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UK Streaming Economy

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What is the Streaming Economy?

When we talk about the UK’s Streaming Economy, we’re referring to companies that stream or enable the streaming of content from the internet.

This includes technology developed to support the streaming infrastructure, live streaming services, real-time data steaming, as well as the companies offering on-demand content through streaming platforms.

Streaming Economy summary

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Here are the key facts about the Streaming Economy sector. The sector has a turnover of £14.9bn currently, has received £3.1bn of investment and the sector is growing at 1.2% per year.

581
COMPANIES CONSIDERED
£14.9bn
TOTAL TURNOVER
45,043
TOTAL EMPLOYEES
£3.1bn
TOTAL INVESTMENT FUNDING
£2.7m
TOTAL INNOVATE UK GRANT FUNDING
1.2%
AVERAGE COMPANY GROWTH PER YEAR

Streaming Economy verticals

Our industry data goes deep. See the top verticals and specialisms making waves in the UK Streaming Economy today.

Our Streaming Economy RTIC is made up of 5 individual verticals. The top verticals in this sector include Live Streaming, and On Demand Streaming. You can find out more about the verticals by downloading our RTIC report, or by signing up for a free trial of The Data City platform.

  • Sector Code Description Records
  • RTIC0060 Streaming Economy 581 companies

    Companies working with technologies and services that allow users to access content directly transmitted from the internet

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    • Streaming Economy: Enabling Tech

      Companies developing the infrastructure and technologies that allow content streaming

      170 companies
    • Streaming Economy: Immersive Tech

      Companies developing the technology for immersive content streaming

      101 companies
    • Streaming Economy: Live Streaming

      Companies offering live streaming services and/or servers

      241 companies
    • Streaming Economy: On Demand Streaming

      Companies offering on-demand content to platform users

      234 companies
    • Streaming Economy: Realtime Data Stream

      Companies providing technology and services that enable real-time data streaming

      106 companies

Streaming Economy growth

Based on a growth rate of 1.2%, we expect that this sector could be worth £15.1bn by 2026. Below you can see our forecast of the growth of the sector.

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