More than half a century after Apollo 11, Artemis II once again brought live pictures from a crewed mission to the Moon to a global audience, capturing the collective imagination of people across our planet. The technology has changed almost beyond recognition, but some of it is now in consumer products. The experience may feel remarkably familiar, but the image quality is more consistent with our modern expectations.
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The way people search for television is changing rapidly, as conversational artificial intelligence becomes embedded in everyday tools and interfaces. New research from Gracenote, a Nielsen company, suggests that behavioural change is already well underway, particularly among younger audiences, but trust in AI-generated results has yet to keep pace.
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Online video subscriptions have reached around 2.2 billion worldwide, with further growth expected to 2.6 billion by 2030. However, much of that expansion is now incremental, particularly in mature markets where penetration is already high. The global subscription video market is entering a more measured phase, as the pace of subscriber growth slows and platforms focus increasingly on profitability and retention.
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Netflix is forecast to reach over 1 billion monthly active users globally by 2027, but YouTube is expected to approach 3 billion users worldwide. Netflix leads as the first-choice service in the United Kingdom.
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A broad group of European broadcasting associations has written to the European Commission reiterating a request to designate relevant connected television operating systems and virtual assistant platform operators as gatekeepers in its review of the Digital Markets Act. The letter is signed by a range of organisations, including the Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe, the European Broadcasting Union, and the European association of television and radio sales houses.
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Europe accounts for just 12% of the revenues among over 70 entertainment companies with revenues of more than billion euros. Over 70% of the revenues are for companies in the United States. These are some of the figures from the latest annual Key Trends report from the European Audiovisual Observatory.
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