TV Audiences and Industries

Definition of Terms

-Publicly owned TV channel
Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. In much of the world, funding comes from the government, especially via annual fees charged on receivers.In some countries, public broadcasting is run by a single organisation.

-Commercial TV channel 
Commercial broadcasting (also called private broadcasting) is the broadcasting of television programs and radio programming by privately owned corporate media, as opposed to state sponsorship.

-Convergence 
Media convergence is the merging of mass communication outlets – print, television, radio, the Internet along with portable and interactive technologies through various digital media platforms. Media convergence is the blending of multiple media forms into one platform for purposes of delivering a dynamic experience.

-Watershed
There are strict rules about what can be shown on TV before the 9pm watershed. But what exactly is the watershed and how does it work? The watershed means the time when TV programmes which might be unsuitable for children can be broadcast.

- Segmented market 
Market segmentation is the activity of dividing a broad consumer or business market, normally consisting of existing and potential customers, into sub-groups of consumers (known as segments) based on some type of shared characteristics.

-Mainstream 
Mainstream media. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mainstream media (MSM) is a term and abbreviation used to refer collectively to the various large mass news media that influence many people, and both reflect and shape prevailing currents of thought.

-Self-regulating 
The Representative helps the media create or develop self-regulation mechanisms that are independent from government control and are designed to uphold the quality of media. These can take the forms of ethics codes, press and media councils, or complaints commissions and in-house ombudspersons. The Representative supports such initiatives through training, expert advice, international roundtable meetings, and the publication of expert guidebooks.

-Franchise
 Franchise, also known as multimedia franchise, is a collection of related media in which several derivative works have been produced from an original creative work of fiction, such as a film, a work of literature, a television program or a video game. The intellectual property from the work can be licensed to other parties or partners for further derivative works and commercial exploitation across a range of media and by a variety of industries for merchandising purposes.

-Channel-surfing 
The action or practice of surfing through television programs usually by use of a remote control.

-PSB
Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. In much of the world, funding comes from the government, especially via annual fees charged on receivers.In some countries, public broadcasting is run by a single organisation.

-TV license 
Tv License covers you to watch and record programmes as they're being shown on TV or live on an online TV service, watch and download BBC programmes on iPlayer- live catch up and on demand

-Scheduling 
Scheduling refers to the pattern of timing of an advertising which is represented as plots on a flowchart on a yearly basis.

-Conglomerate 
media conglomeratemedia group, or media institution is a company that owns numerous companies involved in mass media enterprises, such as television, radio, publishing, motion pictures, theme parks, or the Internet.

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