The TV industry is the branch of the entertainment industry that uses television - either traditional analog or digital as the medium. It has a close connection to the film industry which provides full-length motion pictures and the television advertising industry, that relies heavily on high levels of TV consumption.
streaming outlets — such as Amazon Prime, Netflix,Hulu, and Crackle — provided 44 of 409 scripted television shows. That's 21 times more than they produced in 2009, making streaming the fastest-growing area [1][2]
In 2015, there were an estimated 116.4 million TV households in the United States. According to the Television Bureau of Advertising, approximately 95 percent of U.S. households own TV receivers. The big three networks (NBC, ABC, and CBS), which, along with PBS, reigned for many years as primary sources of information and entertainment for millions of people in the United States, have consistently lost viewers to cable, satellite TV, the Internet, computer games, and video rentals. Network TV viewership drops every year, but this trend hasn't stopped new networks, such as FOX and the CW "Industries & Professions / Television". vault.com.
TV is the most used medium in the United States. It reaches almost 90 percent of the U.S. population and, on average, an American spends over 2.5 hours daily watching TV. 67 percent of American households reported owning digital TV services in 2015. Audiences are able to choose from a plethora of programs, almost 1,400 TV stations in total. "Statistics and facts about the televison industry".
Literature
edit- Douglas Gomery (2006). Television Industries. British Film Institute. ISBN 978-1844571079.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - Michael Curtin, Jane Shattuc (2009). The American Television Industry. British Film Institute. ISBN 978-1844573370.
- Michael Keane (2015). The Chinese Television Industry. British Film Institute. ISBN 978-1844576838.
See also
edit- Radio industry
- Cinema of the United States
- Television Critics Association
- Television in the United Kingdom
- Television in the United States
- Television in Canada
- Television in Australia
- Category:Television by country
- Television licence
- List of television manufacturers
- List of television production companies
- television production
- Private television
- Digital Video Broadcasting
- social TV
References
edit- ^ Jethro Nededog (21 Jan 2016). "The 6 biggest things that will shake up the TV industry in 2016". businessinsider.de.
- ^ http://www.forbes.com/sites/shamahyder/2014/10/29/10-companies-changing-the-tv-industry/#272e67c45b63