Flashcards
Unit 8: Organisations and products
Flashcards do conjunto (24)
- 1What is the BBC's role?'Serve the public'
- 2What is the BBC's remit?Inform, Educate and Entertain
- 3How do private broadcasters make money?Advertising revenue
Sponsorship
Reality TV – e.g. viewer calls
Sale of programmes/productions
Merchandise
- 4Public Sector BroadcastersBBC
ITV
Channel 4
- 5Private Sector BroadcastersITV
Sky
Virgin
- 6Regulatory bodiesOFCOM
BBFC
ASA
IPSO
PEGI
- 7Which organisation regulates TV & Radio?
- 8Which organisation regulates the press?Independent Press Standards Organisation
- 9Which organisation regulates advertising?(Advertising Standards Authority)
- 10What are the three sizes of company?Local
National
Multinational
- 11Cross-media productionThe different products and services within the creative media sector that a company produces
- 12Parent companyA company which controls other companies
- 13Subsidiary companyA company that is controlled by other companies
- 14ConglomerateA large corporation made up of different companies
e.g. News Corp
- 15Horizontal IntergrationWhen organisations own more than one company across a media sector
e.g the BBC
- 16Vertical integrationWhen organisations own companies throughout the different
stages of the production process
- 17Co-operativeA business which is owned and run by its members, whether they are customers, employees or residents.
- 18Mainstream productsProducts and services which are readily available to and appealing to the general public, as opposed to being of interest only to a very specific subset of the public
- 19Independent productsprovide alternative to mainstream media products
- 20Niche productsA product or service that appeals to a particular market subgroup
- 21OutputMedia products
- 22What is the BBC Trust?It is the governing body of the BBC and makes sure the BBC fulfils its remit of 'Inform, Educate and Entertain'
- 23What is the role of the BBFC?It is responsible for classification and censorship of films in the UK
- 24Which organisation gives age ratings to video games?
