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Two-thirds believe making streamer audiences pay the licence fee if they don’t watch BBC is ‘unfair’
Two-thirds of people believe requiring streamer-only audiences to pay the licence fee is “unfair” if they don’t watch BBC or live programming, according to a Yougov poll commissioned by COBA. Of the 2,000+ UK-wide respondents, 69% said extending the scope of the licence fee in this way would be unfair, with half (52%) believing it […]
UK drama co-productions tallied 28 in 2024, a fractional dip on 2023’s total of 31, according to a new report for COBA. Within this, co-productions between UK and US partners rose sharply, while co-productions with Europeans fell. Over the last decade, co-productions have remained stable except for the period impacted by lockdown.
A new report from COBA and Pact highlights how a mixed ecology of public and private finance has fuelled exceptional growth in the screen sector clusters of Glasgow, South Wales and Bristol. Over the five year period, investment in content rose strongly and jobs increased by 70%. Rather than look just as the economic impact […]
Third-party broadcasters and SVoDs are estimated to have invested a record £132m in PSB drama in 2022, up nearly 70% on 2018’s figure of £78m, according to new independent research published by COBA. Analysis by media sector consultancy Oliver & Ohlbaum Associates shows this rise in third-party investment helped drive total PSB drama production […]