Coronavirus lockdowns see record spending on music, video and gaming market

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As restaurants and cinemas were told to close last year, the music, video and gaming sectors thrived.

Stay-at-home Britons spent a record amount on music, videos and gaming last year, according to new figures.

The Entertainment Retailers Association said the rise in spending came as people were stuck at home for long periods during the pandemic. Retail spending in the three areas increased by 18.3% to a record £9.3bn, which marked the eighth consecutive year of growth.ERA chief executive Kim Bayley said:"The entertainment market was already growing without coronavirus, but with much of the leisure sector shuttered due to lockdown, music, video and games were in the right place at the right time."

The fastest growing digital sector in 2020 was video, where sales soared by 37.7% to £2.9bn, driven mainly by the growth of subscription services such as Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video.Gaming remains the biggest contributor to the sector, accounting for 48% of aggregate sales, followed by video and music .More from Ents & Arts

 

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Sky News coverage is pathetic

Spent about 9 grand on Warzone skins

As Texas says people don't have to wear facemasks, incredible. Its all taking the piss now.

its not rocket science, what else is there to do?

And bicycles on public foot paths

Getting them off their consoles and back into classrooms will be interesting. 10,000,000 Kevin and perry's next week. Oh god glad mine are grown up. 🤣

Not like a large amount of people in the world were staying inside more

who wants to go to the cinema? you can't even see the new bond film.

I just moved to your city, who wouldn't mind showing me interesting places?

No suprise to anyone really

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