Monday, 9 September 2013

who are the major players in terms of news providers in the uk and what exactly do they own ?


About BBC : The british broadcasting corporation is british public service broadcasting corporation.  It is the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees, with about 23,000 staff. The bbc is headquartered at broadcasting house in london and has major production centres in salford Quays, Belfast , Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow. And smaller production centres throughout the Uk.Outside the Uk, THE BBC world has provided services by direct broadcasting and re-transmission contracts by sound radio (19th december 1932) and more recently by television and online.

What different channels does BBC broadcast on ? BBC 3 - 19:00 BBC FOUR - 19:00 BBC Parliament- 10:00-12:00 , BBC News 11:00 - 12:00. 

In 2002, a few television and radio channels were reorganised. bbc knowledge was renamed as BBC four and became the BBC's arts and documentaries channel. CBBC, which had been a programming strand as Children's BBC since 1985, was split into CBBC and Cbeebies, for younger children, with both new services getting a digital channel: the CBBC chanel and Cbeebies Channel. Also new digital radio stations were created: 1 xtra , 6 music and BBC7 . BBC 1 EXTRA was a sister station to radio 1 and specialised in modern black music, BBC 6 music specialised in alternative music genres and BBC7 specialised in archive, speech and children's programming.

What other platforms : man online, the guardian, BBC website, Facebook and twitter. 

How much are they worth : BBC could be worth 7bn pounds in a sell-off. 

what does the BBC own : 


Monday, 8 July 2013

Case study :

E-BAY : 




who owns the site : 
it is owned by its shareholders, however the founder of this site of ebay is Pierre omidyar. 








 Do they also own any traditional media businesses?
 does not own any traditional media businesses. 

What other internet sites do they own?
 does not own any other internet sites.

 What is its revenue?
 14.07 billion.

What is its overall worth?
Ebay is worth is about 60 billion

Research five key facts about the institution : 

1- It is a world wide online market place with 223 million customers
2-The website was launched in the UK in October 1999
3- It's global presence is in 37 markets including United States
4-"Ebay estimates that 178,000 users run a business or use eBay as their primary or secondary source of income"
5-"40.62% of active internet users visit the site Ebay  at least once a month"




Monday, 24 June 2013

Kansas state university VS media class students.

three reasons to why students do not spend much money on books :

1- Students tend to read more online rather than buy the actual books.
2- The audiences mentality have changed. They believe that they do not have to read books to be intelligent.
3- Adults prefer to stick to their old ways and carry on reading from primary resources (books), whereas teenagers are more likely to use secondary sources to read (internet).