publicly owned TV-A public serving broadcaster (RTE) is owned and financed by the public. This means that the TV license that is paid by us, the public, finances all of the public serving broadcasters. A private serving broadcaster (TV3) is privately owned and they have to finance themselves through advertisements.
Commercial TV channel- Commercial broadcasting. ... 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- Digital Convergence is the priming of underlying digital technology components and features such as voice, texts, video, pictures, broadcasts, presentation, streaming media, global connectivity and personalized services; the combination of all of these features and abilities from multiple electronic systems into a simplified, converged and computer-mediated communication system to enable individuals interact, play, communicate, collaborate and share information in many new and different ways.
Watershed
Segment market- A market segment is a group of people who share one or more common characteristics, lumped together for marketing purposes. Each market segment is unique, and marketers use various criteria to create a target market for their product or service.
Mainstream- the ideas, attitudes, or activities that are shared by most people and regarded as normal or conventional.
Self-regulating
Franchise- Licence from company of product to use format/show/ideas
Channel-surfing- changing frequently from one program to another on a television, watching each one for only
PSB- public service broadcasting; regulators demand fulfil certain requirements as part of their licence to broadcast
TV Licence- any household or business watching recording live broadcasts require to pay a licence fee which funds the bbc
Scheduling- Deciding which shows to show at which time
Conglomerate-a company that owns several smaller business whose products or services are usually very different
