This document provides information about four media companies: MGM film studio, UKTV television network, Absolute Radio, and Aardman animation studio. It describes the founding, ownership, productions, and future plans of each company. MGM was founded in 1924 and produces films and TV shows. UKTV operates eight UK television channels through a BBC and Flextech joint venture. Absolute Radio owns several digital radio stations and seeks to expand digitally. Aardman is an animation studio known for works like Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep.

1. Media company'sHADRIAN FLETCHER

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

18. Their works include:
Shaun the sheep Morph
Wallace and grommet Flushed away

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