Starter Thursday 26th November

-What is a conglomerate company?

A company that owns a lot of other small companies

-What is a subsidiary

The smaller companies what are owned by the conglomerate company

-What is an independent company

A company that is not owned by a conglomerate, often work with larger and more independent companies an example of this is when Patrick productions who made the sitcom Deri Girls worked as part of a joint venture with channel 4. When companies work as part of a joint it is because it is mutually beneficial for both companies

-Name one product produced by an independent company

Warp Films produced the film For lions

-Define synergy

When a company selects the most effective way of marking across different companies

A commercial company's objective is making product

Public service company is funded by public money-e.g. the tv license fee-BBC (and C4 have some PSB  funding) 

content is for a variety of cultures and all audiences. e.g. Radio 1 Xtra targets ethnic minorities

Differences between commercial and public service companies

The commercial TV channel I have chose to study is Comedy Central

The type of content Comedy Central host are mainly comedies to make people laugh, shows such as South-Park, Jimmy Kimmel, Futurama, and The Cleveland show

The channel mainly focuses on entertaining the viewers and talk shows like Jimmy Kimmel update people about celebrities

The audience group age range is mainly for young people who don't mind explicit language and offensive scenes in shows such as south-Park

1.South Park

2.The Cleveland show

3.Jimmy Kimmel

4.Futurama

5.The President Show