1、Media nations:Northern Ireland 2022Published 17 August 20222 Contents Overview 3 TV:services,devices and trends 5 Public service broadcasting 24 Radio and audio 41 3 Overview This Media Nations:Northern Ireland report reviews key trends in the media sector and sets out how audiences are served in No

2、rthern Ireland.We adopt a cross-platform perspective,including broadcast TV and radio,as well as digital delivery including online video and audio streaming.The report provides updates on several datasets,including data collected directly from licensed television and radio broadcasters(for output,sp

3、end and revenue),Ofcoms own consumer research and BARB and RAJAR data(for audience consumption).In addition to this Northern Ireland report,there are separate reports for the UK as a whole,Scotland,and Wales,as well as an interactive report containing an extensive range of data.What we have found,in

4、 brief Overall viewing of TV and video in Northern Ireland has fallen from its pandemic peak The average amount of time people in Northern Ireland spent watching TV and video content in 2021,across all devices,was 4 hours 9 minutes per person per day,down 11 minutes on 2020,which was heavily influen

5、ced by Covid-19 restrictions,but up on 2019.Time spent watching TV from broadcasters in Northern Ireland fell by 6.3%compared to 2020,illustrating that the long-term trend of decline in overall viewing of broadcasters content,seen over the past decade,has resumed.Despite the decrease since 2020,howe

6、ver,people in Northern Ireland spent 3 hours 1 minute per day watching broadcast TV on the TV set in 2021;a similar amount to England but less than Scotland and Wales.Subscription video-on-demand(SVoD)services saw a small uplift in Q1 2022,with 70%of households in Northern Ireland subscribing to at