Television has seen a few make overs over the last few years with streaming sites taking over in a big way. A whole weekend can be spent shut-out from the outside world where you get to delve into a new world of adventure, action, or comedy.
The amount of TV shows that are produced in the UK, and streamed globally, is reaching all-time highs around the world. Series like Downton Abbey and Peaky Blinders (originally BBC) are already considered modern classics, and it was reported that Amazon and Netflix doubled their spending on production costs for the UK series between 2017-2018. Forbes reported that it costs around 1 million pound to produce 1 hour of TV and that the UK TV industry has grown to half of the size of Hollywood and independent movies.
Binge watching culture is growing faster and faster and it was reported that in 2020, Netflix users watched about 3 hours of video per day.
Gala Bingo has recently released a handful of blog posts that take a closer look at the biggest wins in game shows, what the favorite TV moments were during 2021 and in their latest post, a TV show quiz where you try to guess the programme and see just how much of a binger you really are.
David Winter, Marketing Manager of Gala Bingo, explains that “the quiz is more of a tribute, rather than a self-diagnostic tool, to all the great shows that we have access to, especially for the shows produced in the UK. We truly embrace and appreciate the technological advancements that we have seen in the entertainment industry over the last few years, bringing us our favorite pastime entertainment through streaming and on-demand solutions.”
The fight for the market share of subscribers to streaming services was more of a US-centric battle just a few years back, with viewers in the rest of the world having to wait for releases of movies and TV shows in their respective regions. This is not the case anymore and it is safe to assume that most households have subscriptions not just to Netflix but national and international services such as from Sky, Prime TV, Disney Plus and Apple TV.
The Obi-Wan Kenobi series and other titles on Disney+, with record braking production costs, faces serious contenders in the release of the series: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power that has been in the making for years. There is an abundance of choice and there seems to be room for more than one giant streaming network, and the landscape has changed as the audiences just keep on growing through all age groups, nationwide.
