Wednesday 30 September 2015

Media Institutions


BBC -  is the worlds oldest national broadcasting organisation. It was founded by John Reith in 1922. Its original logo has been used since 1997 and hasn't changed since. It has progressed to work online, with BBC iPlayer. BBC's aims are to entertain and inform the public. 

Twitter -  is an online social networking app which allows users to send messages called "tweets", it was founded by Jack Dorsey, who is the chairman/CEO. Its open to the entire public, and allows you to keep up to date with your friends and family, as well as celebrities. It has 302 million active users. 

News Corporation -  was an American multinational mass media corporation headquartered in New York City. Its founder is Rupert Murdoch, and it was founded in 1979. Its subsidiaries are: News UK, FOX and Fox News Channel. 

Disney -  was founded by Walt Disney who was an entrepreneur, cartoonist, animator, voice actor, and film producer, in 1923. It works with: Disney Channel, Disney Store, Disney XD and Pixar. 

ITV -  was launched in 1955. Its TV network in the UK, its CEO is Adam Crozier. The Television Act of 1954, is what made ITV possible. Furthermore, ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK. 

Sony -  is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Kōnan Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1946 by,  by Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka. Some of its major products are : Televisions, Cameras, Batteries, Recording media, etc. 

Vivendi - is a French multinational mass media company based in Paris, France. It's CEO is Vincent Bollore and was founded in 1853. It mainly focuses on digital entertainment It owns French TV channel and movie producer the Canal+ Group.

Viacom - is an American global mass media company, that mainly focuses in cinema and cable television. It's based in New York and was founded in 2006, by Tom Freston and Sumner Redstone.  It is the world's sixth largest broadcasting and also works with MTV and Paramount Pictures. 1


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