A media distributor owns various media sectors like television, radio, music, print and more. This gives them influence over the media market and allows them to introduce new products. Technological advances have made it easier for new products and media distribution to gain widespread interest. A media institution covers production, marketing, distribution and regulation of media products. Some major media institutions discussed are Bauer Media Group, ITV Network, and Immediate Media Company.

2. A media distributor is an organization which own a category of media sectors ranging from; television,
radio and music, to art, print and magazines. This enables them to have a wide spread influx on
the media market, therefore attracting newly developed products to be interested in the sectors of
market which they are implemented in, enabling the media distributors to use their power over the
market to introduce new products for example a new song, or in my case a new magazine.
Because of the development in technology and increasingly social media, wide spread interest has
become a much easier factor to new products and media distribution has only increased this and
worked hand in hand. A media institution in conclusion covers the production, marketing,
distribution and regulation of the product.
Here are some examples below of major media institutions:

3. • Bauer Media Group is a European-based media company,
headquartered in Hamburg, Germany that manages a
portfolio of more than 600 magazines, over 400 digital
products and 50 radio and TV stations around the world.
The portfolio includes print shops, postal, distribution and
marketing services. Bauer Media Group has a workforce of
approximately 11,000 employees in 17 countries. Bauer
Media is a multi-platform media group, with locations
across the UK. Following their purchase of Emap in 2007,
The Bauer Media Group acquired a collection of media
brands. This includes heat and Grazia as well as a radio
portfolio of national radio brands such as KISS FM
UK and Magic, and regional radio brands across major UK
cities. In 2013, Bauer Media also acquired the Absolute
Radio Group from Times of India. Bauer Media also
broadcasts TV music channels including The Box TV, in a
joint venture with Channel 4. In the UK Bauer Media is the
sister company of H Bauer Publishing, who publish titles
including Take a Break. Q started out as a music
magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom.
Originally it was to be called Cue (named after the act of
cueing a record to play). However the name was changed
so that it wouldn't be mistaken for a snooker magazine.
The Q music brand has expanded to Radio and Television,
with Q Radio and Q TV being music entertainment that
specialises in indie, rock and alternative. Q also holds
annual music awards in the UK, known as Q Awards. In
spring 2010, Bauer caused controversy with its attempt to
unilaterally impose a new contract on all photographers
and writers, which takes away their copyright and off-loads
liability for libel or copyright infringement from the publisher
onto the contributor. 200 photographers and writers from Q
and Bauer's other music magazines, Kerrang! and MOJO
were reported as refusing to work under the new terms.
Kerrang! is a brand that specialises in rock music. It
originally began as a magazine and in 2004 Kerrang Radio
was launched. A Kerrang TV channel also exists. As of
2005 all of Kerrang TV's programme content is music

4. • The ITV Network is not owned or operated by one company, but rather by a
series of licensees that provide a regional service while also broadcasting
programmes across the network. Since 2016 the fifteen licences are held
by two companies, with the majority held by ITV Broadcasting Limited, part
of ITV plc. The network is regulated by the media regulator Ofcom who is
responsible for awarding the broadcast licences. The last major review of
the Channel 3 franchises was in 1991, with all operators' licences having
been renewed between 1999 and 2002 and again from 2014 without a
further contest. While this has been the longest period that the ITV Network
has gone without a major review of its licence holders, Ofcom announced
(following consultation) that it would split the Wales and West licence from 1
January 2014, creating a national licence for Wales and joining the newly
separated West region to Westcountry Television, to form a new licence for
the enlarged South West of England region. All companies holding a licence
were part of the non-profit body ITV Network Limited, which commissioned
and scheduled network programming, with compliance previously handled
by ITV plc and Channel Television. However, due to amalgamation of
several of these companies since the creation of ITV Network Limited (and
given Channel Television is now owned by ITV plc), it has been replaced by
an affiliation system. Approved by Ofcom, this results in ITV plc
commissioning and funding the network schedule,
with STV and UTV paying a fee to broadcast it. All licensees have the right
to opt out of network programming (except for the national news bulletins),
however many do not due to pressures from the parent company or
because of limited resources. Prior to the affiliate system being introduced,
STV would frequently (and sometimes controversially) opt out of several
popular network programmes – such as the original run of the first series
of Downton Abbey – citing the need to provide more Scottish content to its
viewers. As a public service broadcaster, the ITV network is obliged to
broadcast programming of public importance, including news, current
affairs, children's and religious programming as well as party election
broadcasts on behalf of the major political parties and political events, such
as the Budget. The network also needs to produce accessible output
containing subtitles, signing and audio description. In exchange for this
programming, the ITV network is available on all platforms free to air and
can be found at the top of the EPG of all providers. Since the launch of the
platform in 1998, all of the ITV licensees have received gifted capacity on
the digital terrestrial television platform. At present, the companies are able
to broadcast additional channels and all choose to broadcast the ITV plc
owned ITV2, ITV3, ITV4 and CITV in their region. UTV and STV
(formerly Scottish Television and Grampian Television) previously broadcast
their own services – UTV2 in Northern Ireland and S2 in central and
northern Scotland – until 2002, when they adopted the ITV plc channels.
The broadcasters all make use of the Digital 3&4 multiplex, shared

