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UK CMR TV Charts 2. Television and audio visual 0 Figure 2.1 Industry metrics UK television industry 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total TV industry revenue (£bn) 10.0 10.5 10.6 11.1 11.2 11.1 Proportion of revenue generated by public funds 24% 25% 25% 25% 24% 25% Proportion of revenue generated by advertising 35% 35% 33% 32% 31% 28% Proportion of revenue generated by subscriptions 34% 35% 36% 37% 39% 41% TV as a proportion of total advertising spend 29.6% 29.6% 27.9% 26.9% 26.5% 27.5% Spend on originated output by 5 main networks (£bn) 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.4 Digital TV take-up 53.0% 61.9% 69.7% 86.3% 87.1% 91.4% Proportion of DTV homes paying for TV (Q1) 71.7% 64.3% 60.0% 55.0% 53.1% 54.6% Viewing per head, per day (hours) in all homes 3.70 3.65 3.60 3.63 3.74 3.75 Share of the five main networks in all homes 73.8% 70.4% 66.7% 63.5% 60.8% 57.8% Number of channels broadcasting in the UK 379 416 433 470 495 490 Source: Ofcom/broadcasters/Advertising Association/Warc/BARB/GfK. Note: Public funds include the DCMS grant to S4C and BBC funding that is allocated to TV; TV as a proportion of total advertising spend excludes direct mail and is based on © Advertising Association/Warc Expenditure Report (www.warc.com/expenditurereport); spend on originations includes spend on nations and regions programming (not Welsh and Gaelic language programmes but some Irish language). Note that digital television take-up in Q1 2010 had reached 92%. 1 Figure 2.2 Changes in TV industry revenue, 2008 - 2009 Revenue (£m) 11,600 -9.4% 11,500 +7.5% +1.5% -14.0% £74m £41m 11,400 £319m 11,300 £308m 11,200 -1.3% -8% -2.7% -0.4% 11,100 £6m £11,157m £22m £11,109m 11,000 2008 Subscriber Other BBC TV PSB NAR PSB portfolio Other NAR 2009 revenue revenue spending NAR revenue Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: Figures expressed in nominal terms. PSB NAR comprises Channel 3 licensees (including GMTV1), Channel 4, Five and S4C. PSB portfolio NAR includes the commercial channels owned by the PSBs. ’Other NAR’ comprises the rest of the multichannel market. Platform operator revenues do not include any installation costs, equipment sales or subsidies. BBC TV spending represents the amount of BBC revenue that is allocated to TV. 2 Figure 2.3 TV net advertising revenues 1-year change (%) £m £ 3,470m £3,136m -9.6% 4,000 -7.6% GMTV1 £55m £459m 3,000 £51m £453m -1.3% PSB portfolio £808m channels £786m -2.7% Other 2,000 £272m multichannels £207m £623m -23.8% Five £538m 1,000 -13.7% Channel 4/S4C £1,253m £1,100m -12.2% ITV1/Channel 3 0 2008 2009 Source: Ofcom/broadcasters. Note: Totals may not equal the sum of the components due to rounding. ITV1/Channel 3 includes ITV1, STV, UTV and Channel Television. 3 Figure 2.4 Live versus time-shifted TV viewing, all individuals, all homes Proportion of viewing (%) 100% 1.0% 1.5% 2.2% 3.1% 0.7% 1.2% 1.9% 2.8% 90% Viewed 1-6 days 80% after broadcast 70% 60% Viewed on same 50% 98.3% 97.3% 96.0% 94.1% day 40% 30% 20% Live 10% 0% 2006 2007 2008 2009 Source: BARB 4 Figure 2.5 Proportion of viewing that is time-shifted, by platform Proportion of viewing (%) 10% 9.3% 8% Digital satellite 6.8% Digital cable 6% 5.4% 4.0% Digital terrestrial 4% 3.6% 2.7% 2.7% 2.4% 2.5% 2.6% Analogue 2% terrestrial 2.0% 1.2% 2.2% 0.4% 1.0% 0% 0.4% 2006 2007 2008 2009 Source: BARB 5 Figure 2.6 Proportion of viewing that is time-shifted, by age Proportion of viewing (%) 10% Children 8.7% Adults 16-24 8% 7.9% 7.1% Adults 25-34 6.1% 6% Adults 35-44 5.7% Adults 45-54 5.1% 4% Adults 55-64 2.2% Adults 65+ 2.9% 2% 0.9% 0% 2006 2007 2008 2009 Source: BARB 6 Figure 2.7 Channels with highest and lowest proportion of recorded viewing, 2009 30 Channels experiencing the highest Channels experiencing the highest proportion of time shifted viewing proportion of time shifted viewing 25 20 15 27% 23% 10 20% 15% 15% 14% 14% 12% 5 11% 11% 3% 3% 3% 2% 2% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1% Proportion of viewing that is recorded (%) that is recorded of viewing Proportion 0 Fx Syfy VIVA Dave Sky 1 Sky 3 Sky Living 4Music News BBCHD Disney Disney Tiny Pop Tiny Comedy Sky News Sky Premiere Cinemagic Sky Sports Sports Sky BBC News BBC Showcase BBC Three BBC Sky Movies Movies Sky Movies Sky Movies Sky Sky Sports 1 Sports Sky Challenge TV Challenge Source: BARB. Includes +1 channels, viewing in multichannel homes, excluding channels with <0.1% share 