NDM: The changing face of news media pt1

Blog task 1: News institutions research

Research the major players in terms of UK news providers and make notes in a detailed blog post. List 

 

You must include all three platforms (print, broadcast, e-media) and both commercial and non-commercial institutions (e.g ITN/BBC). 

 

Make sure you include at least FIVE different institutions across the three platforms. You may wish to use bullet points to cover the key information about each institution.

1) BBC

• Responsible for gathering and broadcasting news and current affairs
• Generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day as well as online.
• James Harding - director of news and current affairs since 2013
• Annual budget - £350million
• Founder - John Reith
• Public service broadcaster
  

Television (BBC News)
- News programmes + documentary content.
- 22Hours of programming

Radio (BBC Radio News)

- provides content through General News service

- produces bulletins for BBC's national radio stations

Online (BBC News Online)

- Website - November, 1997

- reaches a quarter of internet users in UK.

- International news coverage + entertainment, sport, science, and Political news,

2) ITV

•  Commercial TV Network
• Owned by - ITV Network Limited

Programming
- ITN = National News Bulletins broadcast 30m at 1:30pm, 6:30pm and 10:00pm - No longer a s respected/reliable news source.

Breakfast
- Good Morning Britain - News, Sports, Weather
- Lorraine - Celebrity news, recipes, fashion

Online ITV Hub 
- Website
- Another form of accessing the programmes seen on TV

statistics

- ITV plc hope to increase the amount of in-house programming to as close to the 75% limit as possible.

3) Channel 4

•  owned by - Channel four television corporation
• During the station's formative years, funding came from the ITV companies in return for their right to sell advertisements in their region on the fourth channel.
• Nowadays it pays for itself in much the same way as most privately run commercial stations

Programming
- First British broadcaster to commission all of its programmes from third parties.
- Comedy - Channel 4 broadcast a number of popular American imports including Roseanne, Friends, Sex and the City and South Park
- News - History programmes + real life documentaries. Channel 4 News service is supplied by ITN.
FourDocs - Online Documentary site provided by Channel 4. includes archive of Classical documentaries and Microdocs.

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