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Entertainment & Media Industry Overview

	Amount	Date	Source
Total Consumer Spending on Media*, U.S.	$190 bil.	2004	Veronis Suhler Stevenson
RADIO
FM Radio Stations (Including Educational FM stations), U.S.	8,729	Sept. 2004	FCC
AM Radio Stations, U.S.	4,770	Sept. 2004	FCC
Number of Radio Stations Broadcasting Digitally, U.S.	150	2004	Electronic Business
PRINT MEDIA
U.S. Magazine Revenues	$21.4 bil.	2004	Publishers Information Bureau
Total Number of Daily and Sunday Newspapers, U.S.	2,300	2004	Plunkett Research Estimate
Total Book Publishing Net Sales, U.S.	$25.0 bil.	2004	Plunkett Research Estimate
TELEVISION
U.S. Households with Televisions	109.6 mil.	2005	Nielsen Media Research
Broadcast TV Stations, U.S.	1,748	Sept. 2004	FCC
Cable TV Subscribers, U.S.	73 mil.	2004	Jupiter Media
Digital Cable Subscribers, U.S.	27 mil.	2004	In-Stat
Worldwide Digital Cable Subscribers	42 mil.	2004	In-Stat
Worldwide Revenues for Cable Modem Services	$18 bil.	2004	In-Stat
Number of Mobile Phone TV Subscribers	270,000	2004	In-Stat
Number Projected for 2005	1.2 mil	2004	In-Stat
Mobile Phone TV Revenues in 2004	$32.8 mil.	2004	In-Stat
Revenues Projected for 2005	$47.5 mil.	2004	In-Stat
U.S. Homes with DVD Recorders (DVRs) (est.)	7 mil.	2004	Yankee Group
U.S. Homes with DVRs Projected for 2008	33.5 mil.	2004	Yankee Group
U.S. Homes with Video-On-Demand (VOD) Services	19 mil.	2004	Rainbow Media Holdings
Number of TiVo Subscribers, U.S.	2.3 mil.	2004	Plunkett Research Estimate
Total Digital Televisions (DTVs) Sold	7.2 mil.	2004	CEA
MUSIC
Global Music Sales	$32 bil.	2004	Reuters
CD Sales, U.S.	$12 bil.	2004	Various Sources
Concert Revenues, North America	$2.8 bil.	2004	Pollstar magazine
Approx. Number of Legitimate Music Download Sites	230	2004	IFPI
Number of Tracks Sold in the US and Europe	200 mil.	2004	IFPI
Number of iPods Sold	4.4 mil.	2004	Apple Computer, Inc.
FILM
U.S. Box Office Revenues	$9.4 bil.	2004	USA Today
Average U.S. Ticket Price	$6.25	2004	Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc.
Number of Movie Tickets Sold, U.S.	1.47 bil.	2004	Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc.
DVD Rentals and Sales at Retail, U.S.	$21.2 bil.	2004	USA Today
VHS Rentals and Sales at Retail, U.S.	$3.3 bil.	2004	USA Today
Number of Indoor Movie Screens, U.S.	35,585	2004	National Assoc. of Theater Owners
Number of Drive-In Movie Screens, U.S.	641	2004	Drive-In Theater Assoc.
ELECTRONIC GAMES
Retail Sales of Video Game Products (excl. PC Games), U.S.	$9.9 bil.	2004	NPD Funworld
Total Video Game Industry Software Sales, U.S.	$6.2 bil.	2004	NPD Funworld
Approximate Portable Gaming Software Sales, U.S.	$1.0 bil.	2004	NPD Funworld

IFPI = International Federation of the Phonographic Industry
*Estimate. Includes consumer spending on cable and satellite tv access and services; consumer books; consumer internet access and content; consumer magazine subscriptions; entertainment (box office, home video, interactive television, recorded music and video games); newspaper subscriptions, satellite radio subscriptions.