British Media

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British Media

• Merili Animägi, Merli Hallik
• 11.c
• Viljandi C. R. Jakobson Gymnasium
• Supervisors Marje Maasen, Tiia Pukk

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Division of media
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Media Organisations

• Some of the main employers' organisations
  the British Media Industry Group ,Cable
  Communications Association , ITV Network Centre
  National Association of Press Agencies
• Some of the major industry bodies
  Commonwealth Press Union, Institute of Local
  Television, Radio Joint Audience Research.
• The major occupational/professional
  groups Association of British Editors, British
  Society of Magazine Editors.
• The main trade unions Broadcasting,
  Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union.

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The UK Television

• The five national networks (excluding satellite)
• Cable and digital
• Five national networks in the UK.

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The main channels

• BBC 1 - since 1936, general interest programmes.
• BBC 2 - minority and specialist interests.
• ITV - broadcasting is approximately 33
  informative and 66 light entertainment.
• Channel 4 - since 1982, 15 educational
  programmes, encourages innovation and experiment.

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Television viewing in Britain

• The most popular leisure pasttime
• Average viewing time is over 25 hours a week
• TV productions continue to win international
  awards
• Half of the programmes are bought abroad
• Childrens TV has been very active( Blue Peter on
  BBC 1)
• Youth TV has been started recently

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The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)

• Six national stations.
• Broadcasts BBC 1, 2, 4, BBC News 24, BBC Choice,
  BBC Parliament.
• Radio Channels.
• No advertising.
• Worldwide television services (BBC World, BBC
  Prime)

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The division of programmes

• Light entertainment (variety shows, soap operas,
  situation comedies, game shows)
• News/current affairs
• Documentaries
• Childrens TV
• Music
• Sport
• Films/TV movies
• Drama/plays

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British favourite TV shows

• Are you being served?
• Bless me father
• Fawlty Towers
• Mulberry
• Yes, Prime Minister
• Blackadder
• Chef
• Holmes

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The brief history of British radio

• 1922 BBC started daily broadcasting on 2LO on 14
  Nov. The first voice was Arthur Burrows, reading
  the news.
• 1922 15 Nov 5IT and 2ZY became first BBC
  stations outside London.
• 1967 On 30th September, BBC radio reorganisation
  launched Radio's 1,2,3 and 4.

• 1967 "Third Programme and"National Programme"
  replaced 2LO. The "Regional Programme", an
  alternative service, started later this year.

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The brief history of British radio

• 1993 Launch of Virgin 1215.
• 1995 Talk Radio began broadcasting on 14 Feb.
• 1996 New rules on cross-media ownership heralds
  further change in the radio industry.

• 1973 Birth of independent (commercial) radio,
  with LBC and Capital Radio in London.
• 1988 First commercial station 'split'
  frequencies.
• 1990 IBA split into ITC 1991 Radio 1 goes 24
  hours on 1 May.
• 1992 Launch of Classic FM, Britain's first
  national commercial radio station.

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The most popular British radio stations

• Clare FM
• Anna Livia
• Live 95
• Welsh Radio International
• Imperial College radio
• Capital FM
• BBC Radio 2

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The division of newspapers
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The circulation of national newspapers
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The most important newspapers

• Belfast Telegraph
• The British Media Review
• The Electronic Telegraph
• The Guardian/The Observer
• The Independent
• The Mirror
• North Wales Newspapers Online
• The Scotsman
• The Times

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Some of British tabloids

• Anorakan irreverent tabloid
• The Daily Mail light-weight daily
• The Mirror
• The Daily StarNot exactly high brow!
• The Telegraph hard to hold, easy to read

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Periodicals in Britain

• 7,000 different periodicals
• Classified as consumer general interest ,
• special interest, business to business

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The most popular periodicals

• The Radio Times
• Womans Own
• Smash Hits
• Q
• Big

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Melody Maker

• The most famous mainstream music magazine
• Was published from 1926 to 1999
• A symbol of rebellion
• In 1970s sold 250, 000 copies a week
• In mid 1990s sales steadily declined (up to 32,
  500 copies a week)
• The last issue was Christmas 2000

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The summaryFrom our research we learned about
the British media weobserved British
newspapers, television and radio and also found
out the most popular radio and TV stations,
shows, newspapers and periodicals. We paid
attention to media organisations, the brief
history of British radio, BBC and many more.