A forecast from 2021 suggests that the global content spending of selected media and streaming companies would increase by 2026. Warner Bros. Discovery will show the highest increase between 2021 and 2026, reaching a programming expense of over 11 billion U.S. dollars. Paramount Global will grow its budget by around five billion U.S. dollars in the same period, achieving a content spend value of 6.6 billion dollars by 2026.
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Activate. (October 26, 2022). Content spending of selected media and streaming companies worldwide in 2021 and 2026 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1248339/content-spend-media-streaming-companies-worldwide/
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Activate. (2022). Content spending of selected media and streaming companies worldwide in 2021 and 2026 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1248339/content-spend-media-streaming-companies-worldwide/
Activate. "Content Spending of Selected Media and Streaming Companies Worldwide in 2021 and 2026 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Oct 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1248339/content-spend-media-streaming-companies-worldwide/
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Content spending of selected media and streaming companies worldwide in 2021 and 2026 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Activate, October 26, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1248339/content-spend-media-streaming-companies-worldwide/