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An overview of global PwC news:

South Africa

South Africa at the forefront of Africa’s gaming sector growth Africa’s gaming sector is expanding strongly, with South Africa emerging as one of the leading growth markets, according to research from PwC.
12 November 2025
Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s economic potential in the gaming and esports market Through strategic investments, fostering talent and integrating gaming into the fabric of society, Saudi Arabia is solidifying its position as a leader in the thriving gaming and esports market, writes Faisal AlSarraj, KSA Deputy Country Leader at PwC.
22 January 2025
Saudi Arabia

Saudi’s thriving esports scene set for SAR 50 billion contribution to GDP Saudi Arabia could enrich its national GDP by SAR 50 billion in the coming decade, if the nation continues to nurture its burgeoning esports market.
20 January 2025
United Kingdom

Entertainment and media sector set for $3 trillion revenues, PwC claims PwC’s global entertainment and media outlook has suggested that the sector is heading for strong growth in the coming four years.
29 July 2024
India

Indian media & entertainment industry to reach $74 billion by 2027 India's media and entertainment industry is projected to reach a substantial $74 billion by 2027, driven by an annual growth rate of over 9%.
24 August 2023
United Kingdom

UK becomes Europe’s leading entertainment and media market The UK has officially overtaken Germany to become Europe’s largest entertainment and media market. The news sees it become the world’s fourth largest market, behind Japan, China, and the US.
06 July 2023
United Kingdom

BBC investment boosts creative industry across the UK A new report has shown how the BBC boosts the growth of creative industries across the UK.
29 November 2022
Europe

French game studio acquires developer of WW1 Game Series French game studio Focus Entertainment has acquired a majority stake in Dutch player BlackMill Games, best known among gamers for its WW1 Game Series.
16 September 2022
United Kingdom

UK to become largest entertainment market in Europe After a brief decline during the pandemic, the global entertainment and media industry is poised for strong growth – and will approach a value of $3 billion by the end of 2026.
28 June 2022
Australia

Covid smashes media advertising revenues while digital news booms With the need for up-to-date information, the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the consumer switch from print to digital news media, according to the latest media industry report from PwC.
16 August 2021
United Kingdom

UK media industry could be worth £88 billion by 2025 The world’s entertainment and media sector revenue is due to grow to more than $2.5 trillion by 2025.
14 July 2021
Middle East

Entertainment goes digital as consumers embrace new normal Digital will account for nearly half of MENA’s media & entertainment revenues by 2024, powered by a pandemic-induced boom in streaming and gaming.
19 April 2021
Middle East

Covid sees physical media spending plummet in Middle East Physical media spending in the Middle East has nosedived during the pandemic, with PwC estimating a revenue decline of 8.3 percent in its latest global media & entertainment outlook.
15 March 2021
Australia

GroupM launches operational excellence transformation Global media investment giant GroupM has launched a major business transformation in Australia.
10 March 2021
India

India's media & entertainment sector over $55 billion by 2024 Driven by online channels, India’s media & entertainment (M&E) sector is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 10% in the lead up to 2024, passing the $55 billion mark
09 November 2020
Australia

Australia Post 'unnecessarily complex' and not 'customer-centric' Australia Post is according to a report by consultants from PwC “unnecessarily complex” and not “customer-centric”.
28 April 2020
United Kingdom

Consultancy advising BBC on gender pay parity has worse pay gap The BBC has become embroiled in a furore regarding gender pay disparity, after the state broadcaster appointed Croner, an employment consulting firm based in Hinckley, to handle complaints from the o
07 February 2020
United Kingdom

PwC to replace rival KPMG in ITV audit role Following the news KPMG was not competing to continue in its role as ITV’s external auditor, rival PwC has swooped to pick up the valuable accounting contract.
27 November 2019
Australia

Facebook vanishes flawed report by PwC consultants PwC has pulled a report into the clout of paid advertising on Facebook.
30 July 2019
Australia

Internet advertising in Australia inches closer to $10 billion mark Australia’s advertising market is set to grow substantially in the near future, driven primarily by growth in the online advertising space.
18 July 2019
Canada

PwC projects strong growth in data consumption in Canada PwC’s Global Entertainment and Media outlook projects staggering growth for data consumption, internet access, over the top (OTT) services, and esports, as well as modest growth for cinema, music, an
05 July 2019
United Kingdom

Industry veterans launch video game consultancy Video game industry stalwarts Philip and Andrew Oliver have departed from their roles with gaming studio Rebellion to found a new consulting outfit.
26 February 2019
United States

Global podcast ad revenues to boom to $1.6 billion by 2022 Though audio podcasts have been around for over a decade, only in recent years have they acquired the financial infrastructure and network structures to turn them into big business.
24 October 2018
Middle East

MENA cinema market cracks $500 million revenue mark, finds PwC Ahead of the upcoming MENA Cinema Forum in Dubai, event partner PwC has calculated local box office revenues to have broken the $500 million mark.
22 October 2018
Africa

African entertainment & media to embrace Convergence 3.0 paradigm Global professional services firm PwC has released the Africa edition of its Entertainment & Media (E&M) Outlook, which reveals high revenues and a transforming market across the continent.
24 September 2018
United States

Podcast ad revenue will more than double by 2021 Podcasts have taken the digital world by storm, generating ad revenues in the US which surpassed $300 million last year.
29 June 2018
United Kingdom

UK entertainment and media sector to grow by £8 billion by 2022 The UK’s entertainment and media sector is looking set to maintain its healthy growth levels through 2022, with a new report predicting it will grow to a size of £76 billion by then.
19 June 2018
United Kingdom

PwC review of BBC pay claims 'no evidence' of gender bias PwC’s long anticipated review of the BBC’s on-air pay policy has claimed there is “no evidence” of gender bias in pay decisions at the broadcaster.
05 February 2018
United Kingdom

PwC and Eversheds to audit salary policies of the BBC Following the annual release of the salaries of the BBC’s top earners, PwC and law firm Eversheds have been contracted to audit the BBC’s pay policies.
18 September 2017
United Kingdom

'Plug and play' consultancy for game developers launches Former marketing director Stephen Hey has established a new consulting firm specialising in video gaming.
12 July 2017
United Kingdom

UK media & entertainment sector to be worth £72 billion by 2021 UK data from the annual Entertainment & Media Outlook report forecasts the UK's Virtual Reality (VR) industry to grow to a value of £801m by 2021, at a rate of 76% year on year, making it the fastest
23 June 2017
United Kingdom

PwC apologises for incorrect envelope during Oscars ceremony The annual presentation of the Academy Awards - known as the Oscars – took place over the weekend.
28 February 2017

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