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The television market in Germany is Europe’s largest, with approximately 34 million homes with TV. The many television networks at regional and national are organized according to the federal political structure. About 90% of German households have cable or satellite, and viewers can choose from a variety of channels public and commercial. PayTV not become popular or successful while public TV ZDF and ARD offer a range of digital-only channels.[92]
Germany has some of the largest global media conglomerates, including Bertelsmann and Axel Springer AG. Some of the most popular television networks held companies are owned by ProSiebenSat1.
The German literary market produces about 60,000 new publications each year. This represents 18% of all books published worldwide and Germany as the third largest producer of books worldwide.[93] A Book Fair in Frankfurt Monday is considered the most important books in the world for business and international trade, and has a tradition that has lasted over 500 years.
In December of 2008, The websites most visited by German Internet users were Google.’s, Google.com, YouTube, eBay, Wikipedia, Yahoo, Amazon.de and gmx.net.
