media companies in the uk

1. BBC
The BBC is the world’s oldest and largest broadcaster, responsible for a
great deal of British pop-culture. Due to the BBC being a public service
broadcaster established under a Royal Charter, the channel does not
show any traditional advertising, instead only showing adverts for its own
upcoming shows in the breaks between shows.
The BBC has 25 channels, all of which are free to view. BBC One HD
and BBC Two HD are the most popular domestically, but children’s
television channels CBBC HD and CBeebies HD are also popular, as is
BBC News, which is broadcasted worldwide. The media company is best
known for its ongoing soap opera EastEnders, news programmes,
football highlights show Match of the Day, the broadcasting of major
sporting events, such as the World Cup, Euros, and Olympic Games, as
well as its many, often David Attenborough-led, nature documentaries
which are unrivalled on the global stage.
BBC CAREERS PAGE
Average Salary:36k per year
Locations
• London
• Belfast
• Birmingham
• Bristol
• Cardiff
• Elstree
• Salford
• Glasgow
• Manchester

2. ITV
TV was launched in the ‘50s under the Television Act 1954 to provide
competition to the BBC and stands as the oldest commercial television
network in the UK. ITV shows major sporting events, often partaking in
the coverage of the World Cup and Euros as well as recently restarting
its live boxing broadcasting.
ITV has 15 channels, all of which are free to view. ITV HD, ITV 2HD, and
ITV 3 HD are their most popular channels, with the fairly recently
launched ITVBe being created especially to target the younger female
audience with shows such as Life on Marbs, The Only Way Is Essex,
and Love in the Wild. The media company does have its fair share of
top-quality dramas, but it’s best known for its reality television, game
shows, and talent competition shows, such as The X-Factor, The Only
Way is Essex, Britain’s Got Talent, and Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night
Takeaway.
ITV CAREERS PAGE
Average salary:37k per year
Locations
• London
• Manchester
• Leeds
• Cardiff

3. Channel 4
Channel Four Television Corporation is an independent
corporation created by the state in the early ‘90s having been
initially founded in the early ‘80s. Over the last decade or so,
Channel Four’s primary channel, Channel 4 HD, has been making
concerted efforts to stand out as the most progressive and varied
channel in the UK, boasting many great programmes that explore
society, sex, race, gender, health, and many areas of life which
formerly weren’t given very much attention in mainstream media.
Channel Four has 22 channels, 13 of which are free to view. The
channels cover almost every genre of show imaginable. Channel 4
is known for its niche documentaries, FilmFour is a good go-to
source for movies on the Freeview. E4 is best known for showing
imports from the US and comedies, and 4Music boasts both
comedy shows and music television programmes, such as top-
tens and the national music charts.
CHANNEL 4 CAREERS PAGE
Average salary:30-36k per year
Locations
• London
• Leeds
• Glasgow
• Bristol

4. Sky
Sky is the premier premium television service in the UK, giving access to
hundreds of channels that are unavailable on free to view platforms as
well as a slew of its own exclusive channels and services. In the UK, Sky
championed on-demand television, and its Sky+ box allowed subscribers
to record shows. Sky also offers on the go streaming and download
services through its Sky Go app.
Along with hundreds of other channels which come with the service, Sky
hosts 68 of its own channels, three of which – Pick, Challenge, and Sky
News – are available through Freeview. One of the biggest reasons why
people join Sky is its huge Sky Sports channels offering that span the
Premier League, EFL Championship, boxing, Formula One, international
cricket, domestic cricket, the Indian Premier League, the NFL, the NBA,
major golf meets, and much more. Then, there’s also the Sky Cinema
offering which adds a new movie to its offering every day, often giving
the chance to buy movies through its store before they are released on
DVD.
For entertainment, Sky has Sky One and Sky Atlantic as its primary
channels. Both channels import US shows as well as produce their own
original programmes. Sky One currently imports The Simpsons, Modern
Family, Supergirl, Hawaii Five-0 and has created the ongoing shows
Strike Back, Jamestown, Stan Lee’s Lucky Man, Trollied, and Sick Note.
Sky Atlantic is billed as the go-to channel for first run US programmes,
often showing them at the same time as they are shown in the US or on
the same day.
SKY CAREERS PAGE
Average salary:20-33k per year
Locations
• London

5. Netflix
Netflix is a pay television service and an American production company
that offers subscription based video on demand from a library of films
and television. Netflix was founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc
Randolph it initially both sold and rented DVDs by mail, but the sales
were eliminated within a year to focus on the DVD rental business. In
2007, Netflix introduced streaming media and video on demand, then the
company expanded to Canada in 2010 followed by Latin America and
the Caribbean. Netflix entered the content production industry in 2013,
debuting its first series House of Cards. In January 2016, it expanded to
an additional 130 countries and then operated in 190 countries.
As of October 2021, Netflix has over 214 million subscribers, including
74 million in the United States and Canada, 70 million in Europe, the
middle east and Africa, 39 million in Latin America and 30 million in Asia-
pacific.
NETFLIX CAREERS PAGE
Average salary:36-42k per year
Locations
• London