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Below is yet another example of the misuse and bad reporting of statistics.

Of course Doctor Who made piles of money this financial year ... Disney 
paid out a massive fee for the show (even when weighed against the loss 
of the money from the various international networks used to pay). Plus 
that Disney money should have statistically been spread across the two 
year contract, rather than treated as one lump sum in this financial 
year. All the other shows are still sold as they previously have been.

Statistics can be manipulated to "prove" anything the person paying for 
the result wants it to prove, and eyecatching headlines can sell 
'newspapers' even when they're misleading.  :-\

The reality is that Doctor Who was sold to one international streaming 
service with a relatively small potential audience, rather than 
numerous smaller international networks who previously bought the show 
with a combined bigger potential audience.



    Doctor Who named one of top British TV exports
    as UK show sales hit record US high
    ----------------------------------------------
    Other series that were flagged as selling well include
    Planet Earth III and Got Talent.

    A report has found that sales of British shows to the
    US hit a record high in 2023, with Doctor Who flagged
    as a series that performed particularly well.

    The latest UK TV Exports Report from Pact showed that
    UK distributor revenues from the US went up by 13 per
    cent to £593m ($751m) during 2023, topping the £574m
    generated during 2020, the first year of the pandemic.

    Amongst the series which were noted as performing well
    in the report were Doctor Who, in the first year of the
    BBC's deal with Disney Plus to produce and distribute
    the show, as well as the likes of Boat Story, Planet
    Earth III and the Got Talent franchise.

    Pact found that despite success in the US, British TV
    exports around the world fell slightly in 2023-24, down
    two per cent on the previous 12 months.

    Scripted drama dominated the genre share of exports,
    although fell from 49 per cent to to 43 per cent from
    the previous year, while entertainment saw the biggest
    increase from 21 per cent to 27 per cent.

    The Disney Plus Doctor Who deal is set to continue into
    2025, with a second season of the show having already
    been shot. Meanwhile, a spin-off series, The War Between
    the Land and the Sea, has also been produced.

    Beyond that is less clear - the show has yet to be
    officially renewed by Disney for a third season under
    the deal, season 16, although showrunner Russell T Davies
    has assured fans this is nothing to worry about.

    He previously told SFX Magazine: "It's an industry
    decision, it's like any business - these things take time.
    I think the decision will come after the transmission of
    season two. That's what we're expecting, that's what we've
    always been heading towards."

    Before this, Doctor Who will be back at Christmas for this
    year's festive special, Joy to the World, which has been
    written by Steven Moffat and stars Nicola Coughlan,
    alongside Fifteenth Doctor actor Ncuti Gatwa.

    
<https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-british-exports-us-newsupdate/>