Television industries & Audience

• Publicly owned TV channel - where the funding comes from the government and licence fees for the public service, these include: radio, television and other media outlets. 
• Commercial TV channel - is a private broadcasting of television radio and programs. funded through advertising 
• Convergence -the merging of mass communication outlet. is the blending of multiple media forms into one platform. process of joining different technologies into one device e.g mobile phone 
• Watershed - the time when Tv programmes which might be unsuitable for children can be broadcasted. adult films between 9 pm & 5:30 am 
• Segmented market - is the activity of dividing a broad customer or business market, consisting of existing and potential customers. audience decided into different groups depending on taste and interests  
• Mainstream - abbreviation used to refer collectively to the various large mass news media that influence many people. mass audience: the ideas, attitudes, or activities that are shared by most people.  
• Self-regulating - it involves controlling a persons behaviour.  not regulated by outside bodies 
• Franchise - a collection of several derivative works that have been produced. licence from company of a product to use format/show/ideas 
• Channel-surfing - the action or practice of surfing through television programs usually by a remote control.  changing frequently from one program to another for a short time 
• PSB - public service broadcast  regulators demand channels fulfil certain requirements as a part of their licence to broadcast 
• Tv license - covers you to watch or record live Tv programmes on any channel, and to download or watch BBC programmes on iPlayer. funds the BBC
• Scheduling - refers to the pattern of timing an advertising which is represented as plots on a flowchart on a yearly basses. deciding which shows to show at which time
• Conglomerate -is a company that owns numerous companies involved in mass media enterprises, such as television, radio, publishing, motion pictures, theme parks, or the Internet. a company that owns several smaller businesses whose product or services are usually very different. 

Questions -

1- when was TV introduced to the uk ?

    mid 1920s to march 1925 

2- in 1926, how many channels were there in the uk and what were they ? 

    there was only 3 channels ABC, CBS and NBC

3- when did ITV start? why was it different? 

    22 September 1955, paved the establishment of a commercial television 

4- which uk channels have to follow the PSB remits ? 

5- who regulates TV now ?

    by the Phone-paid Services Authority; standards of advertising on TV, radio or the                internet.