Editing Entertainment (section)

== {{Anchor|Industry}} Industry <!--[[Entertainment company]] redirects here--> ==
{{Further|Film industry|Media market|Music industry|Show business|Sport industry|Video game industry}}

Entertainment is [[big business]], especially in the United States,<ref name="Stein2009">{{cite book | last1=Stein | first1=Andi | last2=Evans|first2=Beth Bingham|title=An introduction to the entertainment industry | publisher=Peter Lang | publication-place=New York | year=2009 | isbn=978-1-4331-0340-7 | oclc=244177225 }}</ref> but ubiquitous in all cultures.
Although kings, rulers and powerful people have always been able to pay for entertainment to be provided for them and in many cases have paid for public entertainment, people generally have made their own entertainment or when possible, attended a live performance. Technological developments in the 20th century, especially in the area of mass media, meant that entertainment could be produced independently of the audience, packaged and sold on a commercial basis by an entertainment industry.<ref name=Stein2009 /><ref>{{cite book|title=Key issues in the arts and entertainment industry|publisher=Goodfellow Publishers |location=Woodeaton, Oxford|isbn=978-1-906884-20-8|editor=Walmsley, Ben|year=2011 }}</ref> Sometimes referred to as show business, the industry relies on [[business model]]s to produce, market, broadcast or otherwise distribute many of its traditional forms, including performances of all types.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sickels|first=Robert C|title=The Business of Entertainment|publisher=Greenwood Publishing (Three Volumes)}}</ref> The industry became so sophisticated that its economics became a separate area of academic study.<ref>{{cite book|last=Vogel|first=Harold L.|title=Entertainment industry economics: a guide for financial analysis|year=2007|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge; New York|isbn=978-0-521-87485-4|edition=7th}}</ref>

The [[film industry]] is a part of the entertainment industry. Components of it include the [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Hollywood News|url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/hollywood|access-date=28 April 2014|newspaper=Mid Day|archive-date=29 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429001539/http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/hollywood|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Bollywood]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Bollywood News|url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/bollywood|newspaper=Mid Day|access-date=28 April 2014|archive-date=29 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429001524/http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/bollywood|url-status=live}}</ref> film industries, as well as the [[cinema of the United Kingdom]] and all the [[Cinema of Europe|cinemas of Europe]], including [[cinema of France|France]], [[cinema of Germany|Germany]], [[cinema of Spain|Spain]], [[Cinema of Italy|Italy]] and others.<ref>{{cite book|last=Casper|first=Drew|title=Postwar Hollywood, 1946–1962|year=2007|publisher=Blackwell|location=Oxford|isbn=978-1-4051-5074-3}}</ref> The [[sex industry]] is another component of the entertainment industry, applying the same forms and media (for example, film, books, dance and other performances) to the development, marketing and sale of sex products on a commercial basis.

[[Amusement park]]s entertain paying guests with [[Amusement ride|rides]], such as [[roller coasters]], [[ridable miniature railway]]s, [[water rides]], and [[dark rides]], as well as other events and associated attractions. The parks are built on a large area subdivided into themed areas named "lands". Sometimes the whole amusement park is based on one theme, such as the various [[SeaWorld]] parks that focus on the theme of sea life.

One of the consequences of the development of the entertainment industry has been the creation of new types of employment. While jobs such as writer, musician and composer exist as they always have, people doing this work are likely to be employed by a company rather than a patron as they once would have been. New jobs have appeared, such as [[Gaffer (filmmaking)|gaffer]] or [[special effect]]s supervisor in the film industry, and attendants in an amusement park.

Prestigious awards are given by the industry for excellence in the various types of entertainment. For example, there are awards for music, games (including video games), comics, theatre, television, film, dance and magical arts. Sporting awards are made for the results and skill, rather than for the entertainment value.

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File:Film reel.jpg|Packaged entertainment<br />35mm [[film reel]]s in boxes
File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F079073-0006, Bonn, Sternstraße, Schallplattengeschäft.jpg|Choosing music from a record store (Germany, 1988)
File:LOceanogràfic, Ciudad de las artes y las ciencias, 2005, Valencia.jpg|Ticket showing electronic [[barcode]] (Valencia, 2005)
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