(Press-News.org) Digital spending - the acquisition of media products in digital format - tripled from 2006 to 2010 worldwide, with the recording music sector now achieving 30% of its global sales in the digital market. The digital success of the music sector contrasts other media and content industries, which are moving at a slower pace towards digital with distribution. Only 6% of film/video, newspapers, magazines and book sales were digital, according to the Joint Research Centre's (JRC) report on "The media and content industries. A quantitative overview", which represents an important contribution to the Commission's recent initiative to boost growth and jobs in the cultural and creative sectors. Sectoral studies on production, distribution, pricing and consumption in cinema, music, newspapers, videogames, book publishing and broadcasting have contributed to this overview, whose findings will be discussed at a conference today in Brussels.
Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn said: "Media and content industries are innovative and of great social and economic importance for Europe. Managing and reacting to the challenges of globalisation and the digital shift will be key, and that means new business models that turn these challenges into opportunities. This report provides a valuable insight both for the industries and policy makers and will help us shape the right answers together".
The JRC report explains how new techniques result in efficient distribution, unleash new markets and bring lower costs for the consumer. However, worldwide, industries' only saw their revenues rise slightly up until 2010. The study highlights the increasing interconnection and convergence of the content industries sector with the information and communication technologies sector (ICT - telecom, computer and software industries). The content and ICT industries together are growing globally, for the period 2006-2010 at an annual rate of 8.4%, while the content sector grew at a rate of 4.9%.
The research is based on the most up-to-date official statistics (Eurostat data for EU Member States, the OECD and national statistical offices) as well as unofficial statistics from a variety of sources that have contributed to a better analysis.
Today and tomorrow, a conference will bring together over 100 international experts from leading firms, trade associations, policy makers and academia. The discussions will provide input to the Commission's efforts to unlock the full potential of this sector.
In the Commission's view, the digital shift offers new opportunities for the content and media industry to recoup investments through the exploitation of new distribution channels and devices. In addition, seizing full advantage of opportunities to distribute media and content cross-borders will be essential to maximise audiences, readers and revenues.
These issues have been addressed through recent Commission initiatives such as our eCommerce Action Plan and will be tackled in a European Commission policy paper on Convergence and Connected TV in the coming months.
###The Joint Research Centre (JRC)
The JRC is the only Commission service in charge of direct research. The centre provides independent scientific and economic support to the Europe 2020 policy priorities in terms of competitiveness, sustainability and grand societal challenges such as health, safety and security.
More information
MEMO/12/805 10 facts about digitization in the media and content industries
JRC report: The media and content industries. A quantitative overview
Event website: http://is.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pages/ISG/MCI/conference.html
Agenda: http://is.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pages/ISG/MCI/conference.html#agenda
Media and content industry website (sectoral studies): http://is.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pages/ISG/MCI.html
Press release "Commission launches strategy to boost growth and jobs in cultural and creative sectors": IP/12/1012
EC Communication on "Promoting cultural and creative sectors for growth and jobs in the EU":
http://ec.europa.eu/culture/our-policy-development/documents/communication-sept2012.pdf
Media and content digitization benefits consumers, but revenues lag behind
2012-10-26
ELSE PRESS RELEASES FROM THIS DATE:
New options for ease and accuracy in extraction of rare cells or separating blood
2012-10-26
At the Sixteenth International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (microTAS) to be held Oct. 28-Nov. 1, in Okinawa, Japan, University of Cincinnati researchers will present four papers, including one detailing improvements in rare cell isolation and one detailing improvements, in terms of cost and time, of common blood tests.
Ian Papautsky, associate professor in UC's School of Electronic and Computing Systems (SECS), part of the College of Engineering and Applied Science, and a UC team are leading these research efforts.
In a paper titled ...
Magnetic brain stimulation treats depression independent of sleep effect
2012-10-26
AUGUSTA, Ga. – While powerful magnetic stimulation of the frontal lobe of the brain can alleviate symptoms of depression, those receiving the treatment did not report effects on sleep or arousal commonly seen with antidepressant medications, researchers say.
