8. Waht's the revenue and operating income of broadcast television?

Take USA for example

                                           Revenue                         Operating income
                                  1999    2000    2001    2002      1999    2000    2001    2002

Broadcast television            27,119  31,902  31,660  34,318     4,815   6,126   4,850   5,660

Television network companies    20,430  24,282  24,674  26,697     2,956   3,892   3,411   3,498

Television station broadcasters  6,689   7,620   6,986   7,622     1,859   2,234   1,439   2,162

In millions of dollars
Covers 299 publicly reporting media and communications companies with revenues of over $1 million in 12 media and communication industry segments.

Compared to total USA communication industry revenue and operating income

                                           Revenue                         Operating income
                                  1999    2000    2001    2002      1999    2000    2001    2002

Total 242,512 280,506 288,670 308,597 27,831 30,707 12,393 -14,243
Percentage of Broadcast TV 11.2% 11.4% 11.0% 11.1% 17.3% 19.9% 39.1% -

From these figures, although the revenue kept almost the same from 1999-2002, the operating income is developing fast. Especially in 2002, the operating income of broadcast televesion is more than 2001 while the total operating income of 2002 is negative.