$34.71
The estimated average monthly rate for cable TV in 2002.
The Televison Industry
154,000
The number of people employed in the manufacture of television, radio and wireless communications equipment in the United States in 2001.
21,724
The number of stores that primarily sold televisions and other electronic equipment in 2001.
$11.7 billion
The annual payroll for the 245,000 employees of 6,692 cable TV networks and program distribution firms in the United States in 2001.
1,937
The number of television broadcasting networks and stations in the United States in 2001.
31,235
The number of people working behind the lens as television, video and motion picture camera operators and editors, according to Census 2000.
$10.7 billion
The payments by television broadcasting firms for broadcast rights and music license fees in 2001. Such payments constitute the biggest expense of TV broadcasters. The next highest expense was the annual payroll, $6.5 billion.
$41.8 billion
Amount spent on television advertising in 2002, up from $38.9 billion in 2001. We Americans love our TV - there is almost one for every American, and if you account for the 1.8% of households that don't have a television, the figure gets even closer to a 1:1 ratio. We have four TVs in our house and five people full-time (my oldest daughter is away at college), although the two little ones and the two adults typically watch together in the family room. The 4-year-old has a TV in her room, but it's used as a VCR monitor only. We are pretty communal in our viewing habits.
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