Digital video sales, which includes revenue from iTunes, Netflix and Lovefilm, grew by 40% last year, while music streaming also grew by 33.7%.
BBC News reports that music streaming now accounts for almost 10% of revenue from recorded music.
However, physical formats still accounted for 56% of all sales of music, video and games in the UK, according to Entertainment Retailers Association figures.
Digital video made up 30% of 2013's total video sales of £2.06 billion, with physical sales of video dropping by 6.8%.
The digital entertainment market grew 4% from 2012's figure of £5.1 billion, to a value of £5.4 billion in 2013.
Skyfall sold 2.96 million copies last year, while compilation Now That's What I Call Music! 86 was the biggest-selling album of 2013, having sold 1.2 million copies.
Overall sales of music in the UK dropped by 0.5%, with physical sales falling by more than 7%.
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