High prices for digital TV services causing “streamflation" concerns

Spending on going out to the cinema was down by 18.6 percent in July compared to last year (Image: Getty) Consumer spending on digital TV and music rose 11.1 per cent in July, fuelling concerns about “streamflation”.

The increase of expensive streaming services, such as Netflix , Amazon Prime, Disney+, Apple TV, and Now, means the cost of armchair entertainment is soaring. The rise in spending on these services was picked up by the latest Barclays Consumer Spend report. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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2 per cent in June, as Brits tuned into popular series such as House of the Dragon, The Boys and Supacell. “Streamflation – the rising price of streaming subscr.