China-Singapore Entertainment, April 25. According to the website of the State Administration of Radio and Television, the 2021 National Radio and Television Industry Statistical Bulletin announced today that by the end of 2021, there will be 710 million annual paying users of Internet video, 150 million annual paying users of Internet audio, and short video uploads. More than 700 million users.
The communique pointed out that in 2021, the national production time of radio programs will be 8.1271 million hours, a year-on-year decrease of 1.01%; the broadcast time will be 15.8949 million hours, a year-on-year increase of 0.55%.
The production time of TV programs was 3.0596 million hours, a year-on-year decrease of 6.79%; the broadcast time was 20.1399 million hours, a year-on-year increase of 1.29%.
The bulletin shows that in 2021, 194 TV dramas and 6,736 episodes will be produced and distributed nationwide, the number of production and distribution departments will decrease by 3.96% year-on-year, and the production time of film and television dramas will be 75,200 hours, a year-on-year decrease of 21.17%.
208,900 TV dramas were broadcast nationwide, and 8,843,300 hours of TV dramas were broadcast, a year-on-year increase of 1.28%.
The communique mentioned that by the end of 2021, there will be 985 high-definition TV channels nationwide, eight 4K ultra-high-definition TV channels, and one 8K ultra-high-definition TV channel.
The proportion of high-definition and ultra-high-definition production of news and information, special service and variety show and puzzle TV programs reached 62.3%, 55.7% and 59.4% respectively.
The integration of cable TV network and 5G construction of radio and television accelerated the development. The actual number of cable TV users nationwide was 204 million, a year-on-year decrease of 1.45%; high-definition and ultra-high-definition users were 109 million, a year-on-year increase of 7.92%; smart terminal users were 33.25 million, a year-on-year increase of 7.92%. An increase of 11.39%.
The actual number of two-way digital cable TV users was 97.01 million, a year-on-year increase of 1.57%, and the number of high-definition and ultra-high-definition video on-demand users was 39.92 million, accounting for 95.3% of the on-demand users.
There are more than 300 million IPTV users1, 1.083 billion Internet TV (OTT) users2, 710 million annual paying users of Internet video, 150 million annual paying users of Internet audio, and more than 700 million short video upload users. .
The communique emphasized that the online audio-visual revenue was 359.465 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22.10%.
Among them, revenue from services such as user payment and program copyright increased significantly, reaching 97.405 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.24%; other incomes such as online live broadcast and short video grew rapidly, reaching 262.060 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 24.02%.