Ownership and Funding Blog Post.

Ownership concepts

In the United Kingdom, the term "public service broadcasting" refers tobroadcasting intended for public benefit rather than to serve purely commercial interests.
All of the BBC's television and radio stations have a public serviceremit, including those that broadcast digitally.

Commercial broadcasting (also called private broadcasting) is the broadcastingof television programs and radio programming by privately owned corporate media, as opposed to state sponsorship.
A privately held company or close corporation is a business company owned neither by non-governmental organizations nor by a relatively small number of shareholders or company members which does not offer or trade its company stock (shares) to the general public on the stock market exchanges, but rather the company's.

Global Companies are companies that are based all around the world. Such as Mc Donald's. 


Vertical integration the combination in one firm of two or more stages of production normally operated by separate firms.

Horizontal integration is the process of a company increasing production of goods or services at the same part of the supply chain. A company may do this via internal expansion, acquisition or merger. The process can lead to monopoly if a company captures the vast majority of the market for that product or service.

Funding Types
The Licence Fee (in the UK) an annual fee, used to finance the BBC, which is payable by each household in which television programmes are watched.


A subscription is an arrangement to receive something, typically a publication, regularly by paying in advance.

 One-off payment to own product is when you (example) Buy free view box and get all the channels free with it so you don't have to buy a subscription.

Pay per View (PPV) is a type of pay television service by which a subscriber of a television service provider can purchase events to view via private telecast.

Sponsorship is financial support received from a sponsor. 

Advertising is the activity or profession of producing advertisements for commercial products or services.  
Product placement is a practice in which manufacturers of goods or providers of a service gain exposure for their products by paying for them to be featured in films and television programmes.



Private Capital is a broad label applied to any private investment fund that invests in the equity or debt securities of privately held companies, real estate and other real assets. Private Capital is a dynamic investment practice in which more than money is invested.


Crowd-funding is a fund (a project or venture) by raising money from a large number of people who each contribute a relatively small amount, typically via the Internet.

Market development funds or MDF are used in an indirect sales channel wherefunds are made available by a manufacturer or brand to help affiliates, channel partners, resellers, VARs, or distributors, etc. sell its products and create local awareness about the national brand.