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12-Nov-06
pages: 306
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tables & charts: 293
Territories covered
Western Europe

Austria,
Belgium,
Denmark,
Finland,
France,
Germany,
Greece,
Iceland,
Ireland,
Italy,
Netherlands,
Norway,
Portugal,
Spain,
Sweden,
Switzerland,
UK,
Central and Eastern Europe

Croatia,
Czech Republic,
Hungary,
Poland,
Russian Federation,
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The report assesses the size, structure and future prospects of the European home video industry based on Screen Digest's analysis of the latest market data and our own detailed computer model.
Current and historic data in this report is the result of the long-standing co-operation between Screen Digest and the International Video Federation (IVF), the only international professional video organisation.
Screen Digest's detailed forecasts for every aspect of the home video sector (VHS, and DVD, rental and retail, trade and consumer level) build on this data to provide an invaluable reference source for anyone involved in the video industry.
Key points
- The European video market accounted for 27 per cent of worldwide video spending, with Western Europe alone representing just over 26 per cent of sales.
- DVD penetration reached 65 per cent in Western Europe in 2005, and 25 per cent in CE Europe, taking DVD penetration in total Europe past the halfway mark to 53 per cent.
- Despite a 13 per cent rise in volume sales, total retail video spending in Europe fell for the first time in 2005 due to continued decline in prices.
- The market for retail VHS effectively vanished in several countries at trade level in 2005 as returns exceeded shipments.
- Screen Digest expects spending on retail video in Europe have fallen further by the end of 2006 but anticipates that the arrival of hi-def video will arrest this decline.
- Total spending on video rental in Europe declined by five per cent in 2005, falling for the third consecutive year.
- The online DVD rental sector continued to grow in 2005, accounting for five per cent of the total video rental market. This is expected to rise to around 27 per cent by the end of the forecast period as the traditional market remains in a downward spiral.
- Europe's rentailers were among those companies which launched Internet video-on-demand platforms in 2005. Screen Digest expects the market for digital delivery to have expanded significantly by the end of 2006 following the introduction of digital retail and download-to-burn.
Table of contents
Methodology
Statistical methodology
Hardware methodology
Software methodology
Evaluation and refinement of forecasts
Exchange rate methodology
European overview
Key facts
Growth in video sales slows
Taking video into the hi-def era
Rental market continues to decline
Online DVD rental services expand across
Europe
Europe on the world stage
The European DVD hardware landscape
Budget product depresses average prices
New study reasesses impact of piracy
Non-traditional retailers and digital delivery in the ascendence
European comparitive tables
Country profiles
Total Europe
West Europe
Central/East Europe
Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Tables and charts
Methodology
Euro exchange rates
Dollar exchange rates
European comparitive tables
DVD player/recorder penetration
DVD player/recorder households
Total distributor revenues from DVD software 2005
Total distributor revenues from DVD software
Distributor revenues from rental DVD
Distributor revenues from rental DVD
Total consumer spending on DVD software 2005
Total consumer spending on DVD software
Consumer spending on rental DVD
Consumer spending on retail DVD
Rental DVD units shipped
Retail DVD units shipped
DVD rental transactions
Retail DVD units sold
Average dealer price per rental DVD
Average dealer price per retail DVD
Average consumer price per rental DVD
Average consumer price per retail DVD
Average annual DVD sales per DVD HH
Average annual DVD rentals per DVD HH
Total Europe
Total Europe: Video hardware households
Total Europe: Retail and rental market infrastructure
Total Europe: Consumer spending on video
Total Europe: Video hardware
Total Europe: Video software totals
Total Europe: Average annual video purchases per HH
Total Europe: Video software market by sector
Total Europe: Average annual rental transactions per HH
West Europe
West Europe: Video hardware households
West Europe: Retail and rental market infrastructure
West Europe: Consumer spending on video
West Europe: Video hardware
West Europe: Video software totals
West Europe: Average annual video purchases per HH
West Europe: Video software market by sector
West Europe: Average annual rental transactions per HH
Central/East Europe
Central/East Europe: Video hardware households
Central/East Europe: Retail and rental market infrastructure
Central/East Europe: Consumer spending on video
Central/East Europe: Video hardware
Central/East Europe: Video software totals
