Media Companies

An example of a major media conglomerate would be the American company CBS Corporation, a company with many subsidiaries including CBS television, CBS films and Simon and Schuster, and a net worth of $29.5 billion.

'Pride' is a 2014 British comedy/drama film, based on a true story, following a group of gay activists as they work to help workers in the lengthy miners strike that occurred in the summer of 1984. The ​​film was distributed in the United States by CBS's subsidiary CBS films and they also claimed the rights to 'Pride' in the United States from the original production company.

The main distributor of the film in Europe was French film production and distribution company Pathe, who worked in collaboration with CBS films to produce the movie, as well as many other film production companies, such as Calamity films.

Working with these distributors was beneficial to Calamity films because it means that the film was released into the world by already well known and established companies, so calamity films get big names such as Pathe and CBS attached to their film without having to deal with the distribution of it.

Another major media company is PBS (public broadcasting service), which is an American public service broadcaster. It is the most popular provider of government-funded educational television programming in the United States, airing shows such as PBS news hour, sesame street and BBC world news. They also air some British shows such as The Great British Bakeoff and Downton Abbey, which are some of their most popular series.

Other terrestrial channels in the UK, such as Channel 4 and ITV, have to follow public service rules, even if the channels themselves are not public service broadcasters. For example, some of these rules include impartiality when it comes to programming related to current affairs and elections, fair depiction of all types of groups, protecting the public from harmful or offensive material and prohibiting material likely to induce crime or hate.

I think that the TV licencing model is not fair considering that, even though they try to appeal to the widest possible audience, many households do not wish to watch public service broadcasting channels, such as the BBC, but are still required to pay for it because these charges apply to every household whether or not consumers use their service.

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