TV industry contexts: blog tasks

1) What is the BBC's mission statement?

Inform,Educate and Entertain

2) How is the BBC funded?

The public paying TV licences

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

• To provide information (that is supposed to be balanced)
• To support learning for people of all ages
• To produce creative output
• To have diverse content (such as with its representations)
• To reflect the United Kingdom, its culture and values to the world

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

OfCOM

5) How is TV and Radio regulated by Ofcom? 

OfCOM oversees all media channels and produces a code of conduct that all media channels must follow or have their licence to make content removed and/or be fined heavily. This includes what can be shown before the 9pm watershed and various other quality standards.

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.

The way His Dark Materials entertains and Doctor who educates.The way His Dark Materials entertains is because of the chase scene.This entertains the audience because its full of suspense and  tension.The way Doctor who educates is because its informs us about information about how the world was like in the 1960s. It also informs us about the space race.