7 Figure 2.8 Proportion of adults with home internet who watch online catch-up TV Proportion of households (%) 50% Q1 2009 Q1 2010 40% 40% 37% 33% 34% 31% 31% 29% 30% 26% 23% 24% 24% 24% 21% 20% 18% 14% 10% 10% 0% Total 15-24 25-34 35-54 55-64 65+ Male Female Source: Ofcom research Q1 2010 QE12. Which, if any, of these do you or your household use the internet for whilst at home? Base: All adults who have the internet at home (n=6163 UK, 1048 15-24, 1100 25-34, 2464 35-54, 860 55-64, 691 65+, 3015 Male, 3148 Female) 8 Figure 2.9 BBC iPlayer share of programme requests, by device type Share of programme requests (%) 100% 6% 6% 5% 3% 4% 4% 5% 4% 4% 4% 5% 5% 3% 4% 4% 5% 19% 19% 19% 18% 17% 18% 16% 15% 15% 80% 16% Wii 60% PS3 Mobile devices 40% 74% 75% 71% 73% 75% 75% 76% 73% 75% 72% Virgin Media 20% Computers 0% Jul- Aug- Sep- Oct- Nov- Dec- Jan- Feb- Mar- Apr- 09 09 09 09 09 09 10 10 10 10 Source: BBC iStats. Note: Includes requests for radio programmes. Data from iPhones not available from 10 November to 2 February and data from Wii not available from 22 to 31 March, due to technical problems. 9 Figure 2.10 Active reach of major online catch-up TV services Active reach (%) 25 Total catch-up TV reach 20 BBC iPlayer 15 ITV Player Channel 4oD 10 Channel 5 - Demand 5 Five Sky Player 0 Mar-08 Jun-08 Sep-08 Dec-08 Mar-09 Jun-09 Sep-09 Dec-09 Mar-10 Source: UKOM/Nielsen, home and work panel. Note: ‘Active reach’ is the percentage of all active unique persons aged 2+ who visited the site or used the application. ‘Active is defined as anyone who used an internet-enabled computer within the time period. ‘Demand Five trend data not available prior to March 2010 due to change in UKOM definitions. Total catch-up TV reach is the unduplicated reach of all five services. 10 Figure 2.11 Total monthly iPlayer TV requests across all platforms TV requests (m) Growth Apr 09 – Apr 10 100 93 88 86 87 84 77% Total TV 78 80 20 requests 71 21 20 18 17 62 59 61 19 55 18 60 50 52 53 51 28% Virgin 46 17 16 16 16 Media TV 14 15 15 15 requests 40 15 73 65 68 69 67 53 60 97% Online TV 20 39 45 43 45 31 36 37 37 37 requests 0 Jan- Feb- Mar- Apr- May- Jun- Jul- Aug- Sep- Oct- Nov- Dec- Jan- Feb- Mar- Apr- 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 10 10 10 10 Source: BBC iStats. Note: Does not include radio. Includes both simulcast and on-demand. 11 Figure 2.12 Linear/non-linear split of weekly time spent consuming audio-visual content on TV and computers Proportion of time (% / minutes) 100% 173 252 197 315 331 80% Non-linear TV (TV and PC) 60% 1522 1209 1172 40% 880 1053 Scheduled TV (TV 20% set) 0% ALL 16 + 16-24s 25-44s 45-54s 55+ Source: Ofcom research Base: All respondent days - 16+ = 7966; 16-24s = 1106; 25-44s = 3003; 45-54s = 1484; 55+ = 2373 Note: Scheduled TV does not include live online TV streaming; content consumed via mobile devices is also not included. Non-linear TV includes content consumed on DVRs, rented/purchased DVDs/VHS, recorded TV on DVDs/VHS/games consoles/on demand TV through a TV set or PC, and content downloaded from the internet. 12 Figure 2.13 Weekly time spent consuming selected non-linear video content Weekly time spent consuming media (minutes) 350 331 315 Downloaded TV/films/video 22 clips/DVDs (PCs) 300 14 40 21 252 17 TV/films on demand (PC) 250 15 52 15 54 18 23 197 200 On demand TV (TV set) 17 12 12 173 42 10 73 13 17 150 33 20 22 Recorded TV on 100 203 DVD/VHS/console (TV set) 145 50 115 123 110 Rented/purchased DVDs/videos (TV set) 0 Recorded TV on a DVR (TV ALL 16 + 16-24s 25-44s 45-54s 55+ set) Source: Ofcom research Base: All respondent days - 16+ = 7966; 16-24s = 1106; 25-44s = 3003; 45-54s = 1484; 55+ = 2373 13 Figure 2.14 HD-ready sets: sales HD-ready sets as a percentage of all sets sold 4,000 100% Thousands of sets sold 3,500 90% % of all sets sold 80% 3,000 70% 2,500 60% 2,000 50% 1,500 40% Set sales (000s) sales Set 30% 1,000 20% 500 10% 0 0% Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 200620062006200620072007200720072008200820082008200920092009200920102010 Source:14 GfK sales data Figure 2.15 Number of broadcast HD homes: BSkyB, Virgin Media, Freesat and Freeview 5,500 5,000 4,500 Freeview 4,000 HD* ) 3,500 Freesat 3,000 HD* 000s 2,500 Virgin 2,000 Media Homes ( Homes 1,500 Sky+ HD 1,000 500 0 Q2 2006 Q4 2006 Q2 2007 Q4 2007 Q2 2008 Q4 2008 Q2 2009 Q4 2009 Q2 2010 Source: Operators/GfK Note: Figures represent latest available data.
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