The document summarizes different types of live and non-live entertainment in the UK. It discusses how the live entertainment sector hit a record £17 billion in revenues in 2017 and was predicted to grow by another £400 million in 2018. It also outlines various live entertainment events like concerts, musicals, and sports and describes how the non-live entertainment sector includes movies, music and video streaming, television, video games, and over-the-top video. Revenues from these non-live sectors like music streaming, video games, and over-the-top video are also rapidly growing.

1. 1. Types of entertainment – both live and non-
live, including drama, musicals, concerts and TV
and video, OTT video, music streaming.

2. Live entertainment
Types of live entertainment
• Concerts
• Musical theatre
• Sports
• Comedy club
• Fashion shows
• Circus
Statistics
• the UK’s live entertainment sector hit
a record £17bn in revenues in 2017
• Growth was predicted to continue as
the UK’s live entertainment was
forecast to surge by another £400m in
2018.
• Live Nation, who own Ticket Master,
ticket sales were up 20% to more than
£80m, according to its most recent
figures published in October.

3. Non-live entertainment
Types of non-live
entertainment
•Movie
•Music streaming
•TV and video
•OTT video
•Video games

4. Live - Concerts
• A concert is a live music performance in front of
an audience
• Concerts are held in a wide variety and size of
settings, from private houses and small nightclubs,
dedicated concert halls, arenas and parks to large
multipurpose buildings, and even sports stadiums.
• Musicians usually perform on a stage. Concerts often
require live event support with professional
audio equipment.
• The value of Britain’s live music sector hit a record
£1.1bn in 2018
Global Live Music Revenues
In billions of dollars, with 2020 projection

5. Live – Traditional sport
• Traditional sports are a large sector of
the global market for live events,
estimated to be worth £24bn/$33bn.
• The global market for live events,
including sporting events, is forecast
to grow collectively by £3.7bn ($5bn),
to £108bn ($146bn) in 2018.
• Revenue from ticket sales to sports
events was £800m in 2017 and was
expected to grow to £900m in 2018.
• The consultancy firm estimates that
live TV broadcasting – watching sport
and other programmes when they are
first broadcast – generated £12.1bn
for the UK economy last year. This
figure comprises revenue from
television ads (£3.9bn), pay-TV
subscriptions (£6.1bn) and the BBC’s
licence fee (£2.1bn). It will rise slightly
to £12.2bn this year.

6. Live – Theatre
• Revenue from live performances, such as the theatre, hit £2.1bn last year and is
expected to grow a further 7% this year, according to a report from Deloitte.
• The eagerly anticipated arrival of new theatre productions – alongside the
continued popularity Les Misérables, the longest running musical – is keeping
theatre industry booming.

7. Non-live – Video games
• The UK video games sector is the largest in Europe.
• Games development contributed over £1.8 billion
towards GDP in the year to November 2018, as well as
an estimated £747m in direct and indirect tax revenues
to the Exchequer
• The e-sports industry has many aspects that are similar
to traditional sports: sponsorship, media rights, and
advertising are the biggest sources of its small but
rapidly growing revenue.
• According to Newzoo, the overall value of the global
industry will surpass $1 billion for the first time in 2019,
up from just $655 million in 2017.
• The global audience, meanwhile,
will hit 454 million people, up
from 335 million in 2017. Of those,
253 million are occasional viewers,
and 201 million are avid e-sports
enthusiasts.
E-Sports Revenue Sources
As per cent of total e-sports revenue

8. Non-live – Music streaming
Global Music Streaming Revenues
In U.S. dollars
Global Recorded Music Industry Revenues
in billions of U.S. dollars
Music Streams Played Online
Total in billions, by year & type
Music Streams Played Online
Total in billions, by year & type

9. Non-Live - Films
• This statistic shows the inflation-adjusted revenue of the UK film industry from 2008 to 2018,
broken down by platform.
• Film on television generated £894 million of revenue in 2018, an increase compared to the
previous year at £869 million.
• Digital video revenues rose consistently during the period covered.

10. Non-Live – OTT video
• Over-the-top (OTT) video revenue comprises consumer spending on video accessed via
an over-the-top/streaming service
• The UK remains the biggest OTT video market in Europe, with revenue projected to rise
from £1.2bn in 2018 to £2bn in 2023, a 10.3% growth
• This strong growth, sustained by a focus on international markets from major players like
Netflix and Amazon, will see OTT video expand from 25% the size of UK TV subscription
revenue in 2018 to 43.6% in 2023
• Among the sub-sectors of OTT video, UK subscription video on demand (SVOD) revenue
is predicted to increase to reach £1.3bn in 2023.
• Transactional video on demand (TVOD) revenue, such as buying and renting films and
box sets through services like Apple’s iTunes and Sky Store, accounts for a bigger share of
OTT revenue in the UK (35% in 2018) than in most other markets.
• TVOD is expected to grow 8.2% to £647m in 2023.