Types of Broadcasting

Public Service Broadcasting

A state-related institution which broadcasts TV, radio etc… to provide information, advice, or entertainment to the public without trying to make a profit. Often has no adverts and uses tax from TV licenses to fund their organisation.  It ensures diversity in the media and plurality in news, and creates programming which reflects and examines wider society.

EG – BBC

Private/Capitalist Broadcasting

A privately owned corporation which broadcasts TV, radio etc… and is not so heavily observed by the state. They do not rely on the state to fund their organisation and instead relies on adverts.

EG – ITV

Transnational Corporations

an enterprise that is involved with the international production of goods or services, foreign investments, or income and asset management in more than one country. It sets up factories in developing countries as land and labour are cheaper there.

This form of globalisation conceals the circumstance that, at the end of the 20th century, a new form of imperialism emerged – this companies make use of and exploit the lower raw material and labour costs in under developed countries, allowing them to maximise their profits