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THE THE UNITED KINGDOM EDITION 2026

the United Kingdom’s
media & entertainment industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping media & entertainment in the United Kingdom. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

Snapshot: Funding in USD
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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

Media & Entertainment illustration
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore the United Kingdom’s media & entertainment leaders

24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.

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Media & Entertainment company highlights in the United Kingdom, snapshot 6 August 2026
Company
DAZNdazngroup.com$1.39B2,737
Playtechplaytech.com$1.34B512
Jackpotjoyjackpotjoy.com$519M23
Synamediasynamedia.com$460M557
Viagogoviagogo.com$395M282
Intertainintertain.com$240.26M1,576
Dicedice.fm$238.27M97
Inspired Gaminginspiredgaminggroup.com$195.1M1,012
Bgisbgis.uk.com11 roles
Informa Connectinformaconnect.com9 roles377
Genius Sportsgeniussports.com8 roles669
Babcock Internationalbabcock.media7 roles32
Lumanitylumanity.com7 roles1,300
Financial Timesft.com6 roles5,536
Golden Wolfgoldenwolf.tv6 roles46
roundelroundel.com6 roles4
BBCbbc.com350
BBC Studiosbbcstudios.com5,343
Betfredbetfred.com11,000
Boomtown Fairboomtownfair.co.uk$32.07MFYFY2024 filing
Fan Expo HQfanexpohq.com10,044Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Football Radarfootballradar.com155Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Fremantlefremantle.com722
Genting Casinosgentingcasinos.co.uk3,828
24 featured companies

Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗

Company discovery

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THE KEY SIGNALS

Media & Entertainment industry KPIs in the United Kingdom

A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.

6 August 2026
Hiring participation1.9%

237 of 12,320 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation6.3%

777 of 12,320 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share33.6%

Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.

Median disclosed round$621.88K

Midpoint of 934 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 33.6% of disclosed capital, while 93.7% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How the United Kingdom media & entertainment has grown

Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.

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2016 — 2025

Disclosed funding by year

Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD

the United Kingdom media & entertainment
$0$402.84M$805.68M$1.21B$1.61B2016: $415.77M20162017: $862.99M20172018: $875.57M20182019: $664.04M20192020: $614.57M20202021: $511.18M20212022: $553.08M20222023: $713.15M20232024: $269.75M20242025: $1.41B2025
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Annual media & entertainment funding and company formation in the United Kingdom
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$415.77M51970
2017$862.99M55996
2018$875.57M55084
2019$664.04M62783
2020$614.57M78595
2021$511.18M608107
2022$553.08M41898
2023$713.15M38568
2024$269.75M29349
2025$1.41B7425
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • DAZN14.4%
  • Playtech13.8%
  • Jackpotjoy5.4%
  • Other companies66.4%

Funding by stage

1,208 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel609 50.4%
Series A–B200 16.6%
Series C+ / PE26 2.2%
Grants, debt & other373 30.9%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
8 rounds

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Seed05/2026
Checkstep $4.1M

Backed by Alea Capital Partners and Slow Ventures and others.

Seed03/2026
Captur $6M

Backed by Rally Ventures and Sure Valley Ventures.

Seed03/2026
Memorify $562.65K

Backed by Anglia Capital Group and Fundmypitch.

Seed03/2026
Arqiva

Backed by Polus Capital Management.

Series A02/2026
Polaron $8M

Backed by Racine² and Speedinvest and others.

Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
10 cards

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Series D06/2005
News UKnews.co.uk$166.6M

Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.

Series C07/2021
Dicedice.fm$129.56M

Backed by SoftBank Vision Fund and Blisce and others.

THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.

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GBP · millions · consolidated

Display conversions use the dated reference rates above. Where a verified rate is unavailable, figures retain their source currency. Each reporting cohort keeps its currency and accounting basis separate.

FY2025 · annual statements grouped by reported fiscal year; exact entity periods remain on preview rows · 49 reporting entities from 1952 eligible matches.

Revenue in covered accounts£52.0m

Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not the United Kingdom market sales.

Net profit / loss£110.6m

Combined result for the same cohort.

Aggregate net margin+212.5%

Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.

Median company revenue£0.0m

The middle covered reporting entity.

Profitable entities+57.1%

28 of 49 covered entities.

Top-five concentration+93.9%

Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.

Annual account trend

Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.

Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.

Profitability has two perspectives

FY2025 · 49 reporting entities

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THE UNITED KINGDOM · INDUSTRY COHORTS

How does media & entertainment compare?

