2. AIMS
Understand the structure of the tv and video industry in the UK
Understand funding of tv and film industries
Understand developing technologies in the tv and film industries
8. WHY IS IT A PROBLEM TO HAVE A FEW
OWN SO MUCH?
http://mediaculturesociety.org/2013/01/30/media-convergence/
9. THE WAY CONGLOMERATES ARE
STRUCTURED
Vertical When the two or three
stages of production are
owned.
1. Production: (making
it)
2. Distribution:
(marketing it)
3. Exhibition: (showing it)
10. THE WAY CONGLOMERATES ARE
STRUCTURED
Horizontal
When one company owns a
range of different companies
such as newspapers, book
publishers, online or music
companies
16. VLOG
Introduce the BBC as a Public Service Broadcaster and explain what
it is
How are they funded?
How are they structured? (How are they regulated and managed?)
How successful are the BBC, have they had complaints about their
management of programs, staff or services (find proof)
What debates are there about the usefulness of the licence fee?
What alternatives are there? What is your opinion?
Who are their competition and what programmes rival theirs?
What New technologies have they developed and how have these
new technologies changed the way we watch/use the BBC?
What technological development do you think is next for the way we
watch television (the living room of the future??
17. VLOG
Introduce your film company and what they are famous for
What are some of their most successful box office films?
Who are their competition?
How are they structured
(who is the conglomerate that owns them, are they are a part of a
horizontal, or vertically integrated structure integrated what other
things do the conglomerate own, what other companies do they
have links with?) they
How much money is the conglomerate worth? Are they
successful?
What debates are there about the power of the few media
companies? What is your opinion?
What New technologies has the film industry developed?
What technological development do you think is next for film?
