New & Digital Media UK News Providers

Who are the major players in terms of news provider in the UK and what exactly do they own?

Broadcast

Commercial: Channel 4

• Set up by the Act of Parliament and therefore it is publicly owned and does not have any shareholders. (owned by the government, funded by adverts)
• It does not produce its own programmes but commissions them from more than 300 independent productions across the UK.
• The views tend to watch Channel 4 to be entertained and educated. The social economic classification group for Ch4 is ABC1 between the age demographic of 16-44 year old.

Non Commercial: BBC

• The BBC stands for British Broadcasting Corporation which has a revenue of £5.086 billion.
• The products where BBC is broadcast is on the television, web and on the radio
• Individuals can get up to date with current affairs through the BBC website which highlights it is one of the main provider of the news.