Cultural consumption in 2013: watch TV – ABC.es

The SGAE Foundation presented the figures of last year, in which all sectors down, especially film and popular music

Live Cultural consumption continues to decline and people choose to stay at home watching television. That is clear from the data presented this morning by the SGAE Foundation, whose anunario 2013 figures still worrying about the habits of citizens when consuming culture, a trend that is perpetuating.

“The year 2013 was bad for culture. The only climbing is television. People go less to the live shows “, said this morning the president of the Foundation SGAE, Antonio Onetti, that considers the lack of promotion and enhancement of culture hit hardest, as well of different cultural sectors, is ‘Spanish citizens’

If we focus on the figures of last year compared with the previous year the downs more important the experience movies and live concerts (pop, rock, jazz …), falling nearly 20 percent (18.5% and 13.6% film music ) as it relates to collection. As for the number of concerts has fallen by 11.4%, and 12.4% by number of viewers. These figures differ slightly if we talk about big events, where the slope is slightly higher.

The recorded music is in free fall as low 15.5 %; so do the Dance , a decrease of 10.5%; opera and zarzuela , with 10.4% and Theatre 2%. A drop in revenue collection if the latter does not seem significant, consider that 2012-13 was the first year in which the increase of 21% VAT was applied, and yet the Money raised in low box office. The total decrease in the performing arts in revenue in 2013 compared to 2012 is 3.5%

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also lowers market digital music. As in previous years this was on the rise in 2013 has suffered a break and slight decline, reducing revenues by 0.4%.

Five years down

These figures are worse if we consider the cumulative produced the last five years (2008-2013), that is, the date when the crisis finally settled in our country. Five years in the performing arts have accumulated losses of 30.4% on the number of performances; 34.3% in attendance; and 23% in revenue.

In music the cumulative drop in concert is held 25.5%, 33.2% and 19.2% assistance fund; the Dance is 49% the drop in attendance and 50% in revenue; and 29.1% in the number of theater performances , 33% attendance and revenues 15.8%, to name a few sectors where the figures claim a solution.

Sitting before the TV

In front of all these negative numbers, the c ONSUMPTION TV has increased since 1 July 2008 5% surpassing last year in 17 minutes the average daily per capita (in 2012 the per capita consumption of tv it was 246 minutes, a figure that fell in two minutes in 2013). However, advertising revenues have been reduced in the last five years at 44.7%. The radio consumption also fell last year, but almost nil. Three minutes, but much more advertising revenue, which grew by 11%

The game in 2013 experienced a reduction of 7.3% of their income, and have a cumulative losses in revenues of 46.8%.

Given this bleak picture, aggravated by the crisis, the cuts and the VAT increase, Onetti considered insufficient increase in the category of Culture on Budget 2015 State ‘ after a decline of 25% “last year” is very far from the figures that the culture needs. ”

As has been the replacement of the patronage law by tax cuts, ensured that primear “offers a series of control mechanisms , which prevent become an open door to commit atrocities, fraud in many cases. People of culture still waiting for that law. ” A measure, said that in cases like “has multiplied by two or three filmmaking countries like Mexico and Brazil.”