This report looks at the operational risk associated with this industry. Three types of risk are recognized in our analysis. These are: risk arising from within the industry itself (structural risk), risks arising from the expected future performance of the industry (growth risk) and risk arising from forces external to the industry (external sensitivity risk).
This industry manufactures and mass replicates optical and magnetic media; ranging from audio and video tapes, diskettes and optical discs, to compact discs (CD), digital versatile discs (DVD), and Blu-ray discs (BD). Businesses in this industry replicate pre-recorded media, blank media, and software. This industry excludes circuit-board-based storage technologies, such as MP3 players, flash drives, hard disks and portable hard disk drives (HDD).
The primary activities of firms in this industry are:
- Blank optical and magnetic media manufacturing
- Cassette tapes and compact discs, mass reproducing
- Game cartridge software, mass reproducing
- Optical disk, mass reproducing
- Phonograph record manufacturing
- Software, mass reproducing
- Video tape, mass reproducing
| 33411 - Computer & Peripheral Manufacturing in the US |
Establishments in this industry manufacture and assemble mainframes, PCs, workstations, laptops, servers and computer storage devices that allow the storage and retrieval of data.
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| 33441a - Semiconductor & Circuit Manufacturing in the US |
Firms in this industry manufacture semiconductors and related devices including integrated circuits, memory chips, microprocessors, diodes, transistors, solar cells and other optoelectronic devices.
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| 51121 - Software Publishing in the US |
Companies in the industry design, develop, and publish prepackaged software.
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| 51212 - Movie & Video Distribution in the US |
Firms in this industry distribute movies and videos to broadcast networks, theaters and retailers.
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| 51211a - Movie & Video Production in the US |
Establishments in this industry produce motion pictures.
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| 51211b - Television Production in the US |
Companies in this industry produce shows and videos specifically for a television audience.
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