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'01/'02 Top TV and Cable Product Categories vs. Year Ago

TOTAL TELEVISION PRODUCT CATEGORY OVERVIEW

THE TOP 10 TOTAL TELEVISION PRODUCT CATEGORIES FOR ’01 / ’02

All amounts are displayed in (000)

Rank Category ’01 / ’02 ’00 / ’01 $Change % Change
1 AUTOS, AUTO ACCESS & EQUIP $3,634,463.5 $3,527,224.4 $107,239.1 3.0%
2 MEDICINES & PROPRIETARY REMEDIES $2,904,749.2 $3,086,341.9 -$181,592.7 -5.9%
3 MEDIA & ADVERTISING $1,866,571.3 $1,985,640.3 -$119,069.0 -6.0%
4 FINANCIAL $1,849,582.6 $2,139,773.2 -$290,190.6 -13.6%
5 RESTAURANTS $1,745,941.5 $1,701,667.3 $44,274.2 2.6%
6 RETAIL $1,715,615.0 $1,845,313.0 -$129,698.0 -7.0%
7 TELECOMMUNICATIONS $1,414,223.2 $1,264,434.1 $149,789.1 11.8%
8 BEVERAGES $968,654.9 $975,758.1 -$7,103.2 -0.7%
9 PERSONAL HYGIENE & HEALTH $957,817.0 $747,229.7 $210,587.3 28.2%
10 COMPUTERS, SOFTWARE, INTERNET $851,101.0 $1,331,114.6 $480,013.6 36.1%

THE TOP 5 HIGHEST $ INCREASES:
All amounts are displayed in (000)
Rank Category ’01 / ’02 ’00 / ’01 $ Change
1 PERSONAL HYGIENE & HEALTH $957,817.0 $747,229.7 $210,587.3
2 HOUSEHOLD SOAPS, CLEANSERS & POLISHES $603,402.4 $438,480.3 164,922.1
3 TELECOMMUNICATIONS $1,414,223.2 $1,264,434.1 $149,789.1
4 BEER & WINE $847,394.4 $725,303.8 $122,090.6
5 AUTOS, AUTO ACCESS & EQUIP $3,634,463.5 $3,527,224.4 $107,239.1

CABLE TELEVISION PRODUCT CATEGORY OVERVIEW

THE TOP 10 CABLE PRODUCT CATEGORIES FOR ’01 / ’02

All amounts are displayed in (000)

Rank Category ’01 / ’02 ’00 / ’01 $ Change % Change
1 AUTO, AUTO ACCESS & EQUIP $888,776.9 $917,666.8 -$28,889.9 -3.1%
2 FINANCIAL $743,871.3 $766,536.9 -$22,665.6 -3.0%
3 MEDICINES & PROPRIETARY REMEDIES $626,707.3 $700,081.8 -$73,374.5 -10.5%
4 MEDIA & ADVERTISING $517,880.9 $522,690.0 -$4,809.1 -0.9%
5 RETAIL $487,186.1 $553,612.6 -$66,426.5 -12.0%
6 TELECOMMUNICATIONS $424,989.4 $417,517.9 $7,471.5 1.8%
7 RESTAURANTS $374,636.3 $362,384.2 $12,252.1 3.4%
8 GAMES, TOYS & HOBBYCRAFT $368,712.4 $310,728.8 $57,983.6 18.7%
9 COMPUTERS, SOFTWARE, INTERNET $345,875.4 $458,461.4 -$112,586.0 -24.6%
10 PUBLIC TRANS, HOTELS & RESORTS $318,384.2 $297,895.3 $20,488.9 6.9%

THE TOP 5 HIGHEST $ INCREASES:

All amounts are displayed in (000)
Rank Category ’01 / ’02 ’00 / ’01 $ Change % Change
1 GAMES, TOYS & HOBBYCRAFT $368,712.4 $310,728.8 $57,983.6 18.7%
2 PERSONAL HYGIENE & HEALTH $242,021.8 $190,437.5 $51,584.3 27.1%
3 GOVERNMENT, POLITICS & ORG $159,040.4 $115,628.9 $43,411.5 37.5%
4 HOUSEHOLD SOAPS & CLEANSERS $166,228.0 $124,631.6 $41,596.4 33.4%
5 DEPARTMENT STORES $89,314.4 $54,184.0 $35,130.4 64.8%

PRODUCT CATEGORIES WITH CABLE INCREASES

Listed below are the Product Categories where share of Cable Ad Revenues increased, while Broadcast and Syndication shares decreased or remained flat.
Cable Share Broadcast Share Syndication Share
Category ’01/’02 ’00/’01 + ’01/’02 ’00/’01 - ’01/’02 ’00/’01 -
Computers, Software, Internet 40.6% 34.4% +6.2% 55.0% 61.3% -6.4% 4.4% 4.2% 0.2%
Department Stores 18.9% 13.7% +5.2% 72.9% 73.0% 0.0% 8.2% 13.4% -5.2%
Financial 40.2% 35.8% +4.4% 54.5% 58.8% -4.3% 5.3% 5.3% -0.1%
Household Appliances, Equip 33.1% 30.0% +3.1% 51.0% 54.9% -3.8% 15.9% 15.1% 0.8%
Games, Toys & Hobbycraft 49.6% 47.4% +2.2% 42.6% 43.1% -0.5% 7.8% 9.5% -1.7%

Source: CAB compilation of CMR Data

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