Understanding the ownership and structure of the Media

sectorDescribing the different industries

Radio broadcasting is a wireless transmission method over radio waves to reach a wide audience over a vast distance

One of the oldest forms of Mass Media Radio in the UK is dominated by the BBC, the BBC World

service radio network broadcasts BBC news in 33 different languages. Domestically there are 10 national networks and 40 local radio stations. This is all funded by the TV license funding.

Many commercial local stations are owned by a conglomerate radio operator. For example Global radio owns Heart, Galaxy, Capital and Classic FM.

Radio

Interactive media is media which uses products and services on a computer system to respond to the users actions.

Creative websites that allow users to create or distribute content. Eg Facebook ,Twitter, YouTube, Google, Reddit

The UK’s country code domain is .uk the most visited UK sites are Google, Amazon, eBay, BBC Online and the MailOnline

Interactive

The music industry is one of the most largest and profitable industries within the media, due to the masses that spend money on songs to purchase. Either for personal use or for a business purpose for example paying for the rights to play a song on a tv production

Physical media are sold by retailers and are owned by the consumer after they buy it. They do not own the recording and therefore cannot make digital copies from it because they don’t own the recording on the CD but instead just own that CD.

Digital and online distribution of music through Eg iTunes has made itself more popular than purchasing physical copies.

Live music is when a promoter brings an artist to a venue and fans purchase tickets to see an artist live

Music

The press is a collective term for people who work in the news media, mainly reporters and photographers

Press sector can be broadcasted (Radio or TV) or printed

Newspapers are in two different types. The serious papers are broadsheets and there is a more pop-culture type called tabloid

A large range of Magazines are sold in the UK covering all different topics and interests. Worldwide circulation editions include, Hello! , NME and the Economist

Top news broadcasters include BBC News, Sky News and ITV News.

Top Newspapers include The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and The Daily Mail

Press and publishingNews and Magazines

Radio and TV

Digital imaging is the creation or manipulation of images through a digital formatAdobe is the biggest company in the Digital imaging company in this sector and own many photo imaging products, Such as Photoshop, Illustrator and light roomCategories also in this sector are Image producers, Photo retail, picture libraries, Manufacturers and Support services

Digital Imaging

Advertising is a mean of communication with users of a product or service

Advertising is distributed on Newspapers, Magazines, Online, TV and on billboards.

The marketing sector includes the communication between audience and company. This is don’t through Market research where links are discovered between consumer and product.

Product, Promotion, Price and Place

Advertising and Marketing

A film is a story or event captured on camera in a set of moving motion images. That are usually premiered in cinemas or showhouses

The film industry is one of the largest and most profitable sectors in the Media industry.

The film industry is dominated by major companies. Paramount, Universal, 21st Century Fox, Disney and more. These are known as Conglomerates

There are other studios known as Independent studios which are more cult, social realist and controversial films as opposed to the Hollywood blockbusters

Film

A video game is a type of user manipulation where images on a screen are instructed by the user

Computer games have had a huge surge within the last 10 years since proliferation in technology has lead to a huge increase in quality of the games and the hardware it runs off.

The main five big video game companies are Activision, EA, Nintendo, Sony and Capcom

Games

One type of mass media because TV transitions can be picked by by any TV with a receiver

The UK has no analogue Tv BBC and Channel 4 is a free public broadcaster. Freeview service runs the likes of CBS, UKTV and Sky

channels There are 5 major networking channels: BBC one, BBC two,

ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. The first 2 are funded by licenses and the last 3 funded by Adverts

Fleet street and the BBC broadcasting House in London is the main capital media hub of the Uk

Greater Manchester is a large media hub boasting Media City in Salford and Trafford.

Granada studios was the first purpose built television studio in the Uk

TV