Introduction
INTRODUCING THE SCREEN TRENDS & MARKET INSIGHTS SERVICE
Bringing a fresh view to Entertainment Services
- The Screen Trends & Market Insights Service is a transformative redesign the Futuresource Entertainment offering focused on meeting evolving industry demands with innovative features.
Always-On Access to Insights
- The new service provides continuous, real-time access to actionable intelligence for better decision-making.
Expanded Global Perspectives
- Screen Trends & Market Insights Service offers broader global and cross-industry viewpoints to enhance strategic understanding.
Interactive Dashboards
- Interactive dashboards empower clients to explore data visually and engage deeply with insights.
Service Offering
KEY BENEFITS
Always-On Self-Service Interactive Dashboards and Visual Access
- Users gain continuous access to data driving the insights through a self-service platform, reflecting the latest changes taking place across the industry.
- Enhanced usability through interactive dashboards and visual analytics allows meaningful data exploration.
Global and Cross-Industry Insights
- Scheduled reports providing by-sector detail on trends and insights.
- Scope includes global and cross-industry perspectives beyond country-specific analysis.
Timely Market Response
- Rapid response mechanisms ensure timely commentary and additional insights to market developments.
NEW FEATURES
Online Analyzer and Dynamic Power BI Visualizations
- The new Online Analyzer, provides constant availability of the latest outlook, whilst Power BI tools enable clients to interactively explore and assess market trends in real-time.
- Data cubes included are able to be downloaded to allow for further analysis.
Priority Data Refresh and Research
- Regular scheduled data refresh, using primary and secondary research plus additional cadence updates based on industry announcements.
Enhanced Reporting and Insights
- Reporting will focus on entertainment sectors and topics with frequent trend summaries and rapid reaction insights.
- Communication direct to client inboxes on the latest insights, alongside key forecast updates.
Service Elements
Service Components
Data
Regularly reviewed and refreshed datasets delivered through Futuresource's online portal. Corporate-wide access ensures broad usability. Built on primary industry interviews, secondary data sources, and consumer insights.
Visualisation
Power BI based dashboard, available directly through Futuresource's client portal. Visualising core metrics across the entertainment sectors, providing market sizing across a wider date horizon, ability to dynamical switch across country, region or global view.
Trend Reports
Comprehensive report of key trends at sector level, designed to provide actionable clarity on segment-specific developments while highlighting patterns and cross-industry dynamics that shape the wider ecosystem at a global, regional and country level.
Base Inputs
Sector Coverage
- Subscription Video on Demand
- Digital Transactional
- Theatrical
- Pay-TV
- Packaged Media
Country Coverage
- North America - Canada and USA
- Latin America - Brazil and Mexico
- Europe - Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the UK
- APAC - Australia, China, India, Japan and South Korea
Metrics
- Consumer Spend in USD and Local Currency
- Subscription / Transaction / Admission
- Average Spend per User / Average Price
- Tracked by Year - 3-year historic and 5-year outlook
Industry Perspective
Bi-monthly thematic reports offering a global perspective on critical topics and emerging trends, alongside analysis of broader ecosystem shifts impacting the video landscape.
Examples during 2026 include Pricing Strategies, Streaming services & Sports, Pay-TV vs Streaming and Theatrical & Transactional Cross-over.
Methodology
Industry Panel
- Global Perspective
- Regional/Local Executives
- Structured Consistent Questions
- Quarterly Cadence of Contact
Consumer Insight
- Nat Rep
- Dedicated Video Survey
- Conducted bi-annually
- Available 16-year trends
Secondary Data
- Association
- Government / Regulatory
- Investor Relation publications
- News Interpretation
Reaction
Analyst commentary on key industry breaking news, utilising supporting metrics and consumer syndicated surveys. Assessments to change will be reflected within market outlook forecasts.
Delivered direct to the client inbox along with analyst-led videos and scheduled publication notifications.
Engagement
Regular check-ins with client leads, via video and where possible face-to-face meetings, with increased touch-points to end users via debriefs, workshops and 1- 2-1 discussions. Focus in bringing the reports to life, breaking down market dynamics to support client in delivering strategic insights.