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Task 1 ownership case study 1
1. Shannon orr
Media Company Case Study
Task 1 Understanding the structure and ownership
of the media sector
2. Private ownership has both negatives and positives they can make what whatever kinds of
programme they choose whether it be sport, reality shows or documentaries they are also not
subject to the strict publicly owned rules such as no advertisements and the major factor they are
also aloud to sell advertising to anyone they want where as companies like the BBC can’t sell
advertising.
It can result in better quality products due to competition and the threat of losing market share
to another competitor makes firms put forward their most popular and best shows. On the other
hand, private ownership leads to media firms sometimes placing profit above public interest and
can also lead to dis interest in the public’s eyes when products they don’t like are aired such as
TV soaps or reality TV shows known as car crash TV.
Types of ownership: private ownership
3. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcasting statutory
corporation. Its main responsibility is to provide impartial public service broadcasting in the
United Kingdom they provide advert free TV stations they gain their money through TV licences
paid for by the British taxpayer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_broadcasting
Types of ownership: public service
4. Types of ownership: independent
Music companies that are independent can profit from all three of production, distribution and
consumption they run their own company and require no help bands such as the Arctic Monkeys are
assigned to independent record labels but some artist’s even run their own independent music
companies so that they alone can promote and discover new talent and sign them up, the ways the
companies sign and promote their artists are things such as live gigs, social media, free music tracks
and launch parties.
5. Types of ownership: conglomerate
Conglomerate companies are companies that branch out and own a variety of different subsidiary
companies who all provide different services such as Walt Disney who do kid’s TV, mainstream
American sport, American news, music and films
There are others such as virgin and sky who now provide a range of services to customers such as
internet and broadband provider this is so they can expand the markets that they currently sell
themselves in.
6. Horizontal integration is an absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in the same level
of production and sharing resources Horizontal integration is mostly full of advantages it means you
have expanded your company and also expanded it’s production line and scouting for new talent. It
also gives you increased market power and a larger percentage of the markets value
On the other hand, it does have its disadvantages. One of them being legal repercussions. Higher
integration can lead to a ‘monopoly’, which is highly discouraged by many governments due to lack
of competition. With a monopoly makes it also harder for new ideas and products and services to
come into he market and compete with larger companies the government have done what it can by
limiting companies to only having a maximum of 40% of the market value
Types of Companies: Horizontal Integration
7. Vertical integration is when a company profits from production, distribution and consumption. It used to
be only large companies such as Time Warner that could actually afford to profit from production,
distribution and consumption. But now, due to the internet via social media and websites such as
soundcloud small companies can also vertically integrate, such as independent record labels.
Advantages such as improved coordination throughout the supply chain. There is also a greater market
share and secured distribution channels. Disadvantages are the higher costs if the company is incapable
to manage new activities efficiently, The ownership of supply and distribution channels can sometimes
lead to lower quality products and reduced efficiency because of the lack of competition, and new
competencies may clash with old ones and lead to competitive disadvantage.
Types of Companies: Vertical Integration
8. Cross media coverage is where companies from the media world but completely unrelated
collaborate to produce a service or a product such as a new game will have a soundtrack so Sony
music could sell a track from the arctic monkeys to be the trailer music for the new Call of Duty
game or they could have a music show on TV such as the X-factor or voice these use music and
television and turn it into a competition to compete for a music contract this is an example of two
types of media converging and overlapping.
Cross Media convergence
9. Synergy is selling products to promote an artist so at a concert you might be able to buy t-shirts,
mugs and posters all related to the artist the money for merchandise is then split between the
music company for the promotion of the tour/concert and the artist.
Synergy
10. It works in a pyramid system you start from the top with the product or service and it filters it’s
way down and then it the reverse for the people who pay for the product or service it starts off as
an idea and then the artist who creates the music will write the piece and if not already signed up
to a music company will then do then begins the process of selling and promoting it this can be do
through social media e.g. twitter, Facebook and YouTube then once it hits it’s release date it will
have been prepared to be sold in shops all across the world.
Describe the Structure and of Ownership of
Either The Film, TV, Gaming or Music
Industry
11. Walt Disney
The media company I have chosen is going to be Disney they are a conglomerate global company who
now run a series of TV subsidiaries they run TV stations that do sport, kids, news and documentary
channels they also provide a music section where they have made artists such as Miley Cyrus, Selena
Gomez and Ariana Grande .
12. The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney, is an American diversified multinational
mass media corporation headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. It is
the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Disney was founded on
October 16, 1923, by Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, and
established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-
action film production, television, and theme parks. The company also operated under the
names Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions. Taking on its current name in 1986, it
expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, music,
publishing, and online media.
The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Studios, which is
today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates
the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN,
A+E Networks, and ABC Family publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and
licenses 14 theme parks around the world. It also has a successful music division.
Ownership
13. Disney Media Networks is the headquarters it’s horizontally integrated with a variety of
different TV companies. The Walt Disney Company that contains the company's various
television networks, cable channels, associated production and distribution companies and
owned and operated television stations
• Disney–ABC Television Group
• ABC Television Network
• ABC Family Worldwide
• Radio Disney
• Disney Television Animation
Walt Disney
14. Competitors
Walt Disney's main three competitors are 21st Century FOX, Time Warner and NBC Universal Media. All
of these are global conglomerate companies these 4 companies control over 65% of the media and TV’s
market value
These companies don’t really have an issue with distribution and production as they all have there own
production and distribution lines so they never are competing against each other.
15. Audience
With 95 entertainment channels and feeds distributed in 35 languages, Disney Channels Worldwide
reaches more than 300 million homes, serving as a daily touchstone for the Disney brand for families in
168 countries.
In 2010, the Company launched Disney Channel in Russia, Greece and Ukraine, and announced a joint
venture to launch a local language Disney Channel in South Korea
In the United States 2010 marked Disney Channel’s most watched year on record in total day and total
viewers, as well among the key audiences of kids (6-11) and tweens (9-14). Disney Channel also
celebrated its eighth consecutive year as television’s No. 1 network in primetime among kids (6-11) and
its 10th year at No. 1 with tweens (9-14), thanks to a strong slate of original programming.
16. Disney was long rumoured to be anti-Semitic during his lifetime, and such rumours persisted
after his death. Animator Art Babbitt claimed to have seen Disney and his lawyer, Gunther Lessing,
attending meetings of the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi organization.
The most recent scandal is the whole debacle over Miley Cyrus and how she turned from Disney
girl to some sort of outrageous troublesome teen many claim this is to Disney trying to steal her
youth.
Walt Disney Scandals
