Types Of Media Organisations
- Oct 6, 2017
- 1 min read
Public service broadcasting – Providing a service to the general public
Who regulates it – Various regulatory companies such as OFCOM
What do they do – Make sure broadcasted media is up to good standard
State owned broadcasters – State owned broadcasters are broadcasters that are owned and funded by the country/by their government through TV licenses. E.g the BBC
Commercial broadcasters – Independent broadcasters that fund themselves through their own profits through advertisement revenue. E.g ITV
Private companies – Broadcasting service that is independent but must be paid for in order to view. Funded by subscriptions to the company. E.g Sky/Bskyb or Netflix
OFCOM – What impact does it have?
They maintain:
Range and balance
Quality
Diversity
Social values
Requirements of PSB
Servicing audiences
Dichotomy between universal appeal and minority interests
Delivery of public service remits
Quality programming, innovation, and experimentation, regional programming, children’s programming, news and current affairs, digital media access to public service content.
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