Institutions and Audiences

 

List five media sectors and one leading profit making company for each sector.

- Film: Warner Bros.

- TV: BBC

- Internet: Google

- Music: PMR

 

Name Two Independent music Labels.

-Rough Trade

-ATP Recording

 

Why is some music downloading legal and some illegal?

-Downloading music can be legal when the company, like iTunes, has bought the rights to sell the song. However, if the company have not bought the rights for the music and then sells or gives the music out for free it becomes illegal.

 

Who owns the British board  of Film Classification.

-Patrick Swaffer

 

Name three organisation that own British  Newspapers.

-The Guardian

-The Sun

-The Times

 

Why does the BBC have no adverts?

-Because it is a public service broadcast, so they get their money through TV licencing this means they do not need to earn there money through advertisement.

 

What is OFCOM?

-This is the communications regulator in the UK

 

What is an MP4?

-Is a digital multimedia  format, so is used for playing music, videos etc.

 

Why does the sound regulars disappear on Live Big Brother feed?

-Because