US Media Spending Dwarfs Europe’s

By Paul Kedrosky · July 20, 2011 · ·

Eye-opening:

US consumers spent over $80bn on pay TV subscriptions alone in 2010 – more than the combined entertainment outlay of the whole of Western Europe.

via US media spending dwarfs Europe’s outlay.

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Comments

  1. Brent Buckner says:
    July 21, 2011 at 6:43 am

    Has me thinking that Western Europe has massively advanced the art of free riding.
    [Considering proportion borne of costs of entertainment content production in addition to those of pharmaceutical research and defense/maintenance of order for commercial activities or empires]

  2. mark says:
    July 21, 2011 at 9:02 am

    Is there any category of expenditures where America spends less per capita than Europe?