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The Business of Children's Television

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Screen Digest
Published: July 2007
Product Code: R261-65
Description
The third edition of this best selling report from Screen Digest contains, for the first time, a detailed analysis of spending by broadcasters on original and acquired children’s programming. The Business of Children's Television reveals the impact that an increasingly competitive broadcasting market has had on the genre, with the traditional supporters cutting their expenditure. However, by building their business on the exploitation of intellectual property rights, the leading companies have managed to achieve impressive revenue growth.
Table of Contents
Executive summary

The Market

The market

Output of children’s programmes

Thematic channels

Viewing trends

Market value

Television

Terrestrial versus multichannel

Original versus acquired programming

Original programming by cable and satellite channels

Public broadcasters and the private sector

Home entertainment

Licensing

Regulation

Preschool programming

Animation

Live action comedy

Live action factual programming

Live action entertainment

Production: the changing model

Children’s programme genres

Preschool programming

Animation

Live action comedy

Live action factual programming

Live action entertainment

New platforms

Broadband and IPTV

Broadcaster sites

Other platforms

Producers launching their own sites

Mobile market

Company profiles

Kids Entertainment

Alphanim

BBC Worldwide

BKN International

Carrere Group

Cartoon Network

Chorion

Corus Entertainment

Cookie Jar Entertainment

DIC Entertainment

Egmont Group

Entertainment Rights

HIT Entertainment

Jetix Europe

Marathon Group

Médias Participations

Mondo TV

Millimages

Moonscoop

Nickelodeon

Rainbow

Scholastic Media

Sesame Workshop

TV Loonland

Walt Disney Company

Appendix




TABLES AND CHARTS

Executive summary

Top 25 children’s TV companies: Revenue increase last reported financial year vs 2002

The Market

Number of children’s channels (as of June 2007)

Annual output of children’s programmes: generalist channels (hours)

Belgium: Annual output of children’s programmes in hours

Denmark: Annual output of children’s programmes in hours

Finland: Annual output of children’s programmes in hours

France: Annual output of children’s programmes in hours

Germany: Annual output of children’s programmes in hours

Italy: Annual output of children’s programmes in hours

Netherlands: Annual output of children’s programmes in hours

Norway: Annual output of children’s programmes in hours

Spain: Annual output of children’s programmes in hours

Sweden: Annual output of children’s programmes in hours

UK: Annual output of children’s programmes in hours

Australia: Annual output of children’s programmes in hours

New Zealand: Annual output of children’s programmes in hours

Canada: Annual output of children’s programmes in hours

USA: Annual output of children’s programmes in hours

Children’s channels in Canada - USA - Australia - NZ - Japan

Europe: Number of children’s channels

Multichannel subscribers outside USA (000s)

Multichannel subscribers in the USA (000s)

TV viewing by children

Timeslots for children’s programming

Timeslots for children’s programming continued

Timeslots for children’s programming continued

Market share of channels in children’s age group

Market share of channels in children’sage group continued

Market value

Total expenditure terrestrial versus multichannel broadcasters

Total expenditure public versus private broadcasters

Spending on children’s programming (€ millions)

Spending on children’s programming ($ millions)

Spending on originated programmes: terrestrial TV (€ millions)

Spending on originated programmes: cable and satellite TV (€ millions)

Spending on acquired programmes: terrestrial TV (€ millions)

Spending on acquired programmes: cable and satellite TV (€ millions)

Spending on children’s programming by type of broadcaster (€ millions)

Denmark

Italy

France

Norway

Spain

UK

Australia

Sweden

Canada

US

Total distributor revenues from VHS and DVD (€ millions)

Total distributor revenues from VHS and DVD ($ millions)

Retail value of entertainment licensing ($ millions)

Retail value of entertainment licensing (€ millions)

Regulation

Regulations relating to children’s television

Production: the changing model
Production funding model: DHX Media

Production funding model: Dupuis Audiovisuel

France: financing of animation

New platforms

On demand platforms offering children’s content

Children’s channels on mobile networks

Company profiles

25 leading children’s TV companies

Overall turnover of leading 25

4 Kids Entertainment

Alphanim

BBC Worldwide

BKN International

Carrere Group

Cartoon Network

Chorion

Corus Entertainment

Cookie Jar Entertainment

DIC Entertianment

Egmont Group

Entertainment Rights

HIT Entertainment

Jetix

Marathon Group

Médias Participations

Mondo TV

Millimages

Moonscoop

Nickelodeon

Rainbow

Scholastic Media

Sesame Workshop

TV Loonland

Walt Disney Company

Appendix

Listed children’s entertainment companies

Children’s channel launches by territory

Launches by the big four




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