PwC’s Australian Entertainment & Media Outlook provides five year revenue forecasts and commentary about 11 sectors including internet, free-to-air television, subscription television, newspaper and magazine publishing, radio, outdoor media, books, filmed entertainment, interactive games and recorded music.
The forecast period for the 2011 publication is 2011 to 2015 inclusive.
The revenues tracked include advertising and consumer spending. Consumer spending includes internet access fees, subscription television fees, filmed entertainment products - cinema tickets, DVD sales, rental and downloads, recorded music – physical and digital, newspapers – physical and digital, magazines – physical and digital and consumer and educational books – physical and digital.

Special feature chapters include:
Tablet computers: The PwC economics team models the likely uptake of tablets such as the iPad and also looks at consumers’ willingness to pay for content.
Live Entertainment: Using ticketing data from Australia’s major ticketing agencies, this chapter examines the types of live entertainment consumers pay for and trends in the live entertainment sector.
New Zealand: This special feature looks at the New Zealand entertainment & media market including television advertising, publishing, internet access and advertising, interactive games, filmed entertainment, radio and recorded music.
Every year the Outlook conducts in depth interviews with industry leaders across a range of sectors. In 2011, the Outlook’s industry interviews represent different perspectives on partnerships. The imperative to partner and collaborate with others is a factor critical for success in the new digital age. The 2011 industry interviews include:
Richard Freudenstein - CEO News Digital Media and The Australian
Robin Parkes - CEO, Freeview
Dr Steffan Walz - Director, RMIT’s GEElab (Gaming and Exploratory Entertainment Lab)
JB Rousselot - Executive Director, Media Applications and User Experience, Telstra
Kevin Brown - Head of Corporate Services, NBNCo
Grant Harrod - CEO, Salmat
Jane Schulze - Publisher and Carolyn Fox - CEO Asia Pac, Standard Media Index
Mike Conway - Managing Director, The Wiggles
Brett Chenoweth - CEO, APN News & Media Australia and New Zealand