Central/East Europe: Average annual video purchases per HH
Central/East Europe: Video software market by sector
Central/East Europe: Average annual rental transactions per HH
Austria
Austria: Video hardware households
Austria: Retail and rental market infrastructure
Austria: Consumer spending on video
Austria: Video hardware
Austria: Video software totals
Austria: Average annual video purchases per HH
Austria: Video software market by sector
Austria: Average annual rental transactions per HH
Austria: Windows after theatrical release
Austria: VAT/sales taxes
Belgium
Belgium: Video hardware households
Belgium: Retail and rental market infrastructure
Belgium: Consumer spending on video
Belgium: Video hardware
Belgium: Video software totals
Belgium: Average annual video purchases per HH
Belgium: Video software market by sector
Belgium: Average annual r per HH
Belgium: Windows after theatrical release
Belgium: VAT/sales taxes
Belgium: Retail video market share by distributor 2005
Croatia
Croatia: Video hardware households
Croatia: Retail and rental market infrastructure
Croatia: Consumer spending on video
Croatia: Video hardware
Croatia: Video software totals
Croatia: Average annual video purchases per HH
Croatia: Video software market by sector
Croatia: Average annual rental transactions per HH
Croatia: Windows after theatrical release
Croatia: VAT/sales taxes
Czech Republic
Czech Republic: Video hardware households
Czech Republic: Retail and rental market infrastructure
Czech Republic: Consumer spending on video
Czech Republic: Video hardware
Czech Republic: Video software totals
Czech Republic: Average annual video purchases per HH
Czech Republic: Video software market by sector
Czech Republic: Average annual rental transactions per HH
Czech Republic: Windows after theatrical release
Czech Republic: VAT/sales taxes
Denmark
Denmark: Video hardware households
Denmark: Retail and rental market infrastructure
Denmark: Consumer spending on video
Denmark: Video hardware
Denmark: Video software totals
Denmark: Average annual video purchases per HH
Denmark: Video software totals
Denmark: Video software market by sector
Denmark: Average annual r per HH
Denmark: Windows after theatrical release
Denmark: VAT/sales taxes
Finland
Finland: Video hardware households
Finland: Retail and rental market infrastructure
Finland: Consumer spending on video
Finland: Video hardware
Finland: Video software totals
Finland: Average annual video purchases per HH
Finland: Video software market by sector
Finland: Average annual r per HH
Finland: VAT/sales taxes
Finland: Windows after theatrical release
France
France: Video hardware households
France: Retail and rental market infrastructure
France: Consumer spending on video
France: Video hardware
France: Video software totals
France: Average annual video purchases per HH
France: Video software market by sector
France: Average annual rental transactions per HH
France: Consumer sales through kiosks
France: Retail video genre split 2005
France: Retail video market by distributor 2005
France: VAT/sales taxes
France: Windows after theatrical release
Germany
Germany: Video hardware households
Germany: Retail and rental market infrastructure
Germany: Consumer spending on video
Germany: Video hardware
Germany: Video software totals
Germany: Average annual video purchases per HH
Germany: Video software market by sector
Germany: Average annual rental transactions per HH
Germany: VAT/sales taxes
Germany: Windows after theatrical release
Germany: Video retail market by distributor 2005
Germany: DVD retail genre split 2005
Greece
Greece: Video hardware households
Greece: Retail and rental market infrastructure
Greece: Consumer spending on video
Greece: Video hardware
Greece: Video software totals
Greece: Average annual video purchases per HH
Greece: Video software market by sector
Greece: Average annual rental transactions per HH
Greece: VAT/sales taxes
Greece: Windows after theatrical release
Hungary
Hungary: Video hardware households
Hungary: Retail and rental market infrastructure
Hungary: Consumer spending on video
Hungary: Video hardware
Hungary: Video software totals
Hungary: Video hardware
Hungary: Average annual video purchases per HH
Hungary: Video software market by sector
Hungary: Average annual rental transactions per HH
Hungary: Windows after theatrical release
Hungary: VAT/sales taxes
Iceland
Iceland: Video hardware households
Iceland: Retail and rental market infrastructure
Iceland: Consumer spending on video
Iceland: Video hardware
Iceland: Video software totals
Iceland: Average annual video purchases per HH
Iceland: Video software totals
Iceland: Video software market by sector
Iceland: Average annual r HH
Ireland
Ireland: Video hardware households
Ireland: Retail and rental market infrastructure
Ireland: Consumer spending on video
Ireland: Video hardware
Ireland: Video software totals
Ireland: Average annual video purchases per HH
Ireland: Video software market by sector
Ireland: Average annual rental transactions per HH
Ireland: VAT/sales taxes Ireland: Windows after theatrical release
