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📊 UK Home TV Market Grows to £5.7 Billion
The UK home entertainment industry is experiencing an all-time high. In 2025, the sector grew to £5.7 billion, according to BASE, including streaming, as well as digital and physical purchases and rentals of films.
Netflix remains number one with 17.6 million subscribers, followed by Prime Video. At the same time, 70% of the country’s population uses at least one paid service.
The musical Wicked is an absolute sales hit, with 1.4 million copies generating £17.7 million in revenue.
Topping film and TV sales are Gladiator 2, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, and the series House of the Dragon.
Physical media are alive and well: the Downton Abbey finale sold 56,000 DVDs in just two weeks, while the new Superman topped the Blu-ray chart.
The overall size of the UK media industry has reached £34 billion, with video content becoming more popular than video games and music for the first time.
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