Medianations:UK2019Published7August20191OverviewThisisOfcom’ssecondannualMediaNationsreport.Itreviewskeytrendsinthetelevisionandonlinevideosectorsaswellastheradioandotheraudiosectors.Accompanyingthisnarrativereportisaninteractivereportwhichincludesanextensiverangeofdata.TherearealsoseparatereportsforNorthernIreland,ScotlandandWales.TheMediaNationsreportisareferencepublicationforindustry,policymakers,academicsandconsumers.Thisyear’spublicationisparticularlyimportantasitprovidesevidencetoinformdiscussionsaroundthefutureofpublicservicebroadcasting,supportingthenationwideforumwhichOfcomlaunchedinJuly2019:SmallScreen:BigDebate.Wepublishthisreporttosupportourregulatorygoaltoresearchmarketsandtoremainattheforefrontoftechnologicalunderstanding.Itaddressestherequirementtoundertakeandmakepublicourconsumerresearch(assetoutinSections14and15oftheCommunicationsAct2003).ItalsomeetstherequirementsonOfcomunderSection358oftheCommunicationsAct2003topublishanannualfactualandstatisticalreportontheTVandradiosector.Thisyearwehavestructuredthefindingsintofourchapters.•ThetotalvideochapterlooksattrendsacrossalltypesofvideoincludingtraditionalbroadcastTV,video-on-demandservicesandonlinevideo.•Inthesecondchapter,wetakeadeeperlookatpublicservicebroadcastingandsomewideraspectsofbroadcastTV.•Thethirdchapterisaboutonlinevideo.ThisiswhereweexamineingreaterdepthsubscriptionvideoondemandandYouTube.•Inthelastchapterwetuneintoradioandputitinthecontextofotheraudioservices,includingpodcastsandmusicstreamingservices.2ContentsOverview............................................................................................................1Executivesummary............................................................................................3TotalvideoandbroadcastTV.........................................................................................................3Radioandaudio.................................................................................................................
