330m £280m £313m £321m
717 20 659 12 627 62 166 41 22 10 547 37 17 511 19 466 15 40 455 441 22 417 416 356 8 58 11 327 35 62 371 6 31 320 15 37 11 48 224 25 165 159 169 144 121 148 111 32 43 29 32 29 34 36 43 46 37 39
217 214 196 206 194 201 170 194 176 190 195
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 BBC One BBC Two ITV/ITV Breakfast Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC Three BBC Four
Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: Spend is given in 2016 prices. Output hours are based on slot times. 26 Soaps
BBC One saw levels of new UK soaps drop below 300 hours a year for the first time since 2006
Figure 23: Volume of hours of first-run UK originated soaps, all day
Spend £242m £248m £257m £247m £247m £233m £236m £248m £240m £251m £241m
740 741 759 740 749 721 731 730 732 730 718 129 131 133 126 128 133 131 131 129 126 128
297 298 296 296 306 294 293 291 298 297 308
333 294 311 301 307 312 304 302 315 304 282
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 BBC One BBC Two ITV/ITV Breakfast Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC Three
Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: Spend is given in 2016 prices. Output hours are based on slot times. 27 Comedy
Levels of first-run UK originated comedy programming continued to decline in 2016
Figure 24: Volume of hours of first-run UK originated comedy programming, all day
Spend £130m £156m £150m £129m £117m £117m £112m £114m £104m £99m £93m
292 276 26 264 270 269 256 260 11 235 46 19 54 60 19 69 64 213 44 63 8 36 9 193 188 43 29 21 24 42 47 11 48 45 32 8 39 70 40 15 27 38 31 23 20 26 20 16 18 20 17 79 72 58 63 63 61 66 65 58 58 59
74 72 67 49 64 58 54 61 58 56 64
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 BBC One BBC Two ITV/ITV Breakfast Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC Three BBC Four
Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: Spend is given in 2016 prices. Output hours are based on slot times. 28 Contemporary music
There were fewer than 100 hours of new UK contemporary music content broadcast across the PSB channels in 2016
Figure 25: Volume of hours of first-run UK-originated contemporary music programming, all day
Spend £14m £21m £18m £12m £12m £14m £15m £11m £9m £9m £8m 267 255 29 240 31 224 222 35 203 57 28 33 54 29 168 55 53 45 20 148 146 45 137 80 18 75 18 56 32 58 58 77 44 48 93 9 54 12 31 8 32 15 19 11 30 9 10 16 16 52 81 69 63 56 52 51 55 46 47 31 30 13 11 8 8 8 13 12 11 12 13 BBC One BBC Two ITV/ITV Breakfast Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC Three BBC Four
Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: Spend is given in 2016 prices. Output hours are based on slot times. 29 Religion and ethics
Hours of religion and ethics programming broadcast on the PSB channels dropped below 200 hours in 2016
Figure 26: Volume of hours of religion and ethics programming, all day
Spend £23m £21m £18m £18m £15m £15m £14m £15m £13m £12m £13m 325 17 293 285 273 49 30 25 254 243 27 29 44 236 229 26 219 61 12 35 44 16 204 53 49 13 52 20 187 49 26 20 18 42 53 39 33 29 26 40 21 22 47 5 39 11 13 30 33 42 46 50 62 26 31 64 57 52
113 105 109 105 105 102 102 88 87 89 97
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 BBC One BBC Two ITV/ITV Breakfast Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC Three BBC Four
Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: Spend is given in 2016 prices. Output hours are based on slot times. 30 Arts and classical music
In 2016, hours of arts and classical music programming on the PSB channels reached its highest level since 2013.
Figure 27: Volume of hours of arts and classical music programming, all day
Spend £77m £70m £57m £58m £54m £48m £42m £42m £44m £39m £36m
1,797 1,733 1,619 1,652 1,584 1,565 1,515 1,556 1,535 1,458 1,362
1,282 1,019 1,138 1,265 1,174 1,075 1,037 1,136 1,141 887 1,082
43 70 29 26 52 69 53 85 67 99 68 96 91 64 65 63 272 256 243 286 237 256 228 253 234 208 234 73 83 63 86 92 109 81 40 34 36 29 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 BBC One BBC Two ITV/ITV Breakfast Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC Three BBC Four
Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: Spend is given in 2016 prices. Output hours are based on slot times. 31 Factual
There was a slight decrease in the number of specialist factual hours broadcast in 2016.
