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Companies included in this list ("Media Groups") are those whose main activities in terms of revenues are developed in publishing and broadcasting (TV, press, radio, multimedia, etc.). Groups mainly operating in sectors such as telecommunications, software, marketing services and film and TV production are not included.
Groups are ranked by revenues from media activities.
The companies included in this list are majority owned by European shareholders.
Groups in this list are mostly press publishers and TV broadcasters (public and commercial). However, the largest European companies are conglomerates whose activities range from television/press to music. The total media revenues of the Top 20 Media Groups in Europe in 2005 were more than 88 billion euros. The total revenues from media activities of the Top 10 Media Groups were nearly 69% of total revenues.
Top 20 European Media Groups
| Ranking | MEDIA GROUP (1) | COUNTRY | MAIN INDUSTRY | REVENUES 2005
FROM
MEDIA ACTIVITIES
(€m) |
| 1 | Bertelsmann (2) | DE | TV / PRESS | 14,022 |
| 2 | Lagardére | FR | PRESS | 7,901 |
| 3 | Reed Elsevier | UK | PRESS | 7,542 |
| 4 | BSkyB | UK | TV | 6,066 |
| 5 | Pearson | UK | Press | 6,030 |
| 6 | BBC | UK | TV | 5,857 |
| 7 | ARD (3) | DE | TV | 5,602 |
| 8 | Fininvest (4) | IT | TV / PRESS | 5,496 |
| 9 | Universal Music Group (5) | FR | MUSIC | 4,893 |
| 10 | Canal+ Group (5) | FR | TV | 3,452 |
| 11 | ITV Plc. | UK | TV | 3,184 |
| 12 | DMGT | UK | PRESS | 3,126 |
| 13 | RAI | IT | TV | 3,062 |
| 14 | EMI | UK | MUSIC | 3,042 |
| 15 | TF1 | FR | TV | 2,874 |
| 16 | FTV | FR | TV | 2,724 |
| 17 | Axel Springer | DE | PRESS | 2,392 |
| 18 | Yell Group | UK | PRESS | 2,371 |
| 19 | Sanoma WSOY (6) | FI | TV / PRESS | 2,216 |
| 20 | RCS Media Group | IT | PRESS | 2,191 |
Source: e-Media Institute 2006 - © e-Media Research Ltd.
Note: (1) Groups are ranked by revenues from media activities; (2) Data include revenues from RTL Group, Random House, Gruner + Jahr, BMG and Direct Group; (3) ARD is ranked according to revenues 2004; (4) Data include revenues from Mediaset, Mondadori and Medusa; (5) The Group is majority owned by Vivendi Universal. At present, more than 50% of total Vivendi Universal's revenues are generated by activities in the Tlc sector; (6) Sanoma WSOY's revenues from media activities are an estimate
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