1. The Creative Industries
. Creative industries contributed 5.6% of the UK ユ s Gross
Value Added in 2008
. Exports of services by the creative industries totaled 17.3
billion in 2008, equaling 4.1% of all goods and services
exported
. There were an estimated 182,100 businesses in the
creative industries on the Inter-Departmental Business
Register (IDBR) in 2010, this represents 8.7% of all
companies on the IDBR
. Software and electronic publishing make the biggest
contribution to GVA of the creative industries, at 2.5% in
2008. They also make up a large number of total creative
firms (81,700).
2. The 11 Sectors
. Advertising
. Animation
. Computer games
. Facilities
. Fashion and textiles
. Film
. Interactive media
. Photo imaging
. Publishing
. Radio
. Television
10. Harry Potter franchise…
. Film Producer: Heyday Films, MPC, Warner Bros.
. Film distributor: Warner Bros.
. Film Titles: Foreign Office
. Book publisher: Bloomsbury
. Game producer: EA
. Audiobook: HNP
. Poster Design: Crew Creative Advertising
. Toys: Recreation
. TV advert: Active Pictures
. Theme Park Attraction: Universal
. Music: Abby Road Studios
. Marketing and Publicity: Liquid Soul Media
11. Booklet Task…
. You will create a booklet entitled, ‘How To Create a Franchise!’
. Using Harry Potter as a template, you will explain the different
companies involved in creating a media franchise
. Think about the companies that might be involved; production,
advertising, TV, posters, gaming, animation.
. It is your job to research the specific companies involved – don’t
just use the companies mention in the Harry Potter case study.
. Word limit: 1000 words
12. Postcard Task
. Create a series of postcards describe the industries within the
Creative Media sector
. This should leave you with 11 postcards, one for advertising,
animation, computer games, facilities, fashion and textiles, film,
interactive media, photo imaging, publishing, radio, television
. Each postcard should be headed with an industry, which you will
the describe
. Each postcard should need no more than 150 words
13. Cross-Industry Ownership
. When one company or person has stakes in several areas of the
media industry
. Examples?
. Richard Desmond owns OK! Magazine, Channel 5, the Daily
Express and the Daily Star
. Rupert Murdoch: The Sun, The Sunday Times, The Times, 39% of
BskyB, 20th Century Fox, Intermix Media Inc.
14. News Corps bid for BskyB
. When did it all begin?
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is seeking to take full control of
satellite broadcaster BSkyB, by acquiring the 60.9% of the
shares it does not already own.
. Why does the sale matter so much?News Corporation is the
UK’s largest newspaper publisher, printing more than one in
three copies sold. Sky is the largest broadcaster, with turnover of
£5.9bn against the BBC’s £4.8bn. The Murdoch family say a
merger makes good financial sense, but critics say it would
create a media group of unprecedented power, in which
newspapers could be bundled with a Sky subscription, or Sky
sports content could be shown exclusively on Times and Sun
websites.
15. News Corps bid for BskyB…
. Doesn’t Murdoch already control Sky?No, he owns 40% of
the voting shares in News Corp. It in turn owns 39.1% of BSkyB,
with others holding the rest. Although Rupert’s son James is
BSkyB’s chairman, the two companies are separate entities.
. What is the vital criterion?Cross-media power. Cross-media
ownership rarely triggers competition law concerns, because TV
and papers are considered distinct markets. Ofcom, though, is
judging the deal by “public interest” considerations: whether the
number of independent voices in media will be reduced as a
result of a super-Murdoch company. This is known as the media
plurality test.
17. Media Conglomerats
. Complete ‘Cross-industry ownership’ questions 1-3 and remember
to create a spider diagram that explains the the different
companies owned by a particular conglomerate.
. Reference:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/giants/
Editor's Notes
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Facilities (which includes post production, studio and equipment hire, special physical effects, outside broadcast, processing laboratories, transmission, manufacture of AV equipment and other services for film and TV) Publishing (books, journals, magazines, newspapers, directories and databases, news agencies, and electronic information services)