Home entertainment spending overtakes print sales for first time

UK music, video and games sales higher than those of magazines, books and newspapers last year

The soaring popularity of services like Netflix, Amazon and Spotify has pushed the amount consumers spend on home entertainment products past the amount spent on books, magazines and newspapers for the first time.

UK consumers spent a record £7.2bn last year on all forms of music, video and games, from CDs, DVDs and vinyl records to console software and subscriptions to music and TV streaming services.