Media, Entertainment & Broadcasting

The World's Biggest Media Groups by Media Revenues in 2006

Time Warner ($44.2bn) Sony Music / Sony Pictures ($16.4bn)
Walt Disney ($34.3bn) NBC Universal ($16.2bn)
News Corporation ($28.7bn) CBS ($14.3bn)
Bertelsmann ($25.0bn) Viacom ($11.5bn)

The Top 10 Movie Studios in the US by gross domestic box office in 2007

Paramount (Viacom inc DreamWorks) 15.5% ($1.50bn) New Line (Time Warner) 5.0% ($488m)
Warner Bros (Time Warner) 14.7% ($1.42bn) Lions Gate 3.8% ($3681m)
Buena Vista (Disney) 14.0% ($1.35bn) MGM/UA 3.8% ($366m)
Sony Pictures 12.9% ($1.25bn) Fox Searchlight 1.4% ($133m)
Universal Pictures 11.4% ($1.10bn) Miramax (Disney) 1.3% ($126m)
20th Century Fox 10.5% ($1.02bn) Rogue Pictures (Universal Pictures) 0.8% ($73m)

Source: Box Office Mojo

The Top Online Services Companies in 2007 by revenues

Google ($16.6bn) AOL ($5.2bn)
Amazon ($14.8bn) InterActiveCorp ($2.9bn* 2006)
Yahoo! ($7.0bn) MSN ($2.3bn 2005)
eBay ($7.7bn) Expedia ($2.2bn 2006)

* IAC figure excludes HSN

The Top Online Ad Networks in March 2008 by US unique visitors

Platform A / Advertising.com (AOL) 170.5m unique visitors ValueClick 140.1m
Yahoo Network 160.3m Tribal Fusion 135.6m
Google Ad Network 152.0m Casale Media Network 129.4m
Specific Media 145.6m Drivepm (Microsoft) 124.3m

Source: comScore Media Metrix

The Top 10 Cable Networks in 2006 by estimated revenues

ESPN channels (Disney) $5.3bn MTV $1.2bn
HBO/Cinemax (Time Warner) $2.9bn USA Network (NBC Universal) $1.2bn
Fox Sports (Fox) $1.8bn TBS (Time Warner) $1.1bn
Nickelodeon (Viacom) $1.8bn Showtime Networks (CBS) $1.0bn
TNT (Time Warner) $1.7bn CNN (Time Warner) $961m

Source: Kagan Research/Advertising Age

US Broadcast Networks by average audience 2005/06

CBS (12.9m) Fox (7.9m)
ABC (10.3m) UPN (3.5m) (CBS)
NBC (9m) WB (3.3m) (Time Warner)

Source: Nielsen Media Research/WSJ average prime-time audience Sep 05-Jan 06

Top 4 Record Music Groups in 2007 by market share Top 5 Consumer Book Publishers in 2004 by revenues
Universal Music Group (28.8% worldwide share) Random House $2.2bn
Sony BMG (20.1%) Penguin (Pearson) $1.4bn
Warner Music (14.4%) Harper Collins (News Corporation) $1.3bn
EMI (10.9%) Simon & Schuster (CBS) $800m approx
others (25.8%) Time Warner Book Group $400m approx (now Hachette)

The UK's Leading Outdoor Mediaowners in 2006 by market share

Clear Channel (29%) JCDecaux (18%)
Viacom Outdoor (24%) Titan (15%)

Source: Campaign

Other Media, Entertainment & Broadcasting Companies Profiled in Adbrands

Daily Mail & General Trust Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE) 
Village Roadshow BSkyB
Rogers Communications Comcast
Axel Springer Anheuser-Busch
Bouygues Group (TF1 France) DirecTV
Gruner + Jahr Time Inc
Telefonica Grupo Prisa
Terra Networks RTL Group
Jamba / Jamster MGM/UA
United International Pictures (UIP) Entertainment Film Distributors

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