The global outlook series on the Entertainment Industry provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings. An easy guide to What, Why, When, How, Where, and Who of an industry, the global outlook series offers the reader a bird’s eye view of the global Entertainment industry. Annotated with 167 information-rich tables presenting market data findings, and analytical research projections, the entire discussion allows the reader to build a macro-level perception of the industry in its totality (regional & global). Global market discussion offers insights into selective segmental trends. The report underlines the waxing popularity of multiplexes, the growing menace of piracy, the wide-ranging impact of internet and the digital technology, and provides selective previews on market sectors, such as, motion pictures, digital television, cable and broadcast, recorded music market, video games market, and the role of broadband entertainment, amusement/theme parks market, and print publishing (Magazine, Newspaper, Consumer Book, and Professional and Educational Books). A regional level of discussion offers introductory preludes to prevalent market scenarios in countries such as the US, Canada, Japan, France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia, Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, Latin America, and Middle East & Africa, among others. Also included is an indexed, easy-to-refer, fact-finder directory listing the addresses, and contact details of 700 companies worldwide.