Yearbook 2007: cinema, televsion and video in Europe
This report is published by the European Audiovisual Observatory and describes the situation of the audiovisual market and its industries within 36 European countries
Title: Annuaire 2007: Film, télévision et vidéo en Europe (Yearbook 2007: Cinema, television and video in Europe) Author/Organization: European Audiovisual Observatory http://www.obs.coe.int/ Languages: French, English, German. Publication Date: 2007 Available at: European Audiovisual Observatory. ISBN: 978-92-871-6305-9
Set up in December 1992, the European Audiovisual Observatory is a public service body with 36 member states and the European Commission. It is the only centre of its kind to gather and circulate information on the audiovisual industry in Europe. It works alongside a number of partner organizations, professional organizations from within the industry and a wide network of correspondents.
Since 1995, the Observatory has been publishing a Yearbook gathering the basic data on the audiovisual scene (cinema, television and video) in the 36 European member states, as well as equivalent data for Japan and the United States. The information is gathered from over a thousand sources. It is a trilingual statistical publication, with added information given by extended graphs as well as a synthesis about the recent trends in the audiovisual sector. Data compilation focuses on independence and reliability criteria. This Yearbook proposes a precise and detailed image of the audiovisual market and industry in Europe. It is composed by three volumes each of which focuses on the three main branches of this sector: cinema, television and video.
The first volume contains a series of reports for each member state about the operative income and financial situation of the main television companies, the audience market shares and a breakdown of the leading channels’ programme output by genre.
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The second volume describes the trends of European televisions through an analysis of the global audiovisual market, the activity of radio companies and European televisions, the financial resources of radio and television industries, the transition towards digital television, the offer of television channels, the trends of audience and programmes, and the production companies.
Finally, the third volume focuses on the production of cinema and video, distribution and exhibition in mainstream cinema venues, electronic cinema, the audience, the DVD market, the pay-per-view and video by demand and the financial situation of the cinema industry in Europe.
