The document defines and provides examples of the major sectors within the media industry: - The film industry produces and distributes films through production companies, studios, and actors. Examples include DreamWorks Animation and Universal Studios. - The radio industry consists of commercial and public service broadcasters like the BBC, which employs over 11,000 people across national and local radio stations in the UK. - The television industry broadcasts through terrestrial and cable/satellite methods, with examples being BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky and Virgin Media. It involves over 850 production companies. - The print industry reproduces text and images on paper through printing presses, employing around 140,000 across the UK printing sector. Top companies are DS Smith

1. Define the Major Media Industry
Sectors
Megan Robinson

2. Film Industry
Film Industry is involved in producing and distributing films. The film industry
has many different institutions such as film production companies, film
studios, film production, actors and etc. They produce films to keep people
entertained and to keep the media world updated. Some of examples are
‘DreamWorks Animation’, ’20th Century Fox’ and ‘Universal Studios’.

3. Radio Industry
The Radio Industry consists of different types of radio these are commercial
broadcasters and public service broadcasters.
Commercial Broadcasters also known as Independent Local Radio in the UK
Commercial stations are often quite local, and may have some public service
commitments within their permit. They are largely funded through the sales of
advertising spots on their radio station.
Public Service Broadcasters is BBC. BBC is the biggest employer in the radio industry
employing almost 11,000 people to provide its portfolio of national and local services.
The licences fee for radio is £2.11 per household per month. The BBC has ten radio
stations serving the whole of the UK, a further six stations in the "national regions"
(Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland), and 40 other local stations serving defined
areas of England.

4. Television Industry
Television Industry is a way of transmitting and receiving moving images that can be
black and white or coloured, Some may have sounds or some may not have sounds. In
television it is broadcasted in two different ways. One is terrestrial broadcasters to
transmit through transmitter that are on the ground. The second is cable and satellite
broadcasters which is transmitted through either cables underground or satellite
dishes and signals in the air. For example terrestrial broadcasters is BBC, ITV and
Channel 4. An example of Cable and Satellite is Sky, Virgin Media. The TV Industry
comprises of around 850 independent production companies who make many of the
best know programmes on television such as the X Factor and Big Brother.

5. Print Industry
Print Industry is a way of reproducing text and images, with ink on paper using a
printing press. It is often carried out as a large-scale industrial process, and is a huge
part of publishing in the media industry. The printing industry in UK employs about
140,000 staff across approximately 10,500 companies all over the country. Top five
companies are DS Smith (UK Print, Paper & Packaging), Williams Lea Group, De La Rue,
Chesapeake UK Holdings and British Polythene Industries.

6. Advertising and Marketing Industry
Advertising Industry is a way to communicate for marketing and it is a way to engage
audience and persuade them to buy something or changes their mind about
something. Advertising is usually funded by sponsors and is viewed in media, for
example newspaper, television advert and magazines etc. When the company can
afford to advertise it may be able to reassure staff that the company is doing well.
Some companies are Adidas, Samsung, Google, B&Q etc.

7. Press Industry
Press Industry is a printed document normally on low quality paper such as newsprint,
it is normally not very expensive to print. They are printed on the regular schedule and
talk about things are happening in the world, informative articles and advertise certain
products. They are broadsheets which are big in size and tabloid which are smaller size
and more popular. For example of broadsheets are Guardian, The Independent etc.
An examples of tabloid are Sun, Mirror etc.