Television Industry - Blog task

 1) What is the BBC's mission statement?

provide info, support learning, produce creative output, diverse content, reflect Uk culture and values

2) How is the BBC funded?

by the Government through tv license 

3) What must the BBC do to meet its public service broadcasting responsibilities? (Look at the five bullet points in the notes above).

have news outlets, bbc bite-size, tv shows that play on bbc (e.g. doctor who)

4) Who is the regulator for TV and Radio in the UK? You can find details on this in the notes above.

Ofcom regulates what shows can be shown on bbc and also regulates watershed 9pm

5) How is TV and Radio regulated by Ofcom? 

regulates what shows can be shown on bbc and also regulates watershed 9pm

6) How do Doctor Who and His Dark Materials help the BBC to meet the BBC's remit to inform, educate and entertain? Answer this question in at least 150 words.

Doctor who is designed to be educational and entertaining by using sci-fi in order to present subtle forms of science whilst also remaining an entertaining science fic for a young audience

Whilst His Dark materials is designed to be an entertaining show and is related to a book which will encourage audiences to buy and read the book aswell

Grade 8/9 extension questions

Read this Wired feature on how the BBC is adapting to take on Netflix. What does the article suggest the BBC needs to do to remain relevant in a streaming TV age?

It suggests that BBC needs to modernize and get more tv shows to stream on its platform in order to become more "modern" and become relevant again

How does His Dark Materials help the BBC to take on the big streaming rivals like Netflix and Amazon? 

His Dark Materials helps as it is a partnership amongst HBO and BBC in order to produce a show capable of taking on other shows on Netflix and Amazon to gain a following

Do you think the TV Licence is good value for money? Why?

TV Licence isn't capable to produce as much money as it should at its current state due to people refusing to pay it due to them only using other streaming services to watch tv shows and being informed by other news channels therefore causing the price to rise as less and less people watch BBC every year