Television: Industries and Audiences

L/O: to research the history, companies and regulators in the TV industry 

 Publicly owned TV channel : A TV channel that is funded by the government & license fees for the public. BBC

Commercial TV Channel: A TV channel owned by privately owned corporate media funded by advertising 
Convergence: When new technology makes old technology obsolete, joining lots of technologies into one. 
Watershed: The time after which programmes that are regarded as unsuitable for children are broadcast on television. 9PM - 5:30AM in the UK
Segmented market: Dividing a market of potential customers into groups so you can target the audience appropriately 
Mainstream: What is regarded as normal, mass audience
Self-Regulating: Able to broadcast anything without the use of third party bodies or industries
Franchise: License from company if a product to use ideas
Channel-surfing: Switching to different channels frequently 
PSB: Public Service Broadcasting: regulators demand channels fulfil certain requirements as part of their license to broadcast
TV license: A payment required to watch TV. Funds the BBC
Scheduling: Organising the broadcast of TV programmes on a channel
Conglomerate: A company that owns several smaller businesses whose products are very similar
Questions -
1- When was TV introduced to the uk ?
    mid 1920s to march 1925 

2- In 1926, how many channels were there in the uk and what were they ? 
    there was only 2 BBC, ITV

3- When did ITV start? why was it different? 
    22 September 1955, paved the establishment of a commercial television 

4- Which uk channels have to follow the PSB remits ? 
    BBC, ITV, STV, UTV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and S4C

5- Who regulates TV now ?
Ofcom

6. Who regulated TV channels in the 1960s?
ITV - Regulated by ITA       
BBC - Self regulated

7. List the differences between TV in the 60s and now
Colour, More TV shows, Amount of households with TVs.

Comments

  1. Ms Stott15 November 2019 at 07:41

    Good research, well done! Target:
    LL: make sure all sentences start with a capital letter, use capitals for proper nouns e.g. March and ensure all sentences end with the correct punctuation.

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