2.British media.pptVIP

BritishMedia Division of media Introduction Television viewing: 3.5 hours/day (including videotapes) 97+% of Britain’s households: ownership of a color television 73%: ownership of a videocassette recorder (VCR) A radio/home 70%: listening to radio on a daily basis. UK Television 1 The BBC networks2 The commercial networks3 Cable4 Digital5 Teletext and interactive services6 Regulation British National broadcasters:Public broadcasting BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) 2 national television channels (with national and regional sub-divisions) 5 national radio stations Cable and digital TV channels 40+ local radio stations Global enterprises in both television and radio, a broadcast monitoring service Europes most visited content web site BBC Channels: BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC, CBeebies, BBC News 24 and BBC Parliament Platform: digital (all) analogue (BBC 1 BBC 2) Fund: television licence (also P242) Global broadcasting: BBC World, BBC Food and BBC Prime British National broadcasters: Private broadcasting Independent Television ITV (the Channel 3 companies): 15 regionally based franchisees — local and national (network) services; GMTV—a breakfast network service; 2 companies—Carlton and Granada (12 franchises) Channel 4: hybrid public service, minority interest service; revenue—advertising sales (Wales, Sianel Pedwar Cymru [S4C]) Channel 5: A fifth terrestrial channel: April 1997; a commercial operation carrying advertising The main channels BBC 1 - since 1936, general interest programmes. BBC 2 - minority and specialist interests. ITV – (Channel 3 since 1955) approximately 33% informative and 66% light entertainment. Channel 4 - since 1982, 15% educational programmes, encourages innovation and experiment. Channel 5 – since 1997 The content of BBC1-BBC2 programming for 2002-2003 BBC1 BBC2 News 570 h. 100 h. Current affairs 80 h. 230 h. Drama Comedy Entertainment Arts and music 200 h. Factual 500 h. Learning Sport