Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202213 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Institute for Prospective Technological Studies Digital Economy Working Paper No. 2015/12
Publisher: 
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Seville
Abstract: 
The main objective of the present study is to measure the extent of market segmentation for video-on-demand (VoD) services in the EU. We examine access to VoD catalogues in other countries and compare the content of film catalogue available across countries. Using various sources of data on VoD services we find that cross-border access to VoD services in the EU28 is extremely limited at 1.9% of available VoD services in the EU. Cross-border availability of film titles reaches 16.8%. Netflix performs better with 31% cross-border availability. Cross-border availability in VoD catalogues remains far below the 40% availability observed in digital film downloads, 80% in digital music downloads and 93% in e-books catalogues. Even within EU Member States, the VoD market is very fragmented with catalogue overlaps between local VoD providers in the order of 30-50% only. Consumers incur high switching costs to access a wider variety of products in this segmented market.
Subjects: 
video on demand
geographical market fragmentation
copyright
digital media
language barriers
online film
JEL: 
F15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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