Each pair uses the same year, currency and reporting basis. Cohort overlap is disclosed.

IndustryCovered / eligibleRevenue totalMedian revenueNet profit / lossAggregate marginProfitable shareOverlap

Available-account cohorts are not estimates of whole industries. Overlapping entities can occur in more than one cohort; do not add cohort totals.

Coverage, calculations & financial sources

Filed annual accounts for exact designated national identifiers. Every aggregate and peer pair uses one fiscal year, source currency and reporting basis; periods, coverage and overlap are explicit; 2026 partials are excluded.

The same up to eight reporting entities remain open across years, filters and sorts. Other company figures are available in Radar.

Source currencies and accounting bases stay separate. Missing accounts are excluded rather than treated as zero. Exact reporting periods appear on company previews. Annual totals can change with coverage and do not measure growth of a fixed company cohort.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

How the the United Kingdom companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.

Busiest websites

412 of the 12,321 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (3.3%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 435,471 visits.

CompanyMonthly visitsAuthorityMobile
Onlyfansonlyfans.com390,463,2938981.6%
BBCbbc.com372,846,19310074.3%
Goalgoal.com105,235,6719693.3%
Sky Sportsskysports.com48,561,2129869.8%
Skysky.com48,453,6378865.2%
Dazn Appdazn.com42,050,6399156.5%
The Independentindependent.co.uk38,943,5408978.5%
Last.fmlast.fm37,392,8568157.2%
Daily Maildailymail.co.uk36,646,8427883.7%
bet365bet365.com34,587,0387869.3%

Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.

Most-installed apps

798 of these companies (6.5%) publish at least one Android app — 1,913 apps in all, carrying 2.4B installs between them.

Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.

App reach by segment

The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2024Q1–2026Q2).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Music Tech172923.7MShazam: Find Music & Concerts 831.6M
Online Photos81637.3MPhoto Lab Picture Editor & Art 429.7M
Social Platforms154195.7MAvakin Life - 3D Virtual World 144M
Mobile Gaming13187.9M88 Fortunes™ Casino Slot Games 9.7M
Ott Video91184.3MDAZN - Watch Live Sports 89.1M
Metaverse6144MvTime XR - The AR & VR Social 29.2K
3D Animation4144MZu3D Remote Camera 3.2K
Film & Tv Studios19131.9MPJ Masks™: Moonlight Heroes 121.4M

A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.

Release cadence by quarter

New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.

2023Q2: 442023Q2: 122023Q22023Q3: 382023Q3: 552023Q32023Q4: 372023Q4: 232023Q42024Q1: 362024Q1: 302024Q12024Q2: 402024Q2: 332024Q22024Q3: 432024Q3: 682024Q32024Q4: 552024Q4: 522024Q42025Q1: 552025Q1: 552025Q12025Q2: 562025Q2: 642025Q22025Q3: 472025Q3: 1912025Q32025Q4: 712025Q4: 4822025Q42026Q1: 432026Q1: 3162026Q1

Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 1,768 of 1,913 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The the United Kingdom media & entertainment market map

Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Consumer digital6,101
Enterprise tech1,893
B2c e-commerce1,280
Enterprise software717
Internet first news publishers577
Marketplaces530
Real money gaming510
Saas386
Loneliness economy340
Internet first sports media264
Edtech181
Blockchain in media and entertainment180

Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Consumer digital

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

6101companies
1.4%have hiring activity

83 companies hiring · $5.08B disclosed funding

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How companies make money

Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.

Advertising6,443
Subscription4,263
Commission on transaction3,217
Fee-for-service2,952
Sponsorship2,643
E-commerce - service2,564
E-commerce - product1,281
Affiliate marketing859
THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Mergers & acquisitionsdazn.com ↗

DAZN has agreed to acquire ViewLift, in a move designed to accelerate its expansion in the US market and strengthen its proposition for sports rights holders.

Funding roundsmidnite.com ↗

Midnite, a London-based sportsbook and casino operator that raised €30 million in January 2026 to scale operations, accelerate product development and support international expansion

Mergers & acquisitionstelegraph.co.uk ↗

These collapsed before DMGT struck a roughly £500 million agreement with RedBird IMI.

Mergers & acquisitionsglobal.com ↗

Blue Cloud Softech Solutions today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the acquisition of 100% of Global Impx Inc. (GIX), a U.S.-based energy and digital infrastructure platform, through an all-share transaction.

