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Motion Picture and Video Distribution industry operators have faced difficult operating conditions in recent years. Climbing media digitisation has changed the way that film and TV content is delivered to households and has affected the industry's operating landscape. The industry's performance mostly relies on box office takings at cinemas and demand for films and TV shows from TV broadcasters and subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) providers. Consumer preferences have shifted towards digital media and platforms, which has reduced demand for sales and rentals of DVDs and Blu-ray Discs over the past few years. These trends have negatively affected industry revenue.
Industry revenue has declined at a CAGR of 6.7 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $1.2bn in 2023.
Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.
Company | Market Share (%)
2024 | Revenue ($m)
2024 |
---|---|---|
Walt Disney Australia | 527.3 | |
Warner Bros Entertainment | 217.8 | |
Universal Pictures International Australasia Pty Ltd | 163.1 |
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including G rated films and TV shows, PG rated films and TV shows and M rated films and TV shows. G rated films and TV shows is the largest segment of the Motion Picture and Video Distribution in Australia.
Disney+ entry into the market has boosted G rated films and TV shows revenue share
Industry firms acquire the distribution rights for motion pictures and videos. They then lease or wholesale these motion pictures to cinemas for exhibition, to TV and pay-TV broadcasters for public viewing, to SVOD providers, and to retailers and wholesalers for sale or rent on physical media (i.e. DVDs and Blu-ray Discs). The industry also includes agents that lease and wholesale films and videos to organisations, and distribute video products using digital formats.
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ANZSIC 5512 - Motion Picture and Video Distribution in Australia
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The market size of the Motion Picture and Video Distribution industry in Australia is $1.2bn in 2024.
There are 239 businesses in the Motion Picture and Video Distribution industry in Australia, which has declined at a CAGR of 0.2 % between 2018 and 2023.
The market size of the Motion Picture and Video Distribution industry in Australia has been declining at a CAGR of 6.7 % between 2018 and 2023.
Over the next five years, the Motion Picture and Video Distribution industry in Australia is expected to grow.
The biggest companies operating in the Motion Picture and Video Distribution market in Australia are Walt Disney Australia, Warner Bros Entertainment and Universal Pictures International Australasia Pty Ltd
G rated films and TV shows and PG rated films and TV shows are part of the Motion Picture and Video Distribution industry.
The company holding the most market share in Australia is Walt Disney Australia.
The level of competition is moderate and increasing in the Motion Picture and Video Distribution industry in Australia.