1. Define the major
media industry
sectors
Stick your name here
Task 1 Understand the structure and ownership of
the media sector

2. Film Industry
The film industry consistsof thetechnological and commercial
institutionsof filmmaking, eg film production companies, film
studios, cinematography, film production, screenwriting, pre-
production, post production, film festivals, distribution;
and actors, film directors and other film crew personnel. Though the
expenseinvolved in making movies almost immediately led film
production to concentrateunder theauspicesof standing production
companies, advancesin affordablefilm making equipment, and
expansion of opportunitiesto acquireinvestment capital from outside
thefilm industry itself, haveallowed independent film production to
evolve.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_industry

3. Radio Industry
 The radio industry can be split into 2
sectors, public service and commercial
broadcasters.
 Public broadcasters are funded through
government money or through TV
licensing like the bbc.
 Commercial radio stations are largely
funded through advertisement.

4. Television Industry
 Television is the most popular broadcast in the world.
 Around the globe, broadcast television is financed by either
government, advertising, licensing (a form of tax), subscription
or any combination of these. To protect revenues, subscription
TV channels are usually encrypted to ensure that only
subscription payers receive the decryption codes to see the
signal. Unencrypted channels are known as free to air or FTA.
 On 2 November 1936 the BBC began transmitting the world's
first public regular high-definition service from the
Victorian Alexandra Palace in north London. It therefore claims
to be the birthplace of television broadcasting as we know it
today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television

5. Print Industry
 Printing is a process for reproducing text and images, typically
with ink on paper using a printing press. It is often carried out as
a large-scale industrial process, and is an essential part of
publishing and transaction printing.
 Offset printing is a widely used printing technique where the
inked image is transferred (or "offset") from a plate to a rubber
blanket, then to the printing surface. When used in
combination with the lithographic process, which is based on
the repulsion of oil and water, the offset technique employs a
flat (planography) image carrier on which the image to be
printed obtains ink from ink rollers, while the non-printing area
attracts a film of water, keeping the non-printing areas ink-free.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing

6. Advertising & Marketing
Industry
 Advertising is used to get people to take
a new action. It is also a form of
communication or marketing. Marketing is
the art of selling products but selling things
is only a small proportaion of marketing.

7. Press
 The press are people who find out about
the latest news/gossip that is going on
around the world. There job is to gather
information to be put in news paper, the
internet news or television.