Broadcasting: Creative Employment

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A 2008 report by the London Development Agency stated that 54% of radio and television jobs and 42% of film and video jobs were in London.
London:  A Cultural Audit, London Development Agency, 2008

It was estimated in 2007 that the UK's TV and radio industry was dominated by large UK owned firms, with 74% of turnover accounted for by the 8 largest firms, compared to 15% in the film industry and 10% in the music industry.
Creating growth: How the UK can develop world-class creative businesses, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA), 2006, quoted in Publicly-funded culture and the creative industries, John Holden/Demos for Arts Council England (ACE), June 2007.

Work undertaken by Skillset suggested that two thirds of independent television producers did not have business plans, and 40% stated that their businesses were not primarily concerned with making money.
Creating growth: How the UK can develop world-class creative businesses, 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

In 2005 research by Ofcom showed that more than half of broadcasting production was taking place within the M25.
Television Production Sector Review, Ofcom, September 2005

A 2004 survey found that 90% of film and TV producers in the North-east 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 ACE, June 2007.

In 2004 110,000 people were employed in television and radio in the UK, of whom 27,000 worked for the BBC.
Creating growth: How the UK can develop world-class creative businesses, NESTA, 2006

In 2002, nearly half of the audio visual industry worked in London.
London Cultural Capital; Realising the potential of a world-class city, Greater London Authority, 2004

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