Mergers & acquisitionsall3media.com ↗

Redbird IMI, which acquired UK-based All3Media for £1.15 billion ($1.51 billion) in 2024, has merged the production powerhouse with Banijay Entertainment, which has its headquarters in Paris.

Mergers & acquisitionswildchildanimation.com ↗

Joint administrators Gordon McIntyre and Donald McKinnin of Wbg Services have now completed a sale of the business to Stirling Animation Studio Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Magic Light Pictures, via a pre-pack administration process.

Mergers & acquisitionscurvemedia.com ↗

Serafin sees the value in having them as assets.

Mergers & acquisitionscirkay.com ↗

ATC Music Group acquired the remaining majority stake in Cirkay to strengthen its digital fan engagement and music marketing capabilities.

Funding roundslaminar.global ↗

Laminar, a San Francisco, CA-based developer of an open-source observability platform for AI agents, raised $3m in seed funding.

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 1,361 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Leadership moves
431
Earnings
331
Mergers & acquisitions
223
Funding rounds
91
Contracts
89
Company announcements
48
Asset acquisitions
31
New products
28
Layoffs
26
Regulatory
17
7 activity cards

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Leadership moves

203 tracked people moves

Global ↗
Na

Appointment chief strategy officer

Global ↗
Barry Carruthers

Appointment Chief Strategy Officer

Rivalry ↗
Kevin Wimer

Resignation

Rivalry ↗
Stephen Rigby

Resignation

Rivalry ↗
Ryan White

Resignation

sailwayz ↗
Jim Bue

Departure Previously Interim Executive Director

Michael Wallington

Appointment Chief Product Officer

James Goode

Appointment Previously group chief financial officer and executive director of PA Media Group

Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

Synamedia ↗
AI by Quortex

AI capabilities

Print ↗
ZeozGig

Marketplace

future us ↗
Helix

Audience Intelligence Platform

Viagogo ↗
Viagogo Distribution Manager

Product

Insurance Pulse

AI chatbot

Hachette ↗
Convention pick‑up

Shopping logistics

Hachette ↗
Hachette B2C Webshop

Direct-to-consumer e-commerce platform

Target IQ

Account-based advertising service

Contract wins

39 recorded customer wins

ingenta ↗

Customer: Publishing industry

Synamedia ↗

Customer: Mileto TecnologiaOTT Streaming

smiths news ↗

Customer: Guardian News and MediaMedia

Global ↗

Customer: petronasOil and Gas

Boston ↗

Customer: DUNLOP Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.

Flourish ↗

Customer: Evergreen Garden CareCRM

Workforce actions

17 companies with reported reductions

BBC ↗

2,000 rolescost reduction

Boston ↗

Scale not stated rolescost-cutting

Fremantle ↗

550 rolescost control

Rivalry ↗

Scale not stated rolescost reduction

Fintech ↗

3.0% rolesrestructuring for greater efficiency

Scale not stated rolesfinancial difficulties

Regulatory events

23 recorded events

approved registrationThe Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration

Fintech ↗

organizational license grantedSuperintendency of Banking, Insurance and AFP (SBS)

DMGT ↗

under regulatory scrutiny

Audiotonix ↗

Litigation

10 tracked suits

Company
evolution v playtech

defamationCivil · Ongoing

Company
evolution v black cube, calcagni & kanefsky, playtech

defamation lawsuitCivil · Ongoing

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

67companies
339period observations
9.0%median reported growth

Median across 262 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
Investor group represented by TTB PartnersPlaytech ↗Rumored2026-06-17Not stated in snapshot
Dazn AppviewliftAnnounced2026-05-01Not stated in snapshot
Visum TechnologiescrowdtechAnnounced2026-05-01Not stated in snapshot
hr pathLUMI ↗Announced2026-04-17Not stated in snapshot
axel springerThe Telegraph ↗Announced2026-04-14Not stated in snapshot
Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT)The Telegraph ↗Announced2026-04-14Not stated in snapshot

A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

137 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 721-posting snapshot covers 30 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Remote Conveyancer4
Electrician3
Mechanical Maintenance Technician2
Team Leader2
Contracts Manager2
Litigation Lawyer2
6 internship postings

110 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

53 postings specify a level.

unspecified
668
manager
24
senior
14
entry
8
lead
7

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 721 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Sql
51
Python
39
Excel
37
Ux
27
Ui
27
Design Systems
23
Payroll
23
C++
22
Powerpoint
20
Word
17
ADVERTISED PAY$47.8K/ year

Median across 82 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.

THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

2,543 founders and chief executives across 2,109 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

259 profiles with education records.

University of Oxford
51
University of Cambridge
38
Imperial College London
24
University of Bristol
22
King’s College London
17
University College London
16
University of Manchester
12
London School of Economics and Political Science
11

Prior employers

40 profiles with prior-work records.

Google
7
Goldman Sachs
6
Facebook
6
Microsoft
5
Apple
3
Morgan Stanley
3
McKinsey
3
Flipkart
2

Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

896,656 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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896,656articles in the measured year
159,175articles in 2026Q1
44.5%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Media & Entertainment coverage across United Kingdom · articles per complete quarter

0123,652247,304370,956494,6082021Q2: 119,0742021Q22021Q3: 137,1782021Q4: 116,0542022Q1: 131,7252022Q2: 134,1762022Q22022Q3: 139,1752022Q4: 144,9192023Q1: 150,2242023Q2: 150,7112023Q22023Q3: 157,3392023Q4: 145,5592024Q1: 166,0432024Q2: 170,6612024Q22024Q3: 176,6772024Q4: 187,9852025Q1: 225,3362025Q2: 179,9782025Q22025Q3: 430,0942025Q4: 141,0792026Q1: 159,1752026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q2119,074
2021Q3137,178
2021Q4116,054
2022Q1131,725
2022Q2134,176
2022Q3139,175
2022Q4144,919
2023Q1150,224
2023Q2150,711
2023Q3157,339
2023Q4145,559
2024Q1166,043
2024Q2170,661
2024Q3176,677
2024Q4187,985
2025Q1225,336
2025Q2179,978
2025Q3430,094
2025Q4141,079
2026Q1159,175

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
239,191 positive · 36,277 neutral · 155,612 negative
2022
306,732 positive · 51,705 neutral · 190,236 negative
2023
348,652 positive · 63,887 neutral · 189,960 negative
2024
394,768 positive · 96,380 neutral · 208,552 negative
2025
433,274 positive · 147,708 neutral · 393,710 negative

Leading coverage topics

Media & Entertainment coverage across United Kingdom · ranked by full-period article count.

Geopolitical Disputes And Contested Areas300,642 articles in the full recorded period
100,355 recent · 75,598 prior
International And Transnational Geographic Entities300,637 articles in the full recorded period
100,356 recent · 75,600 prior
Administrative And Political Subdivisions300,589 articles in the full recorded period
100,335 recent · 75,591 prior
Professional League Updates58,915 articles in the full recorded period
14,079 recent · 11,561 prior
International Political Relations44,986 articles in the full recorded period
12,833 recent · 8,877 prior
International Sports Competitions36,740 articles in the full recorded period
7,004 recent · 7,840 prior
Athlete Transfer Rumors34,272 articles in the full recorded period
10,119 recent · 6,244 prior
Celebrity Fashion And Style Updates33,995 articles in the full recorded period
6,310 recent · 6,514 prior
Security And Defense Policies30,273 articles in the full recorded period
9,157 recent · 6,039 prior
Reality Tv Competition Shows27,173 articles in the full recorded period
6,362 recent · 6,466 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

Media & Entertainment coverage across United Kingdom

KeywordRecentPriorChange
tariff negotiations4,0142,44664%
countries3,8951,732125%
free trade deals2,1391,069100%
conceptual rock albums1,987182992%
theatrical rock personas1,908384921%
rock concerts1,8741,17360%
trade dispute mechanisms1,842792133%
avant-garde composition1,811529242%
bilateral trade1,730706145%
alternative rock concerts1,7041,07958%
europa league7381,859-60%
economic slowdown6941,103-37%
champions league6431,046-39%
olympic team selections274822-67%
free casino games60781-92%

Event and signal lenses

Media & Entertainment coverage across United Kingdom

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

1,039,457 classified articles

territories, disputed islands, countries

24.6% critical · 21.3% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

146,282 classified articles

club valuation, inflation reports fx, currency intervention policies

31.1% critical · 42.3% positive
Rising

Growth

186,444 classified articles

league expansion news, pro league fixtures, gdp growth forex

30.0% critical · 47.0% positive

Media & Entertainment coverage across United Kingdom. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.

DEMAND, SUPPLY & PLACE

Where demand signals run ahead of mapped supply — the United Kingdom

Compare demand signals in the United Kingdom’s newsflow with the media & entertainment categories mapped to each signal.

