Презентація "British Mass Media"

BRITISH MASS MEDIA

General Information. There are several different types of media in the United Kingdom: television, radio, newspapers, magazines and websites. The country also has a strong music industry. The United Kingdom has a diverse range of providers, the most prominent being the publicly owned public service broadcaster, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The BBC's biggest competitors are ITV plc, which operates 13 of the 15 regional television broadcasters.

Newspapers. Now a couple of words about papers. First of all there is no subscription. You may buy any on sale. There are two main types of newspapers: the «popular» papers and the «quality» papers.

Popular vs. Quality. They are less in size, with many pictures, big headlines and short articles. They are easy to read. They are such papers as «Daily Express», «Daily mail», «Daily Mirror», «Daily Star», «The Sun» and others. They are for more serious readership. These papers are bigger in size, with larger articles and more detailed information. The «quality» papers are - «The Times», «Daily Telegraph», «The Guardian», «Financial Times», «The Independent».“Popular” Newspapers“Quality” Newspapers

Special on Sunday. Besides newspapers of daily circulation, there are also the ones issued on Sundays. These may be either the supplements to the daily papers, or independent Sunday papers, which are larger in size than the daily ones and usually have several separate parts on different topics. They can be called family papers, as there is something to read for each member of the family: love stories, detective stories, facts from history, sport, art, and much more.

Magazines. A large range of magazines are sold in the United Kingdom covering most interests and potential topics. British magazines and journals that have achieved worldwide circulation include “The Economist”, “Nature”, “New Scientist”, “Private Eye”, “Hello!” and others.

Radio broadcasting. Radio in the United Kingdom is dominated by the BBC, which operates radio stations both in the United Kingdom and abroad. The BBC World Service radio network is broadcast in 33 languages globally. Domestically the BBC also operates ten national networks and over 40 local radio stations including services in Welsh, Gaelic in Scotland and Irish in Northern Ireland. The example of the variety in radio broadcasting in UK:

Television. The United Kingdom has no analogue television. A free to air digital service is made up of two chartered public broadcasting companies, the BBC and Channel 4 And two franchised commercial television companies, (ITV and Channel 5).

A bit more about Channel 4 The Channel 4 building in London. Channel 4 is similarly chartered to the BBC, with a remit to provide public service broadcasting and schools programs, however it runs commercial advertisements to provide a revenue stream. It produces a number of digital channels, branded as Channel 4, as well as E4, More 4 and Film4.