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 -14,24
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.