THE TV AND FILM INDUSTRY

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

TELEVISION:PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTERS

For the people REMIT Inform Educate Entertain

To get the Licence fee, the BBC HAVE TO do these things

ACTIVITY

Make a list of what kinds of programmes the BBC show?

How much is the licence fee?

CLASS DISCUSSION: Should we pay for the BBC?

WHO ARE THE BBC’S COMPETITION?

VS.

ACTIVITY:

Find a list of the most popular programmes on each channel. Which channel wins?

FILM:STUDIOS & CONGLOMERATES

Comcast

21st Century Fox

20th centry foxFox searchlightBlue sky studios

WHY IS IT A PROBLEM TO HAVE A FEW OWN SO MUCH?

http://mediaculturesociety.org/2013/01/30/media-convergence/

THE WAY CONGLOMERATES ARE STRUCTURED

Vert

ical

When the two or three stages of production are owned. 1. Production:

(making it) 2. Distribution: (marketing it) 3. Exhibition: (showing it)

THE WAY CONGLOMERATES ARE STRUCTURED

Horizontal

When one company owns a range of different companies such as newspapers, book publishers, online or music companies

ARE THE FOLLOWING CONGLOMERATES VERTICAL/HORIZONTAL OR BOTH?

20th century

foxSky italia

Fox broadcasti

ng tvFox Music

National geographi

cFox sports.com

21ST CENTURY FOX

ASSIGNMENT

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??

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?

EXAMPLES?

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