From ticker tape to television cameras, from databases to websites this multibillion-dollar industry provides data utilized in the financial sector.
Paper ticker tape became obsolete in the 1960s, as television and computers were increasingly used to transmit financial information.
As of 2008, the largest four financial data vendors capture the $15.222 billion in annual revenues[2][3][4] and employ tens of thousands of people.
[8] The types of data offered vary by vendor, and most typically cover information about entities (companies) and instruments (shares, bonds etc.)
Alternative data (finance) vendors offer non-traditional datasets, typically defined as those that do not originate from securities exchanges, regulatory disclosures, or economic release indicators.