Broadcasting: Contribution to the Economy

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It was estimated in 2007 that TV and radio accounted for 18% of all turnover in the creative industries, the second largest subsection after software and computer services (41%).
The Creative Economy Programme: A Summary of Projects Commissioned in 2006/07, Deaprtment for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), August 2007

It is estimated that BBC Wales' annual income doubled between 2004 and 2007 to over £50 million, money which was often invested in local businesses. (This was primarily due to the commissioning of Doctor Who to BBC Wales.)
Staying Ahead: the economic performance of the UK's creative industries, The Work Foundation for DCMS, 2007

It was suggested in 2006 that the GVA of the UK broadcasting industry was as much as £7.8 billion.
Creating growth: How the UK can develop world-class creative businesses, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, (NESTA), 2006

In 2006 it was suggested that the UK's demand for international broadcasting outweighed international demand for UK broadcasting, with a negative balance for international transactions of £436 million in 2004.
Creating growth: How the UK can develop world-class creative businesses, NESTA, 2006

A 2004 survey found that 90% of film and TV producers in the Northeast of England felt uncomfortable expressing their aims in commercial terms.
Creating growth: How the UK can develop world-class creative businesses, NESTA, 2006, quoted in Publicly-funded culture and the creative industries, John Holden/Demos for Arts Council England (ACE), June 2007

In 2003 UK TV and radio exports generated £1 billion.
Creating growth: How the UK can develop world-class creative businesses, NESTA, 2006

Production spending on film, features, TV and commercials in London was £1.2 billion in 2003.
London Cultural Capital; Realising the potential of a world-class city, Greater London Authority, 2004

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