Friday, March 18, 2011

Cable, Interactive Media, most profitable.

Not all the financial news is bad. A new study by Ernst & Young on the media & entertainment sector reports average profit margins for various industries.  Over the 2006-2010 time frame, they report average profitability as:
  • Cable operators: 38%
  • Interactive media: 35%
  • Cable networks: 31%
  • Satellite TV: 27%
  • Publishing: 20%
  • TV broadcast 16%
  • Content production (games, film, TV): 12%
  • Music: 9%
Source: Ernst & Young press release

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