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HOW TO READ THE GAP

Signal percentile − supply percentile = gap in percentile points. Positive gaps highlight questions to investigate. A high signal can reflect spending pressure or access friction, as well as potential demand.

The comparison is relative to the signal families on this page. A supply percentile of zero means the lowest relative reading, not zero companies. It is a prioritisation clue, not measured market size or unmet demand.

COMPARISON PERIOD2025-07-01 to 2026-07-01Against 2024-07-01 to 2025-07-01Explore the signals ↓

The opportunity, in one view

Signal and mapped-supply percentiles, their gap, and change in the signal’s article share.

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6 the United Kingdom demand signals compared with mapped media & entertainment supply
Signal familySignal percentileSupply percentileRelative gapGap (points)Signal share vs prior year
Box office & theatrical ↗Demand Driver70.00.0+70.0+44.5%
Layoffs & income shocks ↗Spending Pressure80.050.0+30.0+37.0%
Gaming & esports ↗Demand Driver10.050.0-40.0-1.5%
Creator economy ↗Demand Driver30.0100.0-70.0-18.0%
Streaming & OTT ↗Adoption Shift80.0No matching category+28.3%
Data & privacy regulation ↗Compliance Pressure30.0No matching category+19.3%

Showing all 6 signals. Select a family for its history and mapped categories.

Where the signals are loudest

All 12 city readings for these demand families in the comparison geography. the United Kingdom is highlighted.

Mentions per 10,000 articles

Each city’s reading is a share of its own coverage.

Colorado148.0

Layoffs & income shocks · Streaming & OTT · Creator economy

Down120.2

Streaming & OTT · Creator economy · Gaming & esports

Wiltshire118.9

Streaming & OTT · Box office & theatrical · Creator economy

North Carolina118.6

Streaming & OTT · Layoffs & income shocks · Creator economy

London112.6

Streaming & OTT · Layoffs & income shocks · Creator economy

Wales78.6

Creator economy · Streaming & OTT · Layoffs & income shocks

Edinburgh74.9

Streaming & OTT · Layoffs & income shocks · Data & privacy regulation

England71.9

Streaming & OTT · Layoffs & income shocks · Creator economy

Lancashire71.0

Streaming & OTT · Layoffs & income shocks · Creator economy

Northern Ireland69.6

Streaming & OTT · Layoffs & income shocks · Creator economy

Kent67.5

Streaming & OTT · Layoffs & income shocks · Creator economy

Manchester66.5

Streaming & OTT · Creator economy · Layoffs & income shocks

Inside the leading signals

Open any signal for its quarterly history
DEMAND DRIVERBox office & theatrical+70.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Theatrical swings can move where content money goes next.

7.12mentions per 10,000 articles+44.5%share change vs prior year

Mapped media & entertainment categories

  • Blockchain In Media And Entertainment180

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of the United Kingdom coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

0358112024Q3: 42024Q32024Q4: 42024Q42025Q1: 42025Q12025Q2: 52025Q22025Q3: 92025Q32025Q4: 52025Q42026Q1: 62026Q12026Q2: 52026Q2
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Box office & theatrical in the United Kingdom coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q31004.52
2024Q41044.8
2025Q11264.98
2025Q21105.44
2025Q32319.54
2025Q4985.64
2026Q11206.05
2026Q2525.8

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Wiltshire36.2 / 10,000
London10.5 / 10,000
Scotland7.6 / 10,000
SPENDING PRESSURELayoffs & income shocks+30.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Layoff cycles can pull discretionary spend back toward value offerings.

27.56mentions per 10,000 articles+37.0%share change vs prior year

Mapped media & entertainment categories

  • Real Money Gaming510

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of the United Kingdom coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

091828372024Q3: 182024Q32024Q4: 172024Q42025Q1: 222025Q12025Q2: 212025Q22025Q3: 272025Q32025Q4: 232025Q42026Q1: 312026Q12026Q2: 272026Q2
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Layoffs & income shocks in the United Kingdom coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q341418.7
2024Q438517.77
2025Q157022.55
2025Q242821.18
2025Q366327.39
2025Q440023.01
2026Q163431.96
2026Q224327.12

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Colorado81.1 / 10,000
DEMAND DRIVERGaming & esports-40.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Gaming engagement can pull platform, publishing and esports demand.

