title of 2020 as consumers stayed home during the pandemic, the British Association for Screen Entertainment revealed Wednesday.Based on data from the Official Charts Company, Futuresource Consulting and Kantar, the BASE figures also show that the home entertainment sector grew by 26% in 2020, bringing the total market value to £3.3 billion .
SVOD services grew by 42% in 2020 and streaming services now account for 74% of the total market value, with new services joining the market in 2020 such as Disney Plus, and an expansion in the uptake of existing services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video during the first U.K. lockdown period. Digital rental proved popular, with more than 30.8 million rental transactions made through October 2020.
Popular TV boxsets included “Game of Thrones” season 8, “Chernobyl,” and the “Doctor Who” and “Downton Abbey” collections.
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