EUROPEAN AUDIOVISUAL OBSERVATORY - Yearbook 2008 Film, Television and Video in Europe. Vol. 2 Trends of European television

Chapter 2: The global audiovisual market

Media groups worldwide
Size of the European audiovisual market
Convergent players
Chapter 3: Radio and television companies in Europe

Leading European television and radio companies
Growth and financial performances of the various families of radio and television companies
Chapter 4: Financial resources of the radio-television industry in Europe
Methodological issues
The financing of the public radio and television companies
Advertising expenditure
Chapter 5: Digital television and broadband networks
Implementation of digital terrestrial television in Europe
Development of television to mobile telephones and personal mobiles in Europe
Broadband networks
Chapter 6: Audiovisual media services available
Supply of TV channels
Development of Internet video
VoD and catch-up TV
Chapter 7: Television audience trends
Viewing time and audience trends
Relation between the importance of public financing and audience market share of public channels
Chapter 8: Trends in television programming
Volume and origin of fiction broadcast by television channels in Europe
TV Films
Series and soaps
Animation
Feature films
Short films
Other TV programmes
Chapter 9: Television production companies
Leading TV production groups and companies in Europe
TV fiction production companies
Animation production companies
TV news agencies
TV distribution companies