2. Film company – MGM
MGM stands for Metro Goldwyn Mayer
MGM was founded in 1924 when entrepreneur Marcus Loew brought
Metro pictures, Goldwyn pictures and Louis B. Mayer pictures.
Based in Beverly Hills California its one of the oldest major film studios
In 1971 it was announced MGM would Merge with 20th century fox
however this never happened over the next 35 years it was sold to
various people then on November 3rd, 2010 MGM filed for bankruptcy
and emerged from this December 20th the same year when the
executives of spyglass entertainment became CEOs of MGM
3. Current owner
The current owner/CEO is Gary Barber born in Johannesburg in 1957
he has been CEO of MGM since 2010.
4. Additional Productions
As well as films MGM also produce’s T V shows most notably Tom
and Jerry, The pink panther, star gate universe and most recently
Vikings.
5. Upcoming productions
and the future of MGM
MGM produce the James Bond films and they are set to for the
foreseeable future the next James bond film “spectre” is set to be
released November 6th 2015
Other upcoming productions include Creed, Barbershop 3 and Ben
hur
6. TV company –
The UKTV network
The UKTV network is the brand controlling eight TV channels across
the united kingdom
7. Brief history
The UKTV network was formed in 1997 as a joint venture between
the BBC and Flextech and is one of the Uk’s largest TV company's
8. Owner/CEO
The Owner is Southbank media ltd, who subsequently Scripps Media
Investments LI based in Luxemburg and Scripps Networks Interactive
Inc.
The CEO is Darren Childs born in Doncaster he has been CEO of the
UKTV network for the last four years.
9. Programs
The UKTV does make some of its own programs for example an
upcoming show on there channel Dave called “Hoff the record”
however most of the programs they show they have brought from
the BBC, examples include Top gear shown on Dave and Time team
on Yesterday.
10. Future plans
It invested a record 125m in programming and related launces last
year and is becoming an increasingly significant investor in UK
creativity.
It obtains 42 million monthly views.
The company’s 2013 strategic report states that it plans to continue
to invest in content and promoting it’s channels, whilst looking to
expand its channels beyond the linear environment.
11. Radio company –
Absolute radio
Absolute radio is the radio company that owns
Absolute radio
Classic Rock
Absolute 60s
Absolute 70s
Absolute 80s
Absolute 90s
Absolute 00s
12. History
Absolute Radio was launched on 29 September 2008
The station is based in London playing popular rock music
Broadcasting on: MW/FM/DAB and Digital TV
13. Owner
Absolute radio ltd. Is owned by Bauer AR Hldgs. Ltd. And Heinrich
Bauer Verlag Kg registerd in Germany.
The directors of Absolute radio are
Sarah Jane Vickery, Deidre Ann Ford and Paul Keenan.
14. Funding
Absolute radio receives there funding through
advertising products and services for a price on
there stations.
15. The future
The companies 2013 strategic report states that
it seeks to increase revenue growth through
gains in audience and digital initiatives.
16. Animation company –
Aardman
Aardman is an animation company focusing
mainly on Stop motion animation they where
formed in 1986 with there first major work being
the Peter Gabriel Video to Sledgehammer.
17. Owner
Aardman Animations Limited is now owned by Aardman Animation
Holdings Ltd the majority shareholders of which are Peter Lord and
David Sproxton – the original founders of the organisation
Peter lord David sproxton
19. The future
Future forthcoming productions include:
CBBC - June 2015 – The New Adventures of Morph
Films -
Shaun the Sheep – The Farmers Llamas – Christmas
2015
Early Man - 2018
