Level 2 Creative Media Production

Explain:   What horizontal integration is?   Horizontal integration is when a production company develops into other areas of one industry. e.g. A Media Company can own a Magazine, Radio, Newspaper, Television and Books. Disney bought Pixar to create a bigger and stronger company Benefits / PROS   Increasing in profit   It helps to create more money and makes the company more popular among readers. Also, not all media readers prefer reading magazines. The more technology literate people will read the magazine online, so horizontal integration helps to reach a wider audience. It also reduces costs of production because it can join with other areas of the company instead of buying in services. Competition is also reduced. Drawbacks / CONS     One disadvantage is that the company has reduced flexibility due to the laws and legalities that it has to follow. Another disadvantag...

Activity sheet 2 : Funding in the creative media sector 1.      What is the main course of income for your chosen company? The company I have chosen is the BBC and the main source of income comes from TV licences, which is charged to all British households, companies, and organisations using any type of equipment to receive or record live television broadcasts and also iPlayer catch-up. 2.      What type of products do they produce? The BBC produce a range of products from TV programs to news, not only that the BBC has many channels such as: BBC TWO, BBC THREE, and BBC FOUR etc. 3.       How do they priorities their expenditure? The BBC focusses its expenses on the production of programmes and other content and the way it’s delivered to audiences and uses. 4.      Why do you think they carry out their production activities in this way? The BBC carries out their produ...

Type of contract Working conditions Salary Other benefits Full-time, permanent 9-5pm £25,000 to £35,000 per annum Paid holidays Paid sick leave Pension Commission Company car Child day care Health insurance Subsidised travel Part-time, permanent 9-5pm for 3 days or Half day or few hours each evening or just week end work £25000 to £35000 per annum - pro rata (according to hours worked) Paid holidays Pension Paid sick leave Fixed-term & freelance Fixed term employees must receive the same treatment as full-time permanent staff Fixed term are set in advance, end when a specific task is completed, last for a certain length of time Freelance is when you are self-employed and hired to work on particular task (for example a journalist) Working alone Isolated No work, no wage Freelance work...

Type of company Examples from UK and Worldwide Outline of role and function Public service broadcasters BBC  ITV Channel 4 To provide products and services that meet the remit of informing and entertaining the public and within the public interest. Private companies ITV Sky Virgin  To provide products and services that inform and entertain. Profit-making organisations that attact Regulatory organisations OFCOM BBFC To ensure companies provide their products and services to the public in a fair and competitive manner and that the materials produced are suitable for the specified audiences. To investigate and where necessary uphold complaints and apply sanctions.   

Jobs in the Media Industry   A freelance job is when you are working for yourself and you find your own work/jobs. The pros of working freelance are that you can have as many jobs as you desire at the same time. You could earn a lot of money. You can have the option to work whenever you want, take holidays when you want. The cons of freelance jobs is that you won’t always have work, there may not be jobs available at the time you want them. Therefore, your income would not be at a steady rate. You would have to carry all the equipment that you need for the job by yourself if the job doesn’t provide it. Also transport. If you are sick and you work freelance you would not get paid, however if you are on a contract or working for a company, you would get sick leave and paid holidays. A permanent job is when you have a contract with a company and you work for them all year. These could be full time contracts or part time contracts. A pro of a permanent job is that you are ...