United Kingdom media profiles---highly developed in the United Kingdom media industry _ Owen economic Institute

United Kingdom media survey of highly developed in the United Kingdom media industry media industry in the United Kingdom is developed. In the United Kingdom that has 60 million population of the country, newspapers, magazines, books, TV, radio and all kinds of audio and video products, and other media, in people's daily lives almost everywhere. Moreover, because of English for international communication in today's dominant position in the United Kingdom in the international community's unique role, United Kingdom news product and English programs across and up the world most of the media landscape and enjoy at the corner is not shake. As media technology, not only for the mass media provides news, information and entertainment, but also as an important means of wealth creation, is an important component of GDP. At present the basic United Kingdom media industry is as follows: total 3 News national news agency. Reuters: 1850 established, one of the world's important news agency, headquartered in London. In 158 countries and regions have set up branches, 1930 reporter. Press Association: 1868 was founded by 4 companies, joint ventures, specifically for the United Kingdom and Canada of enterprises to provide public relations and investment information. AFX News Ltd: by AFP and the financial times, joint ventures, to the European financial industry and the business community in providing information services. In Europe, the United States and Japan to establish branch offices, with headquarters in London. Radio, television, the national radio and television company has 4. United Kingdom Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) began in 1922, some radio broadcast equipment manufacturers to establish, through the imposition of licence fees and broadcasting equipment sales profits to support financial operation, countries are also part of money dial, basic is the semi-official TV company. In the United Kingdom radio broadcasting, the BBC has so far maintained a rule in force, to listen to rate 56% of the population, its program output of all broadcasts by 30%. In addition, the BBC has produced television shows and also produced radio programs, BBC will already have global 1.2 million listeners. There are also commercial independent TV company ITV and SKY, BSB television. Radio stations, in addition to the TV broadcasting company Office, the other three national commercial radio station. Newspapers, periodicals, books and more than 1400 national existing newspaper, its nation-wide newspaper 12 home. More than 7000. 2400 publishing houses, most of which are published in the Yearbook of non-commercial publishers, has the certain scale, published in more than 40 books publishers only 380 home. We can see from the above data United Kingdom media industry is a strong international presence, a complete network. We know that in the information age in the Western capitalist countries, the media industry is a constantly expanding pillar industries, accounting for the proportion of the GDP of important States. This is in the United Kingdom's performance is particularly evident, there are data that United Kingdom media industries in 5% of GDP, employs 100 million labour force, and create wealth in each of the nearly $ 33 billion. When the news works and cultural goods of production become a huge global industry, the supply of information with significant economic implications. This industry consumes large amounts of human and financial resources, and enjoy a high social status. Overview of the world's top news broadcasters, presenter and newspaper columnist both have star charm, but also has the influence of politicians. At the same time, the news service of quality is not just a media unit standard self evaluation and consumer selection criteria of the audience. United Kingdom uses a variety of measures to develop the media industry, from simply providing information services have several television development until now has over 400 channels of media empire. For example: BBC international publishing company, have television, radio, also has books, magazines, audio and video products. Reading, reading the newspaper is the United Kingdom's leisure pursuits of a way, is also an important source of information. Single 12 national newspapers, periodicals, it amounted to 15 million copies. It is the largest circulation tabloid "the Sun", "mirror", "daily mail". Tabloid dominate the Sunday newspaper market. Because 10 appeared in the Sunday newspaper market in sales best five are tabloids. United Kingdom national newspaper ownership of some of the most concentrated in the hands of the publishing sector. The biggest news of all international companies from Murdoch. His three times and the Sunday newspaper, respectively, accounted for 32 per cent of the total circulation and 39 per cent. Mirror Group at first by Leite �� Robert Welch, is represented by a Union and other financial organizations to perform administration, respectively times and the Sunday market circulation of 22 per