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Postcards from the Edge VI: Television & Media Industries: Statistics

Nedda Ahmed & Lea Whittington

GENERAL Statistics

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TableBase Statistics on all market sectors, internationally
Global Market Information Database (GMID) Statistics on consumer behavior. Especially useful for music & video game sales, also has reports on consumer behavior online.
CIA World Factbook Demographic & economic statistics on foreign countries; includes data on telecommunication within each country.

MULTI-MEDIA Statistics

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Advertising Age: Data Center

Statistics and reports on advertising across media platforms

Nielsen Top Tens & Trends Up-to-date data on media and consumer trends including TV ratings, smartphone trends and video game purchase intent
Pew Internet: Latest Research
A chronological list of reports from the Pew Internet Project. Reports gather data on various aspects of Internet usage & online behavior
State of the News Media 2012 From the Pew Research Center. Tracks major trends across various types of news media, year-by-year
Variety Charts A selection of Variety's statistics for the week

FILM Statistics

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Box Office India
Box office totals for Indian movies, back to 1940s
Box Office Mojo Box office totals for movies, typically back to 1970s
British Film Institute
Research data on the UK film industry
Cinema D'Europa: Media Salles Digital reports on many aspects of the European film industries
Lumiere
Box office info for European films released since 1996
The Numbers
Box office info + DVD sales for US & abroad

VIDEO GAME Statistics

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Entertainment Software Association Full text of ESA's Video Games in the 21st Century: The 2010 Report
VGChartz Sales figures for video games and devices

TELEVISION Statistics

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TV By the Numbers Viewership stats for TV shows
Television Bureau of Advertising

Statistics and reports on television advertising