These statistics compile the estimates of the main characteristics of production, distribution and exhibition in the realms of film, video, radio and television. They contain broad-ranging information on the economic macro-magnitudes in the audiovisual sector, its resources and the consumption of audiovisual goods and services.
The data on the economy in the audiovisual sector are obtained through a systematic analysis of the module on the audiovisual sector in Catalonia from the Annual Survey of Services and the estimates of household expenditures on audiovisual equipment and services in Catalonia from the Statistics on Household Consumer Expenditures. On an occasional basis, the results of estimations of the main features of how the audiovisual sector operates are also available for 2001, as part of the 2001 Input-Output Tables for Catalonia as well as for 2003, based on the estimated data on the labour situation of professionals in the audiovisual sector in Catalonia. In terms of the audiovisuals available on the market, information is gathered on equipment in the realms of film, radio and television. In this section, starting in 2006, a series of tables on the news times in televised news programmes is presented by subject descriptors and by geographical description since year 2003, as well as data on the national and local range of terrestrial digital television (TDT) and digital audio broadcasting (DAB). Finally, regarding the demand for audiovisuals, this includes information on the consumption of audiovisual goods and surveys from the Survey on Consumption and Cultural Practices and the population's use of time spent on the media from the Statistics on the Use of Time.
These same statistics are also contained in the book entitled Estadística de l'audiovisual a Catalunya.
