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I would like a list of the top 10 content owners in the UK, defined as companies that deliver editorial or commercial content to consumers via digital product, be that website, mobile app or TV (for example Vice, Bauer Media, Netflix etc.)
Hi there! Thanks for contacting Wonder for details of the top 10 content owners in the UK. The most useful source for answering this question was a report into the state of UK media from Deloitte.
The short version is that the top 10 content owners in the UK are WPP, Liberty Global, Sky, RELX Group, BBC, Pearson, ITV, Sony, Daily Mail, and The Walt Disney Company. Details of the top 100 can be found in the list from Deloitte. Companies in the list operate in advertising, television, information publishing, gaming, news, film, music, magazine, and social media. The top 10 companies all have revenues of more than a billion pounds.
Below is a deep dive of my findings.
TOP 10 CONTENT OWNERS IN THE UK
1. WPP
Sector: Advertising
2. Liberty Global
TV production and distribution
3. Sky
TV production and distribution
4. RELX Group
Information publishing and events
5. BBC
TV production and distribution
6. Pearson
Information publishing and events
7. ITV
TV production and distribution
8. Sony
Video gaming
9. Daily Mail
News Publishing
10. The Walt Disney Company.
Film production and distribution
VICE UK, BAUER MEDIA UK, NETFLIX UK
Your request mentioned Vice, Bauer, and Netflix. As these companies did not appear in the top 100 list from Deloitte, I checked their UK revenues to understand why this was the case. To appear on the top 100 list, a company would need revenues of over £88.4M.
- Bauer Media UK did not appear in the top 100 list, and the most recent evidence of UK revenues came in 2013, when they were reported to have fallen to £192M. If this were the case today, Bauer Media would appear outside the top 50 in the list. However, it may be the case that revenues have fallen to the extent that they are not in the top 100.
CONCLUSION
In summary, the top 10 content owners in the UK are WPP, Liberty Global, Sky, RELX Group, BBC, Pearson, ITV, Sony, Daily Mail, and The Walt Disney Company. Details of the top 100 can be found in the list from Deloitte.
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