- Curran and Seaton suggests that a second and equally turbulent wave of ownership consolidation took place in the latter half of the twentieth century when economic globalisation and the widespread deregulation of the media industry reduced the number of national press titles in the uk to just 11 publications.
- Commercial broadcasters need to secure long term advertising revenue to survive programming.
- Curran and Seaton argue that the Uk government policy is responsible in part, for the widespread domination of the media landscape by huge conglomerates.
- The power of concentrated media ownership has forced political parties to form cosy relationships with media moguls in order to get favourable press coverage
- commercial media has not been allowed to dominate the Uk television and radio markets completely. The BBC as a public service broad caster funded through the television licence fee operates without the need to attract advertising revenue to fund programming
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Bullet points identified from Curran and Seaton:
– The numerous radical press pamphlets and small scale newspapers of the Victorian Era, Curran argues, were engines for social and political change.
– Curran and Seaton suggest that a second and equally turbulent wave of ownership consolidation took place in the latter half of the 20th century
– Money wins, while both audience size and audience share determine content
– Peak time schedules are dominated by the lighter entertainment formats, whereas less popular minority interest products are sidelined to secondary channels or late night slots
– There was much to celebrate at the outset of the internet’s invention in terms of its potential to challenge the top down nature of traditional media.
– Radio 4 is only 1 of a few UK based radio stations that are dominated by spoken work broadcasting
– Commercial media has not been able to dominate UK television and radio markets completely
– Media formats that are successful are replicated to deliver to mass audiences. For example, the Great British Bake Off has morphed into the Great British Sewing Bee
– Curran and Seaton argue that the Uk government policy is responsible in part, for the widespread domination of the media landscape by huge conglomerates.
Newspaper to Television Csp
IDENTIFY 5 BULLET POINTS FROM THIS HAND OUT THAT COULD BE USED IN AN ESSAY ON TRANSNATIONAL TELEVISION PRODUCTION.
- Money wins, while audience size and audience share determine content.
- Commercial broadcasting is based not on the sale of programmes to audiences, but on the sale of audiences to advertisers.
- The sucess of horizontal and vertical integration means that most commercial print, film television based media in America and the UK is now controlled by just 6 global players – CBS, Comcast, Disney, News Corporation, Time Warner and Viacom.
- Horizontal integration of large conglomerates can maximise profit whilst reducing production costs. On the other hand, Vertical integration is the ownership of subsidiaries that enable a media producer to produce, promote and distribute products.
Endemol Shine UK (branded as EndemolShine UK and formerly Endemol UK Ltd) is one of the largest independent media producers in the United Kingdom. The company is part of Banijay Group, a worldwide network of production companies spanning 22 countries.
- Advantages of PBSs as they are not reliant on advertising to fund production nor do they make products for commercial gain.
- Commercial Media – An organisation that makes products for profit –
- Horizontal Integration – Endemol Shine UK owns the Kudos production company and its parent company, Banijay Production company based in France, owns 120 production companies in 22 countries.
- Vertical Integration –
- Media Concentration/ Media Convergence – Kudos is an independent production company owned by Endemol, limiting the amount of co-companies that might have also been used to produce the show which would ultimately reduce overall profit for Endemol.