Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Media Institution Case Study


Media Institution case study

 

My media institution: BBC Radio

 

Description

BBC radio services started in 1922.

They were licensed by the government’s general post office.

 

 

Who owns it

The BBC is owned by the public who pay for BBC’s products and services.

 

List the products that the institution produces

BBC Radio produces many products.

Podcasts: free downloads of certain shows available online.

iPlayer catch up service: Allowing people to catch up on BBC TV and Radio programmes for 7 days after the programme was originally shown on TV or radio.

BBC radio also offers a wide range of Local radio stations.

BBC also offers a world wide news station, BBC World Service.

However, the main product that BBC Radio offers, are hundreds of radio programmes. BBC has programmes from all different genres, including, music, drama, entertainment , comedy, sport and much, much more. The programmes are spread across many BBC stations, concentrating on age. For example, radio 1 is famous for it’s  new music shows, including the Zane Lowe show, featuring upcoming future hits, and interviews with big names. Including Jay-Z, Kanye West and Eminem.

BBC’s radio stations include:

BBC Radio 1

BBC 1Xtra

BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 3

BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4Xtra

BBC 5 Live

BBC 5 Live Sports Xtra

BBC 6 Music

BBC Asian Network

BBC World Service.

BBC also offer a wide range of local radio, including:

BBC Scotland

BBC Three Counties

BBC Oxford

BBC Barkshire

 

 

 
Usefull links:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer

List competitors of the institution

Competitors of BBC radio are other radio stations, mostly commercial radio stations, and commercial local radio stations.

BBC radio’s competitors are also stations from all over the world.

 

5 comments:

  1. I like how it's got all the information I need without all the waffle.

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  2. well you seem to know what you are talking about. there is a nice list of products however a minor point for improvement would have been to give some examples of their competetors. other than that its a good blog

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  3. You forgot BBC Radio Wales!

    Although, it is very... Interesting Hubert!
    You are very clever and i learnt a lot from this Blog post. please keep on blogging this amazing information!

    -T

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  4. A very good blog.
    I learned a lot about BBC radio that I didn't know before.
    I think it was very nicely layed out, and the information was easy to find. I would have taken out some of the blank lines, but that's just me.
    All in all, a nice blog. :)

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  5. Nice blog I learnt a lot from this, and as the others have said the information is well layed out and easily accesible. Only problem I had was the number of blank lines, but its not too bad. All in all, good blog!:)

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