Crime Drama: Industries and Audiences

Television: Industries and Audiences

Terminology:

• Publicly Owned TV Channel - This type of channel is accessible to the public for free. An example of this would be channel 1, which is always BBC 1.

• Commercial TV Channel - This type of channel generates revenue from showing advertisements. ITV is this type of channel.

• Convergence - The combination of 2 technologies. This allows for the ability to watch TV over the internet.

• Watershed - This is after the timeframe in which shows should be child friendly, usually after 9PM.

• Segmented Market - This is the process in which people are separated via their preferences. This results in a difference between channel genres.

• Mainstream - The most viewed channels. This type of channel would be the BBC channels as they are the moist basic type of channel and BBC 1 is always on channel 1. 

• Self-regulating - This is a type of channel that runs itself and is not governed by outside bodies.

• Franchise - This refers to the ownership of a series or movies. An example of this would be Doctor Who which is owned by the BBC.

• Channel Surfing - This refers to constantly switching between channels and not deciding on what to watch.

• PSB - In the United Kingdom the term 'public service broadcasting' refers to broadcasting intended for public benefit rather than to serve purely commercial interests.

• TV License - A TV license must be owned in order to watch any channel. This system is utilised by the BBC in order to generate a revenue because they do not gain money through advertisements.

• Scheduling - A TV schedule will decide which shows will be aired at what time over the course of the day.

• Conglomerate - A company that owns several businesses which specialise in different things. An example of this would be Comcast and how they own both Sky and Verizon.

  Research Task:

1. When was TV introduced into the UK?: It was invented in 1936 and released to the public in 1939.

2. In 1965, how many channels were there in the UK and what were they?: There were only 3 channels available in 1965, BBC 1, BBC 2 and ITV.

3. When did ITV start? Why was it different?: It was introduced in 1955 and it was different because it was the UK's first commercial TV channel.

4. Which UK channels have to follow PSB permits?: BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5.

5. Who regulates TV now?: It is currently regulated by