Does the US have a monopoly on The media industries?

It seems the US sends so much media overseas, but hardly receives any at all. for example. You can look at European ratings here:


http://www.allofmp3.com/ratings/charts.s...


Most of the Arists on that page are american. AND most of the ones who arent have American Labels.


also.. go here Http://www.amazon.de


Search for an american movie. Ill bet youll find a german version of it. When was the last time you saw a English Dubbed German film?





Now obviously we do get some stuff from the overseas. We get plenty of anime and kung fu flicks from japan, the occasional Comedy or documentary from england, and of course video games, but we send out soooo much more.

Does the US have a monopoly on The media industries?
America does not have a monopoly of all media. India and Russia produce as many or more films than the US. However, they do produce the majority of English language film %26amp; TV. (Yes, a lot is produced IN Australia, Canada and Britain, but they are produced BY americans.





The reasons for this are mostly economic. America bought most of the distribution companies throughout the world and pushed their own product. So the industry withered, particularly in Britain and Australia. The situation is better now because of the investment of governments in the industry.





In TV, the US program makers manage to get most of their costs back from domestic sales. This means they are able to sell product overseas for a fraction of the cost. In Australia, for example, overseas sales will not make up a large proportion of the income (except for the soaps like Neighbours and Home and Away. A studio will be able to buy very slick programs from the US for less than 10% of the cost of making their own (even though the home made product usually rates better).





The US also applies government pressure on other countries to benefit the studios. Again in Aust, they tried to get quotas for home made product dropped in the %26#039;free trade%26#039; agreement because it was protection, even though the americans subsidise and dump their product here. They also got Aust to change their copyright laws to advantage Disney.
Reply:Media and entertainment is one of the few things we export more than import. But remember, a lot of %26quot;US%26quot; movies are made oversees. For example, most of the original star wars movies were shot in oversees locations or in Elstry studios in England.





Also, the US tends to do remakes of foreign films and TV shows (i.e. The Office). The originals we do get are the best of the best (Amelie, Spirited Away, etc).
Reply:China probably produces more American-made movies than American%26#039;s do.





Just like Iran and North Korea are leading producers of $20 bills....