In this power point I talk about the different institutions and how successful some of them are.

1. INSTITUTIONS

2. • There are a variety of institutions who follow the genre of crime to produce crime documentaries,
with my extensive research, I found that the BBC have made a good few crime documentaries for
example: sex, drugs and murder: life in the red light zone, the chillenders murders, OJ: Made in
America and The met: Policing London. These are the most recent crime documentaries in which the
BBC have produced, they are currently on BBC I player.
• I also researched ITV as it is one of the largest broadcasters in the UK.
• The content produced is shown through various platforms such as TV and Demand. The programs
broadcasted have a wide variety of content from documentaries to soap operas. The channels
consisting of ITV are ITV1, 2, 3 etc.
• Documentaries on ITV are post watershed, this is due to explicit language, scenes and violence,
especially within crime documentaries, as some people may become violent whilst being questioned.
ITV documentaries tend to have a lot of interviews usually with the victims themselves, these
documentaries are presented by people such as Trevor McDonald who has made documentaries
such as The Mafia and Inside the Death Row.
Institutions

3. HOW SUCCESSFUL ARE THEY?
• ITV ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL HOWEVER, SINCE THE LAUNCH OF ITV, THERE HAVE BEEN CONCERNS FROM POLITICIANS
AND THE PRESS THAT ITV FACED A CONFLICT CONCERNING PROGRAM AUDIENCES AND ADVERTISERS. AS
ADVERTISERS ARE RELUCTANT TO BUY ADVERTISING SPACE AROUND LOW VIEWING PROGRAMS, THERE IS A PRESSURE
ON ITV TO BROADCAST MORE POPULAR PROGRAMS IN PEAK TIMES. THIS HAS BECOME MORE PROFOUND IN RECENT
YEARS FOLLOWING A RELAXATION IN REGULATION AND SIGNIFICANTLY MORE COMPETITION IN THE ADVERTISING
MARKET FOLLOWING THE HUGE INCREASE IN COMMERCIAL CHANNELS. IN RECENT YEARS, PROGRAM HAVE STARTED
TO DOMINATE FROM THE REALITY TELEVISION GENRE INCLUDING THE CELEBRITY AND TALENT SHOW SUBGENRES.
THIS HAS LED TO ACCUSATIONS OF ITV 'DUMBING DOWN' THEIR PROGRAM. ITV WAS ALSO HEAVILY CRITICIZED FOR
SCALING BACK ITS REGIONAL PROGRAMS, INCLUDING REGIONAL NEWS.
WHAT ARE ITV’S TARGET AUDIENCE?
• CURRENTLY THE TARGET AUDIENCE ARE MORE SO FOR ADULTS FROM 20+, HOWEVER, ITV IS TO LAUNCH A NEW
FEMALE-FOCUSED, FREE-TO-AIR CHANNEL, CALLED ITVBE, WHICH WILL BECOME THE HOME OF SHOWS INCLUDING
THE ONLY WAY IS ESSEX. THE NEW CHANNEL, WHICH WILL FOCUS ON LIFESTYLE AND REALITY TV PROGRAMMING,
WILL LAUNCH TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR AND WILL BE AVAILABLE ON FREEVIEW, SKY AND VIRGIN. ITV SAID
THAT AD-FUNDED ITVBE WILL BE TARGETED AT A YOUNGER, FEMALE AUDIENCE AND WILL FEATURE ACQUIRED
PROGRAMMING SUCH AS THE USA REAL HOUSEWIVES. THE BROADCASTER SAID THAT THE NEW CHANNEL WILL
COMPLEMENT ITV2 – DESPITE PLUNDERING ITS SCHEDULE FOR SHOWS INCLUDING TOWIE AND REAL HOUSEWIVES.
ITV2 IS TO TIGHTEN ITS FOCUS ONTO ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMING AIMED AT 16- TO 34-YEAR- OLDS,
INCLUDING COMEDY AND DRAMA SERIES, PANELS SHOWS AND FORMATS.