Making your Industry chart

1st Copy these two files

from the following location: Shared on student02/data (U) - U:\MEDIA\Media Btec 1st\2010\Media Industry. to your own drive.

Now open: Media industry blank template (From your drive)

You will need to populate the various Sectors and industries with the companies from the logo's file. You will also need to link the regulators (Green) with the industry i.e. Ofcom with TV. You will also need to link the Corporations (Orange) with the companies they own. The Logo files as with the Regulators and Corporations are only a hand full of the many companies and bodies out there. you don not need to add every company/channel etc just s few as an illustration. You may also add any logos not in this file.

Task 2 and Chart example

Task 2. Create a wall chart that explains how the media industry is structured ,P1. You will need to include in this chart the following information,

• Industry sectors,

• size and shape of each sector, include logos as well as companies owned by bigger corporations

• structures and ownership companies within each industry

The British media industry is here.

Websites, addresses, telephone numbers, email and more for all areas of the online media, including 843 radio stations, 529 television channels, 1,605 newspapers, and 1,959 magazines - from 268 media owners - are all here. This website is continually updated with 16 updates over the past week; it was last updated 31 minutes ago.

Also see UK guid to creative industries and this

Task 1 the industry reports

1. Read the link to the assignment brief at the top of the blog. 
2. Click the link to the report sheet (below the brief link) Copy the questions 1 and 2 over to a new post, you might need to drag them into the post rather than cut and past. Answer these questions.
3. Now go back to the report sheet and copy questions 3 and 4 into a new post. you need to answer these questions for each of you three choosen industry's each in a separate post

Lesson 1 21/02/2010

The media industry can be seen to be made up of:

1. Producers: The producers create content for audiences to consume
2. Distributors: The distributors make this content available to audiences.
3. Regulators: The regulators ensure that the producers and distributors follow the codes of conduct and laws that govern the media industry.

Media Sectors

• Moving image, e.g. television, film
• Audio, e.g. radio, talking books and guides, sound for interactive media
• Print, e.g. newspapers, magazines, posters, flyers
• Interactive media, e.g. websites, video games, CD-ROMs
• Advertising and marketing, e.g. in print, television, radio, film