Unit 8 Task 4 Submission

Submission Document

Unit 8 Task 3 Submission

Job Adverts:

• Short Horror Script Writer - It would be good to apply for this job as it would be a good way to get known for screen writing and if successful, I would be more likely to be employed by other companies. To apply, I need to contact them with a log-line and synopsis, and to be able to do this effectively, I need to be good at writing, spelling, punctuation and grammar. The contract is a one-off, being only required to do this task however there is chance of being contact again by them.
• Production Assistant - This would be a good job to apply for because they are a good well known company, they have worked with some big artists and they are popular on YouTube. I need to apply through mandy.com via their advert, and to be good at this job I need to be interested in media production, confident with people and decision making, good at working in a team and reliable. The contract is a two month trial with possible employment at the end.
• Radio Presenter - I am interested in this job because I will have my own radio show, get trained in radio broadcasting (I have done some before) and it can start a career in media. Having my own show would be very beneficial as my name would get out there more and I would be able to work my way up in the industry. I need to be good at talking, being quirky and engaging, good with members of the public and confident. I apply for this position through mandy.com via their advert. 

LinkedIn Profile (CV on this site)

Video CV

Unit 8 Task 2 Submission

Link to Powerpoint - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0Mi2vFkLL0pLWNrbGU0LXhGdHc/edit?usp=sharing

Hank Presentation - Unit 8 Video Submission

Please refer to my earlier blog post for the research and source attributions.

Hank Research

Conglomerate - Big group of companies
Subsidiary - One of the smaller companies
Monopoly - One company that owns more than a half of the market
Oligopoly - Several companies own the majority of the market

Vertical Ownership (mostly conglomerates)
All stages of production are kept within the company
Pro - Easier communication, get your original product complete, quicker and more efficient
Con - Select views, might not be the best result

Horizontal Ownership
Productions is split between several companies
Pro - More critical on the product, greater range of ideas
Con - Bad communication

Funding
Public funded - BBC, Channel 4
Private funded - ITV, Sky, MTV

BBC, Sky, Netflix

1 series, 3 films

Consider size of company and how they are distributed, reputation
Vertically or horizontally integrated
What audience share do they have
Average budget given to productions

BBC:
TV Channels, Radio, Online, Films
Verticle
Serves Worldwide

Images on expenditure from their 2012/2013 financial statement.

Average annual budget for BBC films is £12million
Film4 £10-15million a year

Sky:
TV Channels, on Demand, available on Xbox, Internet

Horizontal

Said they will spend £600million on British Movies by 2014 http://www.moviescopemag.com/news/industry/bskyb-launches-multi-million-film-fund/
https://corporate.sky.com/media/press_releases/2012/sky_to_make_multimillion_pound_investment_in_british_films

10.5 million TV customers
£1,313 million investment in programming
5.1 million Broadband customers
24,000 employee's
£554 million profit in the second half of 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25957695

"Fit and proper" to hold a TV license says Ofcom http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/9554862/Ofcoms-BSkyB-ruling-does-lasting-damage-to-James-Murdoch.html

Programming Costs (p32) http://corporate.sky.com/documents/pdf/latest_results/1213_q2_presentation.pdf

Netflix

Horizontal Ownership

Streamed online via PS3, XBOX 360, TV, Wii or any other device that allows streaming from Netflix.

Ownership Analysis	# of Holders	Shares
Total Shares Held:	476	52,533,850
New Positions:	81	866,816
Increased Positions:	252	5,768,109
Decreased Positions:	177	8,032,941
Holders With Activity:	429	13,801,050
Sold Out Positions:	32	1,506,333

http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/nflx/institutional-holdings

http://www.statisticbrain.com/netflix-statistics/

Netflix Statistics (2013)
Total number of Netflix subscribers	29.2 million
2013 Q1 Revenue	$1 Billion
2013 Q1 Profit	$3 Million
Number of hours spent by Netflix members watching streamed video on hi-speed internet	2 billion hours
Total number of Netflix viewers who watch live stream via video game console	50%
Percentage of all U.S. internet traffic during peak hours that use Netflix	30%
Percentage that Netflix Snail-Mail will make up of all disc-rental spending	35%
Total percent of Netflix members who watch both Television shows and Movies	36%
Total percentage of Netflix subscribers who use service via cell phone	6%
Total number of Netflix distribution centers	58
Total percentage of Netflix subscribers who use their computers to stream and watch	42%
Total percentage of Netflix subscribers who watch by connecting their computer to their T. V.	14%

Netflix began as a DVD by mail rental service and has grown into the largest online provider of streaming movies. With original series like “House of Cards” Netflix has moved into the network production arena. Netflix has over 29 million subscribers, with 7.1 million being international.

FUNDING

http://www.thewire.com/technology/2013/02/economics-netflixs-100-million-new-show/61692/

“Putting together a big production with famous actors like House of Cards costs a lot of money—$100 million for two 13 episode seasons, to be exact—and Netflix CEO Reid Hastings says he plans on making five new shows like that per year, he told GQ's Nancy Hass.”

For only £5.99 a month, you get unlimited films & TV episodes instantly over the internet to your TV or computer. There are no commercials, and you can pause, rewind, fast forward or watch again as often as you like. It's really that easy!

http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/04/netflix-will-raise-400-million-to-fund-european-expansion-original-programming/

“The company beat analyst expectations in the fourth quarter with earnings at 79 cents per share on revenues of $1.175 billion, which were above Wall Street’s forecast of $1.16 billion. More importantly, the company announced 2.3 million new domestic subscribers, which was at the high-end of the range it had earlier provided (1.6m-2.4m). The company ended the year with 33.4 million domestic members.”

Why Netflix is producing original content

http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2013/06/13/why-netflix-is-producing-original-content/

Statistics
http://news.yahoo.com/numbers-netflix-subscribers-205626746.html

Subscribers (44million)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e4dde050-83b7-11e3-aa65-00144feab7de.html#axzz2wKVSawKE

Programmes made by sky: http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1249721

For all of the sources, I considered how reliable and accurate they were.

American Film Industry

Biggest Film Studios: (Control 90% of all film) *Largest globally by finance

1. 20th Century Fox - News Corporation (3rd largest media company)*
2. Warner Bros - Time Warner (2nd largest media company)*
3. Universal Studios - Comcast and EG (2nd largest media company US)*
4. Paramount Pictures - Viacom (4th largest media company)*
5. Columbia Pictures - Sony Pictures (5th largest media company)*
6. Walt Disney - The Walt Disney Company (Largest in the media company)*

Conglomerate - Group

Why does it matter who owns what?

• Politics
• Choice
• Representation
• Opinion
• Human Right

It is partially good that the companies make the most films because they can put more money into making a good film and can give jobs to more people. They also have more resources to put into things such as more toys and merchandise. It could not be a good thing because the companies could be bias towards a persons beliefs, whether they are political or moral.  With big companies making 90% of films, smaller firms and artists will have to work a lot harder to get known and to promote their work.

Media Ownership

Ownership:
Main:

• Government
• Private
• Hybrid (Both)

Other:

• Public Service
• Commercial
• Private
• Corporate
• Independent Companies
• Global Companies
• Vertical and Horizontal Integration
• Monopoly

Funding

• License Fee
• Subscription
• Pay per View
• Sponsorship
• Advertising
• Product Placement
• Private Capital - Individual/company investment
• Financial Aid
• Development Funds

Government	Private	Hybrid
Korean Central Television (N. Korea)	FOX Television	Channel 4
CCTV (China)	ITV	BBC
People’s Daily (China)	Sky
Xinhua (China)	MTV
	Warner Bros