2.86mentions per 10,000 articles-1.5%share change vs prior year

Mapped media & entertainment categories

  • Real Money Gaming510

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of the United Kingdom coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

012342024Q3: 32024Q32024Q4: 22024Q42025Q1: 22025Q12025Q2: 32025Q22025Q3: 32025Q32025Q4: 22025Q42026Q1: 12026Q12026Q2: 32026Q2
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Gaming & esports in the United Kingdom coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3693.12
2024Q4552.54
2025Q1672.65
2025Q2683.36
2025Q3883.64
2025Q4422.42
2026Q1381.92
2026Q2333.68

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

DEMAND DRIVERCreator economy-70.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Creator activity can pull tooling, monetisation and brand-deal demand around it.

10.56mentions per 10,000 articles-18.0%share change vs prior year

Mapped media & entertainment categories

  • Internet First News Publishers577
  • Internet First Sports Media264

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of the United Kingdom coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

061218252024Q3: 72024Q32024Q4: 212024Q42025Q1: 92025Q12025Q2: 132025Q22025Q3: 122025Q32025Q4: 142025Q42026Q1: 62026Q12026Q2: 72026Q2
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Creator economy in the United Kingdom coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q31777.99
2024Q446321.37
2025Q12439.61
2025Q226613.16
2025Q329512.19
2025Q425314.55
2026Q11276.4
2026Q2687.59

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Down44.1 / 10,000
Wales30.3 / 10,000
Birmingham22.4 / 10,000
ADOPTION SHIFTStreaming & OTTsupply not mapped
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Streaming adoption can pull content, platform and monetisation demand with it.

35.6mentions per 10,000 articles+28.3%share change vs prior year

Mapped media & entertainment categories

This signal has no matching category in the page’s media & entertainment market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.

Quarterly share of the United Kingdom coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

0132639512024Q3: 242024Q32024Q4: 312024Q42025Q1: 262025Q12025Q2: 282025Q22025Q3: 362025Q32025Q4: 322025Q42026Q1: 332026Q12026Q2: 442026Q2
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Streaming & OTT in the United Kingdom coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q354424.57
2024Q469131.89
2025Q166326.22
2025Q258028.7
2025Q389036.77
2025Q455732.04
2026Q165833.17
2026Q240144.76

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

North Carolina79.1 / 10,000
Down68.7 / 10,000
London52.2 / 10,000
COMPLIANCE PRESSUREData & privacy regulationsupply not mapped
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Privacy rules can land as engineering requirements — consent, data handling and audit tooling follow.

5.11mentions per 10,000 articles+19.3%share change vs prior year

Mapped media & entertainment categories

This signal has no matching category in the page’s media & entertainment market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.

Quarterly share of the United Kingdom coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

024572024Q3: 42024Q32024Q4: 22024Q42025Q1: 62025Q12025Q2: 32025Q22025Q3: 52025Q32025Q4: 42025Q42026Q1: 42026Q12026Q2: 62026Q2
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Data & privacy regulation in the United Kingdom coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q31044.7
2024Q4462.12
2025Q11546.09
2025Q2793.91
2025Q31245.12
2025Q4824.72
2026Q1994.99
2026Q2556.14

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

London6.3 / 10,000
RESEARCH & CHANGING CONVERSATIONS

Related research and changing coverage

the United Kingdom media & entertainment coverage

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RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2019

‘Refugees are streaming into Europe’: An image-schema analysis of the Syrian Refugee crisis in the Spanish and British press

Complutense Journal of English Studies

53 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2018

The Britishness of ‘British Video Games’

International Journal of Cultural Policy

12 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2022

Loot boxes are more prevalent in United Kingdom video games than previously considered: Updating Zendle et al. (2020)

8 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2023

Parental experiences of live video streaming technology in neonatal care in England: a qualitative study

BMC Pediatrics

6 citations in the snapshot

What is growing in this coverage

the United Kingdom coverage of this page's demand families

KeywordRecent articlesPrior articlesShare change
hbo max6531166.0%
film debuts725372.4%
apple tv+695656.3%
newcomer actors706341.0%
netflix14614527.8%
ai research414515.6%

Share changes describe coverage in the stated comparison periods, not search demand or market size.

GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT

Where companies are based

Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.

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UNDERSTAND THE LANDSCAPE

Media & Entertainment in the United Kingdom: key questions

Clear definitions for making better comparisons.

What does this landscape measure?

It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.

Can segment counts be added together?

No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.

What does a missing figure mean?

A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.

Company ecosystem snapshot: 6 August 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.

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