Plunkett's Entertainment and Media Industry Almanac

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PLUNKETT'S ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIAINDUSTRY ALMANAC 2008CONTENTSA Short Entertainment & Media Industry Glossary iIntroduction 1How To Use This Book 3Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting the Entertainment & Media Industry 71) Introduction to the Entertainment & Media Industry 72) Multimedia Hub Homes Slowly Become a Reality 93) DVR Market Evolves; Time-Shifting Hurts Advertisers 114) Apple's iPod Revitalizes the Music Industry 125) Internet Film Content Explodes 146) Netflix and Blockbuster Go Head to Head 167) Major Casino Expansion Continues in the U.S. and Macau 168) Reality TV Dominates Broadcast Programming/Networks Find New Ways to Distribute Content 189) New Platforms Revolutionize Electronic Games 1910) "Cell" Chip Technology Sizzles in PS3 2111) Satellite Radio Fails to Earn a Profit/Traditional Radio Faces Challenges 2212) Radio Via IP Grows/The Era of Digital Radio Begins 2313) Cable and Satellite TV Compete Fiercely for Market Share 2414) Video-on-Demand (VOD) and Subscription Video-on-Demand (SVOD) Go Mass Market 2515) TV over IP--Telecom Companies Enter the Television Market 2616) TV over IP--TV Networks, Cable Companies and Web Sites Converge 2717) High-Definition Grows--HDTV and HD-DVD 2818) Movie Attendance Rallies/Film Companies Innovate with DVDs, IMAX and Big Budget Films 2819) Last Mile Challenges Tumble; Mass Broadband Markets Emerge 2920) Entertainment-Based Retailing, including Power Towns 3021) Video Via Cell Phone Slowly Takes Off 3122) Apple's iPhone Makes a Splash 3123) Music Plays a Major Role in New Cell Phones 3224) Rules for Digital TV Are Finalized 3225) Daily Newspapers Combine Online with Print and Launch Weekly Specialty Papers 33Chapter 2: Entertainment & Media Industry Statistics 35Entertainment & Media Industry Overview 36Estimated U.S. Information & Entertainment Sector Revenues by NAICS Code: 2004-2007 37Estimated Annual U.S. Advertising Expenditures: 2002-2008 38Personal Consumption Expenditures for Recreation, U.S.: 1990-2006 39U.S. Magazine Advertising Revenue & Pages for PIB Measured Magazines: 1960-2006 40Number of U.S. Magazines: 1988-2006 41Average Circulation of the Top 25 U.S. ABC Magazines, Through June 2007 42Periodical Publishers: Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2004-2006 43Newspaper Publishers: Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2004-2006 44Annual U.S. Newspaper Advertising Expenditures: 1990-2007 45Book Publishers: Estimated Sources of Revenue, Inventories & Expenses, U.S.: 2004-2006 46Quantity of Books Sold, U.S.: 2004-2009 47Books Sold: Value of U.S. Domestic Consumer Expenditures: 2004-2009 48Television Broadcasting: Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2004-2006 49Cable & Other Subscription Programming: Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2004-2006 50Cable Network Statistics, U.S.: 1986-2007 51Top 25 U.S. Cable MSOs as of June 2007 52Number & Percent of U.S. Households (HH) with TV, Wired Cable, Pay Cable & VCRs: 1975-2007 53Percent of U.S. Households with Alternative Broadcast Delivery Systems: 1998-2007 54Motion Picture & Sound Recording Industries: Estimated Revenue & Inventories, U.S.: 2004-2006 55Motion Picture & Video Production & Distribution: Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2004-2006 56Number of U.S. Movie Screens & Total Admissions: 1987-2006 57Internet Publishing & Broadcasting: Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2004-2006 58Number of Business & Residential High Speed Internet Lines, U.S.: 2000-2006 59Number of Residential High Speed Internet Lines, U.S.: 2000-2006 60Total Global Music Sales by Market: First Half 2007 61Estimated Export Revenue for Information Sector Firms, U.S.: 2004-2006 62U.S. Employment in Entertainment & Media Occupations: May 2006 63Chapter 3: Entertainment & Media Industry ContactsAddresses, Telephone Numbers and World Wide Web Sites 65Chapter 4: THE ENTERTAINMENT 400: Who They Are and How They Were Chosen 107 Industry List, With Codes 108 Index of Rankings Within Industry Groups 110 Alphabetical Index 120 Index of Headquarters Location by State 123 Index of Headquarters Location by Country 127 Index by Regions of the U.S. Where the Firms Have Locations 128 Index by Firms with Operations Outside the U.S. 139Individual Profiles on each of THE ENTERTAINMENT 400 143Additional Indexes Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities 536 Index by Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Affiliations 538