unit 8 - understanding the television and the film industry.

Chapter 1:
Understanding structure and funding in the TV and Film industries. 

Ownership:

Public services- this refers to TV programs that are broadcasted for the public benefit, rather than commercial purposes. these programs include radio and TV, funding for this comes from the government, an example of public services is the BBC, the BBC is a channel on TV where they have the latest news and sport headlines, weather, tv and radio highlights, 
Commercial- This is broadcasting of TV programs by privately owned corporate media. This was the US' first model of radio and later television. Television began with commercial sponsorship and then later changed to paid commercial time, an example of this is ITV, ITV is a tv channel that had a lot of different shows on it, it also had a lot of commercials on it so they can make a profit.

Funding:
Advertising- this is when television programs are produced and paid for by an organization, this is typically to market a product of service.The advertising revenue provides a portion of the funding for privately owned television networks. Most of the television advertisements consist of brief advertising spots that are from a few seconds to several minutes long
License fee- A license fee is is a record of payment that is for reception of television broadcasts or the possession of a television where some of the broadcasts are funded in a full or in a part by the licence fee paid. The public have to pay for a license fee, a license fee costs £145.50 for a color TV licence and £49.00 for a black and white one, you can pay your license fee all in one go or you can spread the cost of it. People who are aged 74 or over, in a care home and are registered as blind they gets a reduce fee for the license. If you dont pay your licence fee you can be fined £1,000.