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Media Consumption Based on Hours per Person

Following trends in previous years, it is estimated that the average person will spend the
majority of their time with media supported by advertising (56%) in 2004. Within this category,
49% of the hours consumed will be spent listening to broadcast and satellite radio.

Percent Change %
Filmed Entertainment 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004p 2003-2004 2000-2004p
Cable & Satellite TV 769 843 918 975 1,010 3.6 31.3
Broadcast TV 866 833 787 769 782 -0.6   -8.4
Consumer Internet 107 139 158 176 189 7.4 76.6
Home Video1 51 56 65 70 78 11.4   52.9
Box Office 12 13 14 13 13 0.0   8.3
Interactive TV2 2 2 2 2 3 50.0   50.0
Subtotal 1,807 1,886 1,944 2,005 2,075 3.5 14.8
 
Other Entertainment 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004p 2003-2004 2000-2004p
Broadcast and Satellite Radio 943 955 990 1,002 1,035 3.3     9.0
Recorded Music 258 229 200 184 180 -4.2 -19.4
Daily Newspapers 180 177 175 171 169 -1.1   -5.4
Consumer Magazines 135 127 125 121 118 -1.7   -6.4
Consumer Books 109 106 109 108 107 -1.8 -10.8
Video Games 59 60 64 69 71 2.0  20.3
Subtotal 1,684 1,654 1,663 1,655 1,680 1.5   -0.2
 
Total 3,491 3,540 3,607 3,660 3,755 2.6 7.6


1 Includes playback of prerecorded VHS cassettes and DVDs only
2 Video-on-Demand only

Source: Veronis Suhler Stevenson, 2004

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