TV industry contexts: blog tasks

 

Complete the following questions on the BBC and industry contexts:

 

1) What is the BBC's mission statement?

​inform, educate​and ​entertain​.

2)How is the BBC funded?

The BBC's main source of funding is the licence fee, providing roughly £3.7 billion of its current £5 billion annual income. 1 The remainder is generated through other, non-public means.

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

It must be high-quality, original, new, challenging and widely available.

4) What is regulation and how is the BBC regulated?

Regulation We are regulated by Ofcom. It issues an operational framework and sets a licence which contains the regulatory conditions we are required to meet.

5) How do Doctor Who and His Dark Materials help the BBC to meet the BBC's remit to inform, educate and entertain?

Doctor Who offers its audience an education about space travel.