Unit 7: Understanding the Creative Media Sector (10 Credits)

Lesson 1: Ownership of the creative media sector.

Film- Disney

Who owns the Disney company?

Founded by: Roy and Walt Disney in October 1923


Disney owns various media and television networks:

  • Disney chanel
  • ABC- Merged in 1996 
  • ESPN
  • National Geographic
  • FX
  • Freeform 
They also own different various production studios as well; 
  • They Walt Disney Studios
  •  Walt Disney Animation Studios 
  • Pixar Animation Studios- Bought in 2006 
  • Marvel Studios -Bought in 2009 
  • Disney Nature 
  • Lucas film ltd -Bought in 2012
  • Disney Music Group 
  • Disney Theatrical Group 
  • Blue Sky 
  • 20th Century Fox 
  • Fox 2000 Pictures
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 21st Century fox- Bought in 2019 
And streaming sites:
  • Disney + 
  • Hulu
  • Hotstar



Lesson 2: Ownership (continued)

Privately Owned companies: 

Public service Companies:

  • Most likely publicly funded
  • provides a set level of quality for the population

  • The BBC: operates under the TV licence scheme. Where the owner of the TV has to pay a TV. license to access The BBC channels 
  • BBC IS ALSO A MULTI NATIONAL COMPANY AND A MULTIMEDIA COMPANY


Conglomerates: One company that owns many types of media service
  • Disney, Sony
  • Google owned by alphabet inc: https://abc.xyz Owns a company for every letter of the company

Voluntary
  • A non-for profit media company
  • Any profit made is given to charity or the less fortunate =
Lesson 3: Ownership of sector companies

Animation- Cosgrove hall films


A British animation studio founded by Mark Hall and Brian Cosgrove in 1976 . It is known mainly for the production of the 1981 Danger mouse series. and the production of the spin off series count duckula. The danger mouse series ran from 1981- 1992. It is like a parody of British spy films and shows like James Bond. The company was wound down in 2009 by ITV.
 before this they went on to produce many different cartoons for different channels for example little robots and Enji Benji.
















Lesson 4:

Sources of income
Cross media convergence
Merger
Profitability of product range
Product diversity
performance against financial concerns
Organisational objectives
licenses and Franchises
competitors (national and global)
audience and consumption

































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