Transcript British Mass Media

British Mass Media
Radio,Television and Newspapers
Main Features
Radio and Television
The three public bodies responsible for television and
radio throughout Britain are:
• The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which broadcasts
television and radio programs;
• The Independent Television Commission (ITC), which licences
and regulates commercial television service including cable,
satellite and independent teletext services;
• The Radio Authority, which licences and regulates commercial
radio services, including cable and satellite.
The most popular British radio stations
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Clare Fm
Anna Livia
Live 95
Welsh Radio International
Imperial College radio
Capital Fm
BBC Radio 1 and 2
Television
• People in Britain watch on average 25 hours of TV
every week.
• Television viewing is Britain's most popular leisure
pastime. About 96% of the population of Britain have
television in their homes. In 1999, 13% of households
had satellite television and 9% cable television.
There are five main TV channels
• BBC 1 - since 1936, general interest programs.
• BBC 2 - minority and specialist interests.
• ITV - broadcasting is approximately 34% informative
and 66% light entertainment.
• Channel 4 - since 1982, 15% educational programs,
encourages innovation and experiment. Rest is general
interest and light entertainment programs.
• Channel 5 – since 1997, a general entertainment channel,
with internally commissioned shows.
Newspapers
There are about 130 daily and
Sunday newspapers, over 2,000
weekly newspapers and some
7,000 periodical publications in
Britain. The press in Britain is
free to comment on matters of
public interest, subject to law.
Daily Newspapers sell 322
copies per 1000 people in the
UK, the eighth highest rate in
the world.
The Times is a British daily national newspaper,
was founded by John Walter in London in 1785
under the title The Daily Universal Register (it
became The Times on 1 January 1788). The Times is
the first newspaper to have borne that name,
lending it to numerous other papers around the
world, including The Times of India, The Straits
Times, The New York Times, The Irish Times, the
Los Angeles Times, The Seattle Times etc.
At the present time, the editor is James Harding
and the owner is a "News Corporation".