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European Television Groups in the list generated most of their revenues from free-to-air broadcasting.
The total revenues of the Top 10 Broadcasters in Europe in 2008 were around 39.2 billion euros.
The total revenues of Public Broadcasters in the list amounted to around 20.7 billion euros, nearly 53% of total revenues. The total revenues of Private Broadcasters were around 18.5 billion euros, 47% of total revenues.
Top 10 European Broadcasters (2009)
| RANK
2007 | RANK
2008 | TV
BROADCASTER | COUNTRY | OWNERSHIP | TOTAL REVENUES
2008 (€m) |
| 1
| 1 | BBC1 | UK | Public Service | 6,473 |
| 2
| 2 | ARD2 | DE
| Public Service | 6,291 |
| 3 | 3 | RTL | DE | Private | 5,774 |
| 4 | 4 | Mediaset | IT | Private | 4,252
|
| 5
| 5 | RAI | IT
| Public Service
| 3,244 |
| 9
| 6 | ProSiebenSat.1 Media
| DE
| Private
| 3,054 |
| 6
| 7 | ITV | UK
| Private
| 2,851 |
| 7
| 8 | FTV
| FR | Public Service
| 2,750 |
| 8
| 9 | TF1 | FR
| Private | 2,595 |
| 10 | 10 | ZDF2 | DE | Public Service | 1,959 |
Source: e-Media Institute - © e-Media Research Ltd
Notes:
1 - BBC revenues refers to year ended 31 march 2009.
2 - ARD and ZDF are ranked according to revenues 2007.
For BBC and ITV, 2005-2008 average conversion rate was used (£1=€1.4053589, source: UIC).
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