The 9 different types of media industry described with examples

1. Understanding the ownership and
structure of the Media sector
Describing the different industries

2.  Radio broadcasting is a wireless transmission method over
radio waves to reach a wide audience over a vast distance
 One of the oldest forms of Mass Media
 Radio in the UK is dominated by the BBC, the BBC World
service radio network broadcasts BBC news in 33 different
languages. Domestically there are 10 national networks
and 40 local radio stations. This is all funded by the TV
license funding.
 Many commercial local stations are owned by a
conglomerate radio operator. For example Global radio
owns Heart, Galaxy, Capital and Classic FM.
Radio

3.  Interactive media is media which uses products and
services on a computer system to respond to the
users actions.
 Creative websites that allow users to create or
distribute content. Eg Facebook ,Twitter, YouTube,
Google, Reddit
 The UK’s country code domain is .uk the most visited
UK sites are Google, Amazon, eBay, BBC Online and
the MailOnline
Interactive

4.  The music industry is one of the most largest and profitable
industries within the media, due to the masses that spend
money on songs to purchase. Either for personal use or for a
business purpose for example paying for the rights to play a
song on a tv production
 Physical media are sold by retailers and are owned by the
consumer after they buy it. They do not own the recording and
therefore cannot make digital copies from it because they don’t
own the recording on the CD but instead just own that CD.
 Digital and online distribution of music through Eg iTunes has
made itself more popular than purchasing physical copies.
 Live music is when a promoter brings an artist to a venue and
fans purchase tickets to see an artist live
Music

5.  The press is a collective term for people
who work in the news media, mainly
reporters and photographers
 Press sector can be broadcasted (Radio
or TV) or printed
 Newspapers are in two different types.
The serious papers are broadsheets
and there is a more pop-culture type
called tabloid
 A large range of Magazines are sold in
the UK covering all different topics and
interests. Worldwide circulation
editions include, Hello! , NME and the
Economist
 Top news broadcasters include BBC
News, Sky News and ITV News.
 Top Newspapers include The Daily
Telegraph, The Guardian and The Daily
Mail
Press and publishing
News and Magazines
Radio and TV

6. Digital imaging is the creation or manipulation of
images through a digital format
Adobe is the biggest company in the Digital imaging
company in this sector and own many photo imaging
products, Such as Photoshop, Illustrator and light room
Categories also in this sector are Image producers,
Photo retail, picture libraries, Manufacturers and
Support services
Digital Imaging

7.  Advertising is a mean of communication with users of
a product or service
 Advertising is distributed on Newspapers, Magazines,
Online, TV and on billboards.
 The marketing sector includes the communication
between audience and company. This is don’t
through Market research where links are discovered
between consumer and product.
 Product, Promotion, Price and Place
Advertising and Marketing

8.  A film is a story or event
captured on camera in a set of
moving motion images.
 The film industry is one of the
largest and most profitable
sectors in the Media industry.
 The film industry is dominated
by major companies.
Paramount, Universal, 21st
Century Fox, Disney and more.
These are known as
Conglomerates
 There are other studios known
as Independent studios which
are more cult, social realist and
controversial films as opposed
to the Hollywood blockbusters
Film

9.  A video game is a type of user manipulation where
images on a screen are instructed by the user
 Computer games have had a huge surge within the
last 10 years since proliferation in technology has lead
to a huge increase in quality of the games and the
hardware it runs off.
 The main five big video game companies are
Activision, EA, Nintendo, Sony and Capcom
Games

10.  One type of mass media because TV transitions can be picked by by
any TV with a receiver
 The UK has no analogue Tv
 BBC and Channel 4 is a free public broadcaster.
 Freeview service runs the likes of CBS, UKTV and Sky channels
 There are 5 major networking channels: BBC one, BBC two, ITV,
Channel 4 and Channel 5. The first 2 are funded by licenses and the
last 3 funded by Adverts
 Fleet street and the BBC broadcasting House in London is the main
capital media hub of the Uk
 Greater Manchester is a large media hub boasting Media City in
Salford and Trafford.
 Granada studios was the first purpose built television studio in the
Uk
TV