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2005 Edition
ISBN 1-59392-700-2
PDF $99.99
31 Pages
February 2005
This report is a summary taken from our popular
Plunkett’s Entertainment & Media Industry Almanac.
It analyzes the dominant trends in all facets of the entertainment
and media industry, by sector. It includes sections on:
1) Introduction to the Entertainment & Media Industry;
2) The Wireless Home Takes Advantage of New Media Center
Breakthroughs; 3) DVR Market Evolves; Time-Shifting Becomes
Widespread; 4) Online Delivery and Illegally Shared Files
Force the Music Industry to Adapt; 5) The Film Industry
Faces Online Challenges and Opportunities; 6) Netflix Faces
Stiff Competition; 7) Casino Mega-Mergers Reshape Gambling
in the U.S.; 8) Reality TV Dominates Broadcast Programming;
9) Electronic Games Boom; 10) Satellite Radio Turns Up the
Volume; 11) Radio Via IP Grows; 12) Cable and Satellite
Compete; 13) Video on Demand (VOD) and Subscription Video
on Demand (SVOD) Go Mass Market; 14) TV over IP—Telecom
Companies Enter the Television Market; 15) High-Definition
Grows—HDTV and HD-DVD; 16) Mega Mergers Continue;
17) Movie Series See Huge Success; 18) Last Mile Challenges
Tumble; Mass Broadband Markets Emerge; 19) Entertainment-Based
Retailing is Big; 20) Video Via Cell Phone Takes Off; 20)
Entertainment & Media Industry Statistics.
