Report: Audiovisual fiction production in Europe. November 2023

A new edition of the report “Audiovisual fiction production in Europe” has just been published by the European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. The report analyses the volume of TV/SVOD fiction films and series produced in Europe, and of European origin according to main acting roles, the main commissioners and producers, and the crews of screenwriters and directors involved in their creation.

This new report finds that:

• In 2022, most TV fiction commissioned by global streamers was produced in the UK and Spain.
• The production and release of original TV fiction resumed growth in 2022 after a halt during the COVID-19 crisis.
• Well over half of fiction titles produced in Europe in 2022 were commissioned by public service broadcasters (56%), followed by private broadcasters (35%) and global streamers (9%).
• In 2022, most TV fiction commissioned by global streamers was produced in Spain and the United Kingdom (39 titles each), both homes to Netflix production hubs in Madrid and British Shepperton Studios. Other significant production hubs for streamers were the Nordic countries and France (2015-2022).
• With a big boost in investment, global streamers released 228 original European fiction titles in 2022 (all formats), versus 127 in 2021. This represents a massive hike of 80% YoY. Two thirds of these were commissioned by Netflix (50%) and Amazon (17%).

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