Unit 8: understanding the Television and Film industry.

Chapter 1.

Understanding the structure and funding in the TV and film industry. 

The structure of the television and film industry in the UK.

The television industry is made up of many different company's, some publicly owned and some privately owned. Its main focus is to produce high quality programs to be broadcasted on channels. There are then different ways of transmitting the programs by different methods including. In the UK, there are different services such as sky, virgin and BT. Also Freeview and Freesat.

Television is basic channels in the UK which are called terrestrial channels. The BBC is made up of numerous TV channels, radio stations, and online websites. All of these broadcasting stations must provide variety for everyone, as it is practically owned by the public. This is due to the TV licence fee, Which should be paid by everyone in the UK who watches or records TV. The licence fee is the BBC's source of income and is used to pay for TV, Radio and online service.   

Ownership

There is many different media conglomerates around the world and they majority of the time they own smaller companies or corporation which are know as subsidiaries. conglomerates are know as a large corporation with multiple media interests. Conglomerates strive for policies that facilitate their control of the markets across  

public services

The term 'public services' in media retains the core ethos of public service broadcasting while enabling public service broadcasting to engage with audience via new media platforms.

In the digital era new electronic media platforms have continued to develop alongside radio and television. In many countries public service in media has begun to evolve as established public service broadcasters respond tot he availability of these new platforms.   

commercial

Commercial broadcasting is the broadcasting of different TV programs and radio that are privately owned corporate media, Instead of a state sponsorship. It was the United states of America that came up with the first model of radio and later TV in the 1920's, in difference with the public television model in Europe during the 1930's, 1940's and 1950's which persuaded worldwide until the 1990's.

Commercial broadcasting is mainly founded on the practice of airing radio advertising and television advertisements from profit. This is in disparity to public broadcasting. Which apprehends government subsides and tries to avoid paid advertising interrupting the show. During pledge drives they will interrupt shows to ask for donations. 

funding
The amount of money that is spent on media development is a fraction of overall development assistance worldwide. This amount is fragmented- rarely and solid number aggregated. There are many reasons for the lack of true data on funding for media developments, along them are:

• Lack of coordination and sharing of information by donors among themselves.
• The fact that some media-support projects and programs originate in foreign embassies or aid mission are not centrally planned.
• Often, media-related projects are part of a larger development or assistant program and the information about the media component is not captured in database. 

licence fees.
A standard colour TV licence would normal cost around £145.50- which is the equivalent to £12.13 per month which is just under 40p a day.

The fee that you pay will provide a wide range of television, radio and online content, as well as developing new ways to deliver it to you. In addition to funding BBC's programs and services, A part of the licence free contributes tot he cost of rolling out broadband around the UK population and funding welsh language TV channels. This was agreed with the government as apart of the 2010 licence fee settlement.

The licence fee will also allow the BBC's UK services to stay free from advertisement and are independent shareholders and political interests.