Italy
Italy: Video hardware households
Italy: Retail and rental market infrastructure
Italy: Consumer spending on video
Italy: Video hardware
Italy: Video software totals
Italy: Average annual video purchases per HH
Italy: Video software market by sector
Italy: Average annual rental transactions per HH
Italy: VAT/sales taxes Ireland: Windows after theatrical release
Italy: Video retail market by distributor 2005
Netherlands
Netherlands: Video hardware households
Netherlands: Retail and rental market infrastructure
Netherlands: Consumer spending on video
Netherlands: Video hardware
Netherlands: Video software totals
Netherlands: Average annual video purchases per HH
Netherlands: Video software market by sector
Netherlands: Average annual r per HH
Netherlands: VAT/sales taxes
Netherlands: Windows after theatrical release
Netherlands: Retail video genre split 2005
Netherlands: Retail video genre split 2005
Norway
Norway: Video hardware households
Norway: Retail and rental market infrastructure
Norway: Consumer spending on video
Norway: Video hardware
Norway: Video software totals
Norway: Average annual video purchases per HH
Norway: Video software totals
Norway: Video software market by sector
Norway: Average annual rental transactions per HH
Norway: All video retail market split by retailer
Norway: VAT/sales taxes
Norway: Windows after theatrical release
Poland
Poland: Video hardware households
Poland: Retail and rental market infrastructure
Poland: Consumer spending on video
Poland: Video hardware
Poland: Video software totals
Poland: Video hardware
Poland: Average annual video purchases per HH
Poland: Video software market by sector
Poland: Average annual rental transactions per HH
Poland: Windows after theatrical release
Poland: VAT/sales taxes
Portugal
Portugal: Video hardware households
Portugal: Retail and rental market infrastructure
Portugal: Consumer spending on video
Portugal: Video hardware
Portugal: Video software totals
Portugal: Average annual video purchases per HH
Portugal: Video software market by sector
Portugal: Average annual rental transactions per HH
Portugal: VAT/sales taxes
Portugal: Windows after theatrical release
Russia
Russia: Video hardware households
Russia: Retail and rental market infrastructure
Russia: Consumer spending on video
Russia: Video hardware
Russia: Video software totals
Russia: Video hardware
Russia: Average annual video purchases per HH
Russia: Video software market by sector
Russia: Average annual rental transactions per HH
Spain
Spain: Video hardware households
Spain: Retail and rental market infrastructure
Spain: Consumer spending on video
Spain: Video hardware
Spain: Video software totals
Spain: Average annual video purchases per HH
Spain: Video software market by sector
Spain: Average annual rental transactions per HH
Spain: Consumer sales through kiosks
Spain: DVD retail genre split 2005
Spain: VHS retail genre split 2005
Spain: VAT/sales taxes
Spain : Windows after theatrical release
Spain: DVD retail market split by channel 2005
Spain: All Video rental market split by channel 2005
Sweden
Sweden: Video hardware households
Sweden: Retail and rental market infrastructure
Sweden: Consumer spending on video
Sweden: Video hardware
Sweden: Video software totals
Sweden: Average annual video purchases per HH
Sweden: Video software totals
Sweden: Video software market by sector
Sweden: Average annual rental transactions per HH
Sweden: VAT/sales taxes
Sweden: Windows after theatrical release
Switzerland
Switzerland: Video hardware households
Switzerland: Retail and rental market infrastructure
Switzerland: Video hardware
Switzerland: Video software totals
Switzerland: Average annual video purchases per HH
Switzerland: Video software totals
Switzerland: Video software market by sector
Switzerland: Average annual rental transactions per HH
Switzerland: VAT/sales taxes
Switzerland: Windows after theatrical release
United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Video hardware households
United Kingdom: Retail and rental market infrastructure
United Kingdom: Consumer spending on video
United Kingdom: Video hardware
United Kingdom: Video software totals
United Kingdom: Average annual video purchases per HH
United Kingdom: Video software totals
United Kingdom: Video software market by sector
United Kingdom: Average annual rental transactions per HH
United Kingdom: VAT/sales taxes
United Kingdom: Video retail market shares by distributor 2005
United Kingdom: DVD retail Top 10 2005
United Kingdom: Windows after theatrical release
United Kingdom: Video rental market shares by distributor 2005
United Kingdom: VHS retail Top 10 2005
United Kingdom: DVD rental Top 10 2005
United Kingdom: VHS rental Top 10 2005
United Kingdom: Retailer market shares by volume 2005
United Kingdom: Rental DVD market split by rental channel 2005
United Kingdom: DVD retail market shares by genre 2005
United Kingdom: VHS retail market shares by genre 2005
United Kingdom: DVD rental market shares by genre 2005