No Offence

No Offence is a British television police procedural drama on Channel 4, created by Paul Abbott. It follows a team of detectives from Friday Street police station, a division of the Manchester Metropolitan Police.

No Offence provides a wide range of representational areas to explore; gender, place, class, ethnicity, race etc.Negative and positive use – or subversion – of stereotypes, particularly around the representation of women and the police.Representation of issues – series 1 deals with the disappearance and murder of children with Down’s Syndrome and raises questions about attitudes to and treatment of people with disabilities.

The production, distribution and circulation of No Offence shows how audiences can be reached, both on a national and global scale, through different media technologies and platforms, moving from the national to transnational through broadcast and digital technologies

No Offence was broadcast on Channel 4, can still be accessed on All4, it was also broadcast in France.

The Killing

The Killing is a Danish police drama television series created by Søren Sveistrup. It was first broadcast on the Danish national television channel DR1 on 7 January 2007, and has since been transmitted in many other countries worldwide.

The Killing provides a range of representational areas to explore, including gender roles, family structures and the political class. It can be argued that these are innovative representations which have been influential in the development of the genre. Part of The Killing’s original appeal was in its representation of Danish culture to a UK audience.

The Killing was the catalyst for the wider distribution of foreign language crime programming on UK television, its unexpected success influencing BBC4’s scheduling but also that of other UK channels. The Killing was produced the Danish national public service broadcaster DR, providing the opportunity to study PSB in a different national context.

To what extent do television producers attempt to target audiences national and global audiences through subject matter and distribution?

subject matter. cultural links such as feminism and the representation of down syndrome in no offence

Curran and Seaton mention good points to consider with how a media product is distributed, especially in tv. such as the time its brand casted can all factor in for what audiences the network is aiming for subject matter. cultural links such as feminism and the representation of down syndrome in no offence

commercial media- is a organisation that makes products for profit

No Offence launched with 2.5 million viewers, Channel 4’s biggest midweek drama launch for more than three years. In France, the first episode of No Offence aired on 29 February 2016 on France 2 and was watched by 5.46 million viewers, 20.4% of the TV audience.

horizontal intergration-DR1 (DR Et) is the flagship television channel of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR). It became Denmark’s first television station when it began broadcasting in 1951 – at first only for an hour a day three times a week. owned by DR (formerly Danmarks Radio),officially the Danish Broadcasting Corporation in English, is a Danish public-service radio and televisionbroadcasting company.

the killing was produced by channel 4 owned by Channel Four Television Corporation which then is owned by the UK Government Investments

media concentration/convertgients-(Concentration of media ownership (also known as media consolidation or media convergence) is a process whereby progressively fewer individuals or organizations control increasing shares of the mass media.)

there is a conflict between creativity and commercial and commercial tends to overtakes the creative side

culture is controlled by social elites whats tends to learn towards their own agenda

culture works as a distraction from our working lives and is used to distract us from our exploitation

Commercial media: is an organism that makes products for profit- Capital produced from Kudos

Horizontal integration: ownership of subsidies that produce similar types of products

Vertical Integration: ownership of subsidiaries that enable a media producer to produce, promote and distribute products

media convergence: a term to describe the reduce in the number of media organisations that produce products- Kudos independent production company owned by endermol which is part of Murdoch empire

Background about the show. The killing is a Danish police drama, following the story of the main character Detective Inspector Sarah Lund and her involvement in the case of a rape and murder of a 19 year old girl. The series is noticed for its plot twists and its involvement in the stories of the murdered victims families and the effect on political circles alongside the murder case.

Who is the primary, secondary and tertiary audience for this product? The primary audience would have been danish people who watch TV. It was produced by Søren Sveistrup, a Danish screenwriter. The series was made for Danish viewers but later translated in 2011 into an American version to accommodate non-danish speaking audiences. The series was shown on the BBC in danish with English subtitles and was a huge hit.

What audience theories can you apply which help you to develop a better understanding of the potential target audience?

Analysis should include:
• Mise-en-scene analysis
• Semiotics: how images signify cultural meanings

Narrative Techniques

Commercial media – to entertain

Female detective – appeal to audiences to show diversity and represent feminism

No Offence

Background of the show: A police detective goes to a morgue and sees the body of a girl with down syndrome. She is then thrown into a case of a suspected serial killer. The episode follows the characters as they chase the killer and save a girls life.

In the UK, the first episode of No Offence launched with 2.5 million viewers on Channel 4

Filmed in Manchester UK

Nominanted for a BAFTA for ‘Best Drama Series’ in 2015

Curran and Seaton Media Ownership

• ‘Media creative’s are tasked to give us exciting, innovative and aesthetically pleasing products’
• ‘peak time television schedules are dominated by lighter entertainment formats’
• ‘the success of horizontal and vertical integration means that most commercial print, film and television…is now controlled by just six global players’
• ‘Owning a variety of media company types enables the conglomerate to distribute product benefits across a range of media forms.’
• ‘instillation of editors who are sympathetic to a specific worldview that a proprietor wants to broadcast.’ (indirect control)

• Commercial Media – (No Offence) Channel 4 / Abbotvision 2.5 million viewers on the first episode (The Killing) Danish Broadcasting Corporation
• Horizontal Integration – Channel 4 is originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA)
• Horizontal Integration (Danish Broadcasting Corporation)  DR operates six television channels, all of which are distributed free-to-air via a nationwide DVB-T network.^[5] DR also operates eight radio channels. All are available nationally on DAB+ radio and online, with the four original stations also available on FM radio.
• Media Concentration / Media Convergence (No Offence)