Figure 28: Volume of hours of specialist factual programming, all day
Spend £269m £245m £211m £195m £174m £201m £190m £213m £200m £211m £205m
5,843 5,727 5,657 5,174 1333 4,684 4,689 4,729 1254 1244 4,392 4,349 1038 4,261 4,122 942 356 387 1114 1345 928 1042 393 960 954 1095 533 1288 1127 359 459 350 895 612 391 411 798 609 612 992 739 655 573 656 691 587 553 209 659 218 197 128 575 417 516 532 500 543 160 197 227 185 195 126 98 1,883 874 746 1,549 1,646 1,648 659 802 808 782 851
802 809 875 743 730 693 664 494 433 565 535 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 BBC One BBC Two ITV/ITV Breakfast Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC Three BBC Four
Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: Spend is given in 2016 prices. Output hours are based on slot times. 32 Factual
In 2016, hours of new UK specialist factual programming decreased by 58 hours compared to 2015.
Figure 29: Volume of hours of first-run UK originated specialist factual programming, all day
Spend £255m £231m £203m £184m £168m £194m £183m £208m £194m £205m £204m
1,486 1,455 1,419 1,388 1,419 1,403 1,397 122 1,346 70 130 111 1,267 102 74 55 78 93 111 1,222 61 55 21 75 56 1,173 109 67 109 211 340 264 264 60 325 291 137 123 62 389 215 61 138 79 278 295 243 242 270 227 196 231 248 212 89 93 235 127 123 59 79 81 84 84 73 43 291 363 296 291 294 325 316 270 280 307 353
381 321 284 310 325 346 291 274 303 345 339
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 BBC One BBC Two ITV/ITV Breakfast Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC Three BBC Four
Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: Spend is given in 2016 prices. Output hours are based on slot times. 33 Factual
Spend on new UK general factual content was at its highest recorded level in real terms in 2016.
Figure 30: Volume of hours of first-run UK originated general factual programming, all day
Spend £175m £182m £183m £167m £160m £171m £177m £169m £181m £181m £184m 3,478 3,455 3,364 3,311 3,268 3,307 3,180 116 3,006 265 2,993 195 729 773 123 627 680 652 405 520 2,497 348 297
2,093 325
270 1,887 1,863 1,881 1,922 1,946 2,000 1,864 1,961 2,027 1,477 1,154
215 160 257 257 232 195 160 171 134 323 347 429 440 426 431 469 564 540 513 518 220 263 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 BBC One BBC Two ITV/ITV Breakfast Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC Three BBC Four
Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: Spend is given in 2016 prices. Output hours are based on slot times. 34 Factual
Driven by Channel 5, there was a 38% increase in new UK factual entertainment programming in 2016.
Figure 31: Volume of hours of first-run UK-originated factual entertainment programming, all day
Spend £138m £200m £171m £174m £143m £119m £117m £100m £111m £140m £178m
1,402 1,430 1,346 1,293 102 1,322 1,237 145 98 37 97 32 133 92 1,099 47 95 513 83 943 958 887 885 555 545 567 171 56 44 475 75 51 155 593 162 135 128 104 27 122 185 31 100 92 21 59 51 116 52 61 175 42 125 76 367 145 186 352 309 272 155 181 288 171
456 441 317 329 390 387 250 300 304 311 234
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 BBC One BBC Two ITV/ITV Breakfast Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC Three BBC Four
Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: Spend is given in 2016 prices. Output hours are based on slot times. 35 Sport
The Olympics, Paralympics and European football championships led to a big year of sport in 2016.
Figure 32: Volume of hours of sport programming, all day
Spend £676m £508m £606m £486m £672m £518m £590m £404m £551m £443m £532m 4,715 56 4,194 4,228 45 1601 3,537 3,561 3,444 1426 1203 71 3,277 3,356 180 95 215 112 296 238 2,843 2,874 2,871 228 981 166 814 226 139 150 725 809 699 804 884 807 710 384 563 489 654 774 378 398 361 304 375 347 347 338 370 1,019 1,277 988 976 1,095 774 1,122 942 918 839 942
825 817 887 905 639 575 733 601 635 811 627
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 BBC One BBC Two ITV/ITV Breakfast Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC Three BBC Four
Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: Spend is given in 2016 prices. Output hours are based on slot times. 36