Institutions and Audiences

 

- List five media sectors and one leading profit making company for each sector.

• Tv - Channel 4  
• Film -  Paramount
• videogames - EA  
• music - Universal Music Group
• Internet - Google

- Name Two Independent music Labels.

• Matador Records
• Rough trade records

-  Why is some music downloading legal and some illegal.

• ITunes would be a legal way to download music because they have the right to sell the songs whereas  a pirated website would be illegal because they do not have the rights, whereas ITunes buy the rights to be able to sell the music on there website.

- Who owns the British board  of Film Classification.

• It was created in 1912 by members of the film industry. But today the President of the Company is Patrick Swaffer.

- Name three organisation that own British  Newspapers.

• The Daily Mail
• The Mail on Sunday
• The Sun

 - Why does the BBC have no adverts.

• It is because the BBC are funded by the TV licence fee which means that you are able to watch the TV and therefore they don't need to show adds.

 -  What is OFCOM

• OFCM is the communications regulator in the UK. They regulate the TV and radio sectors, fixed line telecoms, mobiles, postal services, plus the airwaves over which wireless devices operate.

 - What is a MP4

• An MP4 is a digital multimedia format mostly used to store video and audio but can be used for other things like photos and images.

- Why does the sound regulars disappear on Live Big Brother feed

•  Because swearing isn't allowed on Live television.

- Who owns Channel 5

• Richard Desmond

- What happened as a result of the Hutton Report

• BBC reports which looked at the government's reasons for going to war.

- From what do magazine publishers make most of their money

• They are able to earn money from advertisements, subscriptions and the sales generated from newsstands.

- Who owns the regional ITV channel

• 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.

- How do websites that offer content for free make money

• By Advertisements 

- Who responds to viewers complaints about adverts

• The ASA - advertising standards authority

- Which is the biggest film industry in the world

• Bollywood

- Who decides the age classifications for Videogames

• PEGI - Pan. European. Game. Information

- Which media company do you pay the most money to

• The Internet

- What is an RSS feed

• The RSS is the Rich Site Summary

- Who are BARB and what do they do

• The BARB are the Broadcasters Audience Research Board which provide official viewing figures for the UK television audiences.