Media sectors

TV

 

Television are moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with or without accompanying sound, which is a telecommunication for transmitting. The word television also means specifically to a television set, programme or transmission. The main TV companies would be freeview, Virgin Media, Sky, ITV and BBC which offer a wide range of tv channels. The tv sector in the uk employees 55,800

 

Film

A film which can also be referred to a movie or motion picture is a series of different still images which creates the illusion of moving images when showing on. A film made by photography is actual scenes with a motion picture camera; by photographing drawings or miniature models.  The main companies are Warner Bros, universal studios and many more. The film industry in the uk employ 27,800

Radio

The British radio market is split roughly 50/50 between stations owned and operated by the BBC and stations owned by commercial groups and licensed by Ofcom. The main Radio Company would be BBC which employs 22,000

Animation

Animations can either be analogue media, such as Flip book, motion picture film, video tape, on digital media, including formats such as animated GIF, Flash animation or digital video. To display it, a digital camera, a computer, or a projector is used, which can then be recorded. Main companies for animation are DreamWorks and Disney have produced many popular films such as toy story, Shrek and many more. Animation sector in the uk employ 4,700

Publishing

Publishing is different processes of literature, music, or information the activity of making information available to the general public. Only in some cases, authors may be their own publishers, meaning: originators and developers of content also provide media to deliver and display the content for the same. The word publisher can also mean to the individual who leads a publishing company or imprint or to a person who owns a magazine. The main companies in publishing are The sun, daily mirror and many more. They employ 200,000

Games

A game can be done by playing which normally can be undertaken for enjoyment and used as an educational tool. The gaming industry has rapidly increased due to technology improving due to the new consoles which are being released. The main companies for the gaming sector are Ubisoft, Electronic arts, activision and rockstar games. They employ 10,000

Interactive Media

Interactive media usually refers to products and services on digital based systems. Which are responded by presenting the content such as text, graphics, animation, video, audio and games. It also refers to technology.

Advertising

Advertising refers to communication for marketing and used to encourage, persuade, or manipulate an audience (viewers, readers or listeners; sometimes a specific group) to continue or take some new action by using emotive language and persuasive language. It is used to bring people into doing something. Advertising is most common on TV and radio. This sector employs 17,000

Photo imaging

The Photo Imaging industry is made up of 8,700 companies, two thirds (68%) of which are sole trading or freelance photographers. Companies such as. This sector employs 4,400

 

Tv License

People over the age of 18 which are house owners have to pay for a TV License. It cost 145.50 for a colour license and 49.50 for a black and white licence. People over the age of 74 are entitled to reduced fee for their tv licence and care home residents and people who are blind. If you don’t pay your TV license you get a £1000 pound. You need a tv licence if you are only watching tv live, online. The licence is shared out amongst the BBC services:

95.52 TV

25.32 Radio

7.92 Online

16.80 Other

145.50 Total

Conglomerate

A conglomerate is a combination of two or more corporations engaged in entirely different businesses that fall under one corporate group, usually involving a parent company and many subsidiaries. Examples of conglomerate are Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, Oceania, intercontinental and vanished conglomerates

Globalisation is the process by which the world is becoming increasingly interconnected as a result of massively increased trade and cultural exchange

Merger is when 2 companies combine into a single entity

Take over occurs when one company acquires control of another company

Vertical integration is when a company expands its business into different products that are similar to a current line

Horizontal Intergration is when a company expands its business into different products that are similar to current lines   

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