5. • Immediate Media Company Limited (styled as Immediate Media Co) is a combined
publishing house containing the former assets of Origin
Publishing,Magicalia and BBC Magazines. It was formed on 1 November 2011 and is
owned by Exponent Private Equity. Immediate Media Co. publishes over 70 interest-
based, multi-platform brands, maintains over 50 websites, and employs over 1100
staff in its offices in Hammersmith, London, Bristol, Redditch,
Camberley and Manchester. Immediate is the current publisher of a diverse range of
publications, including the Radio Times, Gardens Illustrated and BBC Top Gear
Magazine. Tom Bureau - who has a background in digital media as well as traditional
publishing - is Immediate's CEO. 60% of Immediate's profit is generated by the Radio
Times, which is now spearheading the company's moves into online retailing.
• BBC Magazines - One of the components that formed Immediate was BBC
Magazines, the magazine publishing division of BBC Worldwide, the commercial
subsidiary of the BBC. The corporation had a long history of publishing magazines
including the Radio Times which dates back to 1923. In 2007 BBC Magazines
dropped plans to launch an international news-based magazine with the working
title Newsbrief tied closely with the BBC's flagship current affairs
programme, Newsnight. In late 2011 the BBC's magazine-publishing business was
sold to Exponent Private Equity following the clearance by the Office of Fair
Trading of the purchase. It is now part of the Immediate Media Company and BBC
Magazines titles are published by Immediate under licence from BBC Worldwide.
• Magicalia Limited - another component that made up Immediate was Magicalia
Limited, a digital cross-media publisher and platform provider, based in London,
England. In late 2011 the assets of Magicalia were combined with those of Origin
Publishing and BBC Magazines to form Immediate. Tom Bureau, CEO of Magicalia,
became the Chief Executive of the new company. Magicalia was founded in 1999 as
a digital-only publisher by entrepreneurs by Adam Laird and Jeremy Tapp with its
inaugural website, bikemagic.com. In 2000, Magicalia started to help publishers
create and publish their own websites, with clients such as Runner's World (Rodale).
The following year, Magicalia started building ecommerce platforms for retailers who
wanted to create an online presence. In 2006 Magicalia was acquired by Exponent
Private Equity for £13m, which was closely followed by the acquisition of Encanta
Media. Encanta published 9 special-interest magazines, and Magicalia wanted to
create a cross-media strategy incorporating both print titles and online
sites. Former CNET Networks UK MD Tom Bureau joined as CEO and Duncan
Tickell as MD Publishing from Incisive Media.
• Future plc - in May 2014 Immediate announced its acquisition of Future plc's sport
and craft titles in a £24 million deal, acquiring 130 staff. The sport portfolio included
the websites Bikeradar.com andCyclingnews.com and the magazines Cycling
Plus, Procycling and Mountain Biking UK. The craft titles included Love Patchwork
and Quilting, Simply Knitting, Mollie Makes and the lifestyle brand The Simple Things.
• Hitched.co.uk - In January 2015, Immediate acquired Hitched.co.uk, a UK wedding
planning brand, along with a staff of 18.
• Jewellery Maker - In November 2015 Immediate acquired its first television
property, Jewellery Maker, a TV and online commerce platform, from the Genuine
Gemstone Company, adding to its Crafts and Arts portfolio. Tom Bureau said that
Immediate was looking to expand into TV, video and e-commerce. Jewellery Maker

6. After analysis of the three media distributors in this PowerPoint and
further analysis of other media distributors I believe that Immediate
Media co would best suit my magazine purely because of the wide
spectrum audience which it applies to meaning that its magazine
basis will expand further with another category which they have not
yet ventured in to giving their audience more options as well as the
fact that it broadens the horizons of the distributor the fact a new
audience of people which could be introduced is an exciting prospect
for magazine readers especially if they are interested in the genre of
magazine which my product covers. Because there are no other
magazines which match the genre of magazine my product is means
that it has the ability to lead the market within that sector through this
specific distributor. Also Immediate Media co work with a wide variety
of social groups as well as gender and age groups which matches
the generalist nature of my product because it can apply to more
than one group of people as well as having a niche market, I believe
this specific distributor enables my product to have some free roam
within the market giving both a professional, interesting, laid back
edge which more strict media distributors such as Bauer Media might
construe.