The Media Sectors

Film Industry

This media sector, the film industry, is to make films. One of the key companies in the film industry is Warner brothers, they have also been around since 1923 which makes them one of the longest lasting film company ever. Some of the key jobs in the film industry are the people that make and design the films like the director, as the director you would control the whole film and be able to put your own image ideas and your creativity into the film. Another key job it the cameramen, as a cameraman you would work under the directors guidance to create and get the camera shots that they want. However films have to be rated by the ages that can watch them. The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) are the British company that decides on the age certificates of films. Some of the key industry's in film are Lionsgate, Sony, 20th centaury fox and Disney.

Case Study on Warner BrothersThe founders of the film company Warner brothers where Albert, Harry, Sam and jack Warner. They were founded in 1923 and their first film was called The Jazz Singer and this was also the first ever “talkie” film and this meant that the sound and also the motion picture were both in time. They are also well known across the world for their recent films like, Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Part 1 and 2. They are also very well known for their looney tunes kids series. Warner brothers don’t have a target audience because they have made many different film aimed at many different ages.

TV industry

The TV industry is the largest industry in the media sectors. The biggest TV industry in the UK is BBC, the British Broadcasting Corporation. They have $ channels BBC 1/2/3/4. They are also free to watch without adverts, they make all their money but selling their TV shows around the world for them to put into their own language. The governing body for the TV industry also like the film industry is Ofcom. Ofcom watch all the shows and programs that any channel wants to air and see if they are at an ok standard and they also decide what time the show should be aired because if it is shown at a too early time people might complain that it is indecent to watch for children.

Sky TV

Sky TV was founded on October the 1st 1998. Sky are a subscription channel so you have to pay monthly to continue having their channels and their services. Sky are the most used pay TV channel in the UK and Ireland. Their most popular selling points are, Sky sports and Sky movies. They also have sky 1 where they create their own TV drama such as Revolution and Arrow.

Radio Industry

Radio: The transmission and reception of electromagnetic waves of radio frequency, especially those carrying sound messages. Examples of radio stations: radio 1/2/3/4, capital FM, wave 105 ect The radio has been the first device to allow for mass communication. It has enabled information to be transferred far and wide, not only nationally wide but internationally as well. The development of the radio began in 1893 with Nikolai Tesla’s demonstration of wireless radio communication in St. Louis, Missouri. His work laid the foundation for those later scientists who worked to perfect the radio we now use. The man most associated with the advent of the radio is Guglielmo Marconi, who in 1986 was awarded the official patent for the radio by the British Government.  The governing body for radio broadcasting is Ofcom. Ofcom is funded by fees from industry for regulating broadcasting and communicationsnetworks, and grant-in-aid from the Government.

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Print industry

The print industry is magazines newspapers and other forms of printed media. The key company's in this sector and The daily mail, the sun and the independent. Some of the key job roles in this industry could be, a journalist a photographer or editor of the magazine or newspaper. The governing sector of the print industry is the Ofcom for the UK.

The Sun

The sun was founded in 1964 and it is one of the largest selling newspapers in the UK, because of its interesting story's and their great sport sections. They have been involved and written about many controversial news story’s in history including the Hillsborough stadium disaster, in February they also launched the newspaper ‘News of the world’ where they employed some of their former journalists and created a new newspaper.

Online industry

Although the online industry has not been around as long as the other industry's it has exploded into life, things like Facebook Twitter and YouTube have become one of the most used everyday life online industry's. The online industry self regulates and they have their own rules. For example YouTube they have rules that if you do not have the copyright for the music the video will be taken down however you can the music for 20 seconds without the copyrights for the music. You are also not allowed nudity in your videos on YouTube.

YouTube

YouTube is a video sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005 and owned by google since late 2006, on which users can upload, view and share videos. The company is based in San Bruno California , they show anything that the user wants to upload including video clips TV clips, and music videos , and amateur content such as video blogging , short original videos, and educational videos. They have now made there company into a multi billion pound company with over 10 million users a day.