Dynamics of the active companies in the audiovisual sector* by productive areas

The number of companies active in the Film&TV sector is constantly growing. The 2017 value has increased by 3.4% over the following twelve months and by 6.2% since 2011. Thanks to the innovations related to the digitization of multimedia content, TV Programming seems to be the real driving force of the sector (+64.3% in the last six years). Post-production has also increased significantly (+43.0%,) while activities related to Distribution (-11.6%) and Exhibition (-15.3%) are in evident contraction, once again due to the technological upheavals taking place.

Dynamics of the active companies in the audiovisual sector* by productive areas
Years 2016-2017 and 2011-2017 (percentage changes)

Source: Symbola Foundation estimates on Istat data