"People's sleep gets better as their depression improves, but the treatment doesn't itself cause sedation or insomnia." said Dr. Peter B. Rosenquist, Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Health Sciences University.
The finding resulted from ...
Minimizing mining damage with manure
2012-10-26
This press release is available in Spanish.U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research confirms that the time-tested practice of amending crop soils with manure also can help restore soils on damaged post-mining landscapes.
Thousands of acres of land with little or no vegetation, once mined for lead and zinc, remain throughout an area of southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, and northeastern Oklahoma. The mining activities also left behind a legacy of lead-contaminated acidic soils, toxic smelter sites, and large quantities of mine tailings called "chat."
Soil ...
Mayo Clinic researchers develop new tools to better treat ADHD patients in early stages
2012-10-26
SAN FRANCISCO -- Mayo Clinic researchers are presenting new findings on the early treatment of child and adolescent attention deficit hyperactivity disorder this week at the American Academy of Childhood and Adolescent Psychiatry annual meeting in San Francisco. They include a method to get better input from parents and teachers of children who are being diagnosed with ADHD for the first time -- allowing for more effective treatment upon the first consultation. Researchers also showed how a tool can help clinicians better diagnose and treat children who have both ADHD and ...
Moffitt Researchers find genetic predictors of fatigue for some prostate cancer patients
2012-10-26
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and the University of South Florida have found that men with prostate cancer who receive androgen deprivation therapy may predictably suffer from fatigue if they have single nucleotide polymorphisms in three pro-inflammatory genes. The discovery highlights the importance of personalized medicine, in which therapies are tailored to a patient's genetic profile.
The study appears in the October issue of Brain, Behavior, and Immunity.
"Few studies have examined the role of genes in cancer-related fatigue and none, to our knowledge, ...
ESDM early intervention improves brain activity associated with social cues
2012-10-26
(NEW YORK, N.Y., October 26, 2012) – The Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), a comprehensive behavioral early intervention program that is appropriate for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as young as 12 months, has been found to be effective in improving social skills and brain responses to social cues in a randomized controlled study published online today in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
"So much of a toddler's learning involves social interaction, and early intervention that promotes attention to people and social ...
Autism early intervention found to normalize brain activity in children as young as 18 months
2012-10-26
An intensive early intervention therapy that is effective for improving cognition and language skills among very young children with autism also normalizes their brain activity, decreases their autism symptoms and improves their social skills, a nationwide study has found. The researchers said the study is the first to demonstrate that an autism early intervention program can normalize brain activity.
"We know that infant brains are quite malleable and previously demonstrated that this therapy capitalizes on the potential of learning that an infant brain has in order ...
Feinstein Institute researchers discover that bean used in Chinese food could protect against sepsis
2012-10-26
MANHASSET, NY – Researchers at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have discovered that a bean commonly used in Chinese cuisine protects against the life-threatening condition sepsis. These findings are published in the current issue of Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (eCAM).
It has been found that a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) protein, HMGB1, mediates inflammation. Inflammation is necessary for maintaining good health – without inflammation, wounds and infections would never heal. However, persistent and constant inflammation can damage ...
Results of the XIMA trial presented at TCT 2012
2012-10-26
MIAMI, FL – OCTOBER 26, 2012 – Rarely tested in patients over the age of 80, a study found that drug-eluting stents exhibited some benefits over bare-metal stents, though both types of stents demonstrated a clinical benefit. Results of the XIMA trial were presented today at the 24th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium. Sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF), TCT is the world's premier educational meeting specializing in interventional cardiovascular medicine.
Patients over the age of 80 are often excluded from ...
Cost-effective titanium forming
2012-10-26
To all intents and purposes, nothing stands in the way of titanium in terms of becoming a first-choice industrial material. It is a practically unlimited resource; it is stable and lightweight, but also extremely malleable as well as corrosion and temperature resistant. Nevertheless, this white silver lustrous metal remains in the shadows of steel, chrome, nickel and aluminum when it comes to manufacturing. The reason for this is that efficient metal forming processes such as deep drawing or hydroforming can only be used in a very limited way. "Titanium tends to adhere ...