Ppt

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British Mass Media

• Radio, Television and Newspapers
• Main Features

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Radio and Television

• The three public bodies responsible for
  television and radio throughout Britain are
• The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which
  broadcasts television and radio programs
• The Independent Television Commission (ITC),
  which licences and regulates commercial
  television service including cable, satellite and
  independent teletext services
• The Radio Authority, which licences and regulates
  commercial radio services, including cable and
  satellite.

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The most popular British radio stations

• Clare Fm
• Anna Livia
• Live 95
• Welsh Radio International
• Imperial College radio
• Capital Fm
• BBC Radio 1 and 2

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Television

• People in Britain watch on average 25 hours of TV
  every week.
• Television viewing is Britain's most popular
  leisure pastime. About 96 of the population of
  Britain have television in their homes. In 1999,
  13 of households had satellite television and 9
  cable television.

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There are five main TV channels

• BBC 1 - since 1936, general interest programs.
• BBC 2 - minority and specialist interests.
• ITV - broadcasting is approximately 34
  informative and 66 light entertainment.
• Channel 4 - since 1982, 15 educational
  programs, encourages innovation and experiment.
  Rest is general interest and light entertainment
  programs.
• Channel 5 since 1997, a general entertainment
  channel, with internally commissioned shows.

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Newspapers
There are about 130 daily and Sunday newspapers,
over 2,000 weekly newspapers and some 7,000
periodical publications in Britain. The press in
Britain is free to comment on matters of public
interest, subject to law. Daily Newspapers sell
322 copies per 1000 people in the UK, the eighth
highest rate in the world.
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The Times is a British daily national newspaper,
was founded by John Walter in London in 1785
under the title The Daily Universal Register (it
became The Times on 1 January 1788). The Times is
the first newspaper to have borne that name,
lending it to numerous other papers around the
world, including The Times of India, The Straits
Times, The New York Times, The Irish Times, the
Los Angeles Times, The Seattle Times etc. At the
present time, the editor is James Harding and the
owner is a "News Corporation".