SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea held the world's seventh-largest entertainment and media market last year on the back of rising demand for services on mobile devices, a global consulting firm said Monday. According to the data by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the volume of South Korea's entertainment market came in at US$45.1 billion last year, accounting for 2.8 percent of the global market whose value stood at $1.6 trillion. The United States held the largest entertainment market at $498.8 billion last year, trailed by Japan with $191.6 billion and China with $115.3 billion. Germany and Britain posted $97.4 billion and $85.5 billion, respectively. The entertainment industry of Asia's fourth-largest economy expanded 7.4 percent on-year in 2012, hovering above the global average of 5.1 percent, data also showed. The consulting firm said the country's Internet advertisement market grew 29.2 percent on-year to $2.8 billion in 2012, adding it will expand up to 56.3 percent by 2017 on the back of the higher availability of mobile devices. PwC said while the country's entertainment and media market is anticipated to boast a robust growth down the road, the market size for newspapers will become the only sector in the industry to downsize in the next five years. Copyright Yonhap News Agency, 2013. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. http://susaneaston.tumblr.com/ http://twitchfilm.com/2013/06/koreas-cj-teams-with-china-for-sci-fi-fantasy-the-fist.html http://springhillreviewgroup.com/

New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/09/2013 -- Below are a list of things to watch out for in the music industry that Industry Level and associates have composed to make sure that artists don't steer off the correct path! 1. Do Not Pay For Shows: Chances are that artists will not be paid for a gig if they are not seen on major platforms such as hip hop blogs, major radio stations, MTV or BET. It is going to be very difficult to generate interest from show promoters and venue's that will want to pay them to perform. Pay-to-perform business models DO take place on a larger scale as well. Live Nation sometimes will allow a tour "buy-on" in which an up and coming act (usually signed to a major label who is capable of spending the $100k or more) gets offered the deal. Up and coming unsigned artists typically will not be offered this type of deal. The reason the money is required is the fact that touring with a huge industry name i.e. Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, will create massive exposure and a building fan base for the artist. The touring agencies know this very well and that is how they are able to close these types of deals. Hint - Acts get paid to perform by the club or venue's business model to SELL TICKETS and ALCOHOL. If they feel that booking the artist won't do JUST that, they simply will not be paid to perform. This is why it is important for the artist to focus their energy on appearing on major platforms so they can be seen by a massive target audience to build confidence with the show and venue promoters. Artists should follow this tactic and they will be contacted by paying customers who will compensate them for your their performance services. 2. Do Not Pay ANYONE with a Western Union or MoneyGram Transfer: One of the easiest ways to spot a music industry scam is to find out the companies "method of payment". If the company you are dealing with is offering "Too Good To Be True" type of deals and pressuring the c