There are many varied similarities and differences between the creative industries and the cultural industries.
- Most industries, such as finance or food, pretty much all do the exact same thing. A product or service will be provided and distributed and people expect it to be the same each time. No useful information is obtained from these industries.
- The creative industries are always different, as this is what people expect from the products they make. These products help people develop a greater understanding of the world around them.
Public Service Media – Funded by government who charge for TV licences. (BBC)
Commercial Media – Funded by advertisements (ITV)
Transnational Media – Netflix
Public Service Broadcasting
The primary mission of public broadcasting is that of public service, speaking to and engaging as a citizen. The British model has been widely accepted as a universal definition. The model embodies the following principles:
- Universal geographic accessibility
- Universal appeal
- Attention to minorities
- Contribution to national identity and sense of community
- Distance from vested interests
- Direct funding and universality of payment
- Competition in good programming rather than numbers
- Guidelines that liberate rather than restrict
The public service ethos of the BBC to inform, entertain and educate is something that we should fiercely protect and fund properly.”
Key words:
- Cultural industries
- Production
- Distribution
- Exhibition / Consumption
- Media concentration
- Conglomerates
- Globalisation (in terms of media ownership)
- Cultural imperialism
- Vertical Integration
- Horizontal Integration
- Mergers
- Monopolies
- Gatekeepers
- Regulation
- Deregulation
- Free market
- Commodification
- Convergence
- Diversity
- Innovation