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Cable Networks Trying to Build on Their Gains in Ratings - NYTimes.com
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VH1 and a long line of cable channels — including USA Network, Bravo, TBS and E! — are enjoying their highest ratings ever, while their broadcast network brethren look back on their worst year ever.
But as the ratings for broadcast decline and the ratings for cable increase, the two types of television are gradually becoming more alike. Breaking with tradition this month, Turner Entertainment decided to hold its upfront presentation for advertisers during the same week as the broadcasters’.
Thanks to Cinematech I came across this audio file from a March panel presented by the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco entitled: "The Digital Revolution".
The panel included "Richard Chuang [PDI/DreamWorks], Jeff Fino, [Wild Brain], John Knoll, visual effects [ILM], and Stu Maschwitz, [The Orphanage].
Advertising Age - MediaWorks - MRI: DVRs Are on the Rise
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The first link is the raw data from the BEA sorted by state and region alphabetically from 2000-2004. 2005 has not been released as yet. The links below that are then sorted by highest gross state or region decending for each respective year. It should be no surprise that California and New York and their respective regions rank highest for all years:
"Animation: Timeline: From Trick Effects To CGI"from the British Film Institute Sight and Sound August 2006 issue.
The Association of Film Commissioners International released their 2006 US Incentives Report. I interviewed their president, Pat Kaufman, New York state Film Commissioner in January this year.
Bureau of Economic Analysis 2000-2003 Gross State Product Motion Picture and Sound Recording
Above find the latest figures for Gross State Product on Motion Picture and Sound Recording. 2004 are not yet available.
