Institutions

Class intuitions 

BBC (Kishan & Kacper)-BBC was the world’s first national organisation-Criticised for being heavily government influential

-Main competitor is ITV

Twitter(Kunal, Mikaeil & Alisa)- Social networking site est. in 2006- Four layout revamps since 2006- Traditional newspapers 'killer'

TimeWarner (Indera & Samsam)- World's third largest TV networking and entertainment conglomerate- Founded in 1990- Owns many subsidiaries such as HBO and Warner Bros.

Dreamworks(Zubair, Shervin & Fasih)- Founded in 1994- Screens in many countries including Poland, US, UK, Italy.- Founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeffery Katzenberg and David Geffen.

ITV(Luke & Lee)- First broadcast in 1959- Formed by a corporate takeover by Granada plc and Carlton Comm.- ITV cofounds Freesat with the BBC

Film4 (Jasmine & Harmony)- Funding derives from adverts/commercial- Has a niche audience- Recently launched Film 4.0 which is a digital/online area

BSkyB (Ryan & Kirath)

- Founded by entrepreneur Rupert Murdoch

- 10.1 million customers as of June 2011- £6bn revenue annually as of 2011

Salmaan (NewsCorp)- Formed in Australia by Rupert Murdoch- NewsCorp has acquired newspapers such as The London Times and The New York Post- FoxBroadcasting is a subsidiary

Sony- Encouraged development of the Compact Disc

(CDs)- Largest British newspaper group publishing 240 regional papers in the UK- Founded in 1903- Faces controversy over alleged phone-hacking