TV Funding
There are many different ways that TV companies Get the funding they need, Each company has its own way of making money dependant on which type of company they are, a Few examples are the BBC who are public service and have the licence fee and Sky who get their money from Subscriptions and Advertising.
The BBC
the BBC are a Public Service Broadcaster meaning that they are government owned and they cannot advertise most of the BBC’S Money comes from the licence Fee which is £145.50 a Year per each household and this is divided out into Each different Service that the BBC has, £7.96 goes to Television, £2.11 a month goes to Radio £0.66p goes to maintaining the online services (BBC Online, BBC iplayer and BBC mobile) and £1.40 goes to other things such as running costs and investments in new technologies. While the Licence Fee is how the bbc mainly make money they have many other ways such as Syndication, Merchandising and Competitions. Syndication is when they Sell their programs to other companies, after theyve been showed originally the companies buy them to re run on their channels. Merchandising and Competitions are pretty obvious and Self explanatory and the BBC are not the only ones to use these methods to get money as they are fairly standard precedure for making money.
Sky and Virgin media
Sky and Virgin Media are Subscription broadcasters which mean that they have an annual fee on Top of the licence fee and provide Hundreds of channels making it seem like its worth the money but Really its not because if you get the full package for Sky you get about 900 channels and it's highly unlikely that you'll use more than 100 channels at most. Sky and Virgin also Syndicate their programs, Advertise, Sell merchandise and also sell the rights to their licenced programs. The popularity of sky has Risen tremendously over the years with company turnover at £93 million at june 30th 1991 and Company Turnover at £5,912 Million at june 30th 2010.
ITV and Channel 5
ITV and Channel 5 are Commercial broadcasters meaning that they are private companies and most of their funding comes from advertising but they also Syndicate Programs, have call ins and competions and merchandising, theyre pretty standard and dont really have any distinguishable ways of making money compared to the other companies.
Channel 4
Channel 4 is rather unique in the way that it is part commercial and Part public service, this means that they get a small part of the Licence Fee but they can Still advertise unlike the BBC and of course they have all the standard other ways of making money such as Syndication, Merchandising and Competitions.
The BBC
the BBC are a Public Service Broadcaster meaning that they are government owned and they cannot advertise most of the BBC’S Money comes from the licence Fee which is £145.50 a Year per each household and this is divided out into Each different Service that the BBC has, £7.96 goes to Television, £2.11 a month goes to Radio £0.66p goes to maintaining the online services (BBC Online, BBC iplayer and BBC mobile) and £1.40 goes to other things such as running costs and investments in new technologies. While the Licence Fee is how the bbc mainly make money they have many other ways such as Syndication, Merchandising and Competitions. Syndication is when they Sell their programs to other companies, after theyve been showed originally the companies buy them to re run on their channels. Merchandising and Competitions are pretty obvious and Self explanatory and the BBC are not the only ones to use these methods to get money as they are fairly standard precedure for making money.
Sky and Virgin Media are Subscription broadcasters which mean that they have an annual fee on Top of the licence fee and provide Hundreds of channels making it seem like its worth the money but Really its not because if you get the full package for Sky you get about 900 channels and it's highly unlikely that you'll use more than 100 channels at most. Sky and Virgin also Syndicate their programs, Advertise, Sell merchandise and also sell the rights to their licenced programs. The popularity of sky has Risen tremendously over the years with company turnover at £93 million at june 30th 1991 and Company Turnover at £5,912 Million at june 30th 2010.
ITV and Channel 5
ITV and Channel 5 are Commercial broadcasters meaning that they are private companies and most of their funding comes from advertising but they also Syndicate Programs, have call ins and competions and merchandising, theyre pretty standard and dont really have any distinguishable ways of making money compared to the other companies.Channel 4
Channel 4 is rather unique in the way that it is part commercial and Part public service, this means that they get a small part of the Licence Fee but they can Still advertise unlike the BBC and of course they have all the standard other ways of making money such as Syndication, Merchandising and Competitions.
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