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TELEVISION UK

2002 sales revenues up by 6.6 per cent

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Last year’s UK television exports were valued at $666m (Euros626.293m), an increase of 6.6 per cent on 2001, according to new statistics published by the British Television Distributions Association (BTDA).
The biggest client for UK television programmes was the USA with 34% of total sales volume worth $232m (Euros218.168m) in 2002, a 16.4 per cent increase on 2001. The biggest increases were reported in Canada (+20.3 per cent) and Asia (+21.1 per cent). However sales to key European territories fell quite dramatically, notably in Germany (-32 per cent), Scandinavia (-14.8 per cent), Italy (-8.9 per cent), and France (-2.6 per cent) although sales to Spain and Eastern Europe grew by respectively, 1.7 per cent and 2.3 per cent.
Income from co-productions rose by 29.3 per cent from $61m (Euros57.363m) in 2001 to $79m (Euros74.290m) in 2002. For Rupert Dilnott-Cooper, co-chairman of the BTDA, “co-production is increasingly important: broadcasters are searching for bigger hit shows, and with top quality drama and factual, this type of pre-funding is often now the only way to get a show made.”
Formats and local productions rose by 12.2 per cent to $40m (Euros37.615m), with UK documentaries and dramas continuing to prove highly successful abroad in particular BBC’s Natural World: sold to 44 territories, and The Lost World sold to 32 countries. Channel 4’s Drama Shackleton with Kenneth Branagh was shown in 20 countries and Carlton’s Bob & Rose in 45 countries.
The BTDA accounts for more than 90 per cent of all UK exports and represents over 30 of the UK’s leading TV distributors, including BBC Worldwide, Carlton International, Granada International, Channel Four International, Minotaur and Fremantle International Distribution.

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