Research
1) Choose two TV News programmes to research.
Sky News is a 24-hour, multi-media news operation based in Britain. It provides non-stop rolling news on television, online, and on a range of mobile devices – as well as delivering a service of national and international radio news to commercial radio stations in the UK. The news service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Having launched as a 24-hour television news channel in 1989, Sky News has also grown into a digital operation through its websiteand mobile apps. It is also a content provider for news services in the UK and around the world.
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began transmission on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the station is now owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation, a public body established in 1990, coming into operation in 1993. With the conversion of the Wenvoe transmitter group in Wales to digital on 31 March 2010, Channel 4 became an entirely UK-wide TV channel for the first time.
Bulletin 1
'Eaten Alive' Star Admits Show 'Misleading'
21:09, UK,Monday 08 December 2014'Eaten Alive' Star Admits Show 'Misleading'
An explorer who was to be eaten alive by a giant snake on television has accepted the programme was "misleading" after viewers ridiculed him when the show failed to live up to its billing.
Bulletin 2
T
he Labour leader draws battle lines between the two main parties - but do his plans to balance Britain's books have credibility?
Thursday 11 December 2014
20:47
Bulletin 3
Police officers are well aware of the threat of physical attack and many keep their jobs under wraps - even from their neighbours.
13:59, UK,
Tuesday 09 December 2014
Presenter:Martin Brunt
3) Research the institutions behind your two TV News programmes. Find out the following for each:
- Who owns or controls the institution-Channel 4 and sky news team
- How the institution is funded or makes money- They get money from TV licence but they are a non profitable company.
- Any controversial issues or complaints that the institution has had to deal with in recent years- Balotelli Apologises Over 'Anti-Semitic' Pic
4) Find out the target audience for your two TV News programmes. You should be able to find a detailed breakdown online if you search intelligently. If you cannot find anything, write what you think the target audience for the programme would be and why. Channel 4 aimed at younger audience-15-20. Sky news-30-80 since its a 24hours repeat bulletin.
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