<Overview.
According to the UK Electronic Media and Entertainment report,
consumer expenditure on electronic media and entertainment was £10
billion in 2002 and is predicted to rise to £12 billion by 2010.
http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/fi13681_electronic_media.html
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Television
According to a report from the Informa Media Group, subscription
television revenues in the UK were $4.5 billion in 2002. They are
predicted to reach $7.4 billion by 2010.
http://www.the-infoshop.com/press/ba13013_en.shtml
According to Euromonitor, cable and satellite television services in
the UK received £5.1 billion in advertising.
The market is predicted to grow by 78% by 2007.
http://www.euromonitor.com/Cable_and_satellite_TV_services_in_UK_(mmp)
According to The BTDA (British Television Distributors' Association),
TV export earnings for 2003 were $921 million.
http://www.culture.gov.uk/global/press_notices/archive_2004/dcms_btda_release.htm
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Filmed entertainment
According to a report from PricewaterhouseCooper, ?Entertainment and
Media Outlook: 2003-2007, Europe?, filmed entertainment (cinema box
office receipts and video) were $6 billion in 2002 and are predicted
to rise by a 7% compound annual rate.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/pwc/talking_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2066380
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Videos
According to the British Video Association (BPA), consumer expenditure
on home video entertainment is over £2 billion (2001).
http://www.bva.org.uk/content.asp?id=5648&headline=69
According to the BPA, the retail video market grew by 29.7% in 2003.
http://www.bva.org.uk/content.asp?id=12244&headline=69
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DVDs
According to Viacom, the British DVD market is worth £2 billion.
http://www.viacom.com/press.tin?ixPressRelease=80254259
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Software games
According to The United Kingdom Parliament website, the British games
industry is worth £1.1 billion a year.
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld200203/ldhansrd/vo030314/text/30314-01.htm
According to a report by the Entertainment and Leisure Software
Publishers Association (ELSPA), the British games industry is worth £2
billion a year.
http://www.elspa.com/about/pr/elspawhitepaper1.pdf
According to ELSPA UK leisure software sales were £1,081 millionin 2002.
http://www.elspa.com/about/pr/pr.asp?mode=view&t=1&id=368
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Film
According to the Film Distributors Association, UK box office receipts
were $866 million in 2001.
http://www.launchingfilms.com/film_stats/cinema_admissions.html
According to Reuters, UK film production spending reached £1.17 billion in 2003.
http://in.news.yahoo.com/040112/137/2av57.html
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Music
According to the National Music Council, the British music industry is
worth almost £5 billion a year (2002).
http://www.bpi.co.uk/pdf/Key_UK_Music_Industry_Facts_2004.pdf
A report by the Informa Media Group predicts that global music sales
will fall until 2005.
http://www.the-infoshop.com/press/fi16775_en.shtml
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According to a report ?The UK Gambling Market in 2003 and 2009?, from
KPMG, the UK gambling market was worth £7.7 billion in 2003 and is
predicted to rise to £10 billion by 2009.
http://www.kpmg.co.uk/news/detail.cfm?pr=1954>
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Theme parks
According to a report from Euromonitor International, theme parks are
predicted to experience growth of 1.1% over the period 2003-2007.
http://www.euromonitor.com/Theme_parks_in_UK_(mmp)
According to sight seeing in the UK, visitor attractions had revenue
of £1.4 billion in 2000.
http://www.staruk.org.uk/webcode/contents.asp?id=415&parentid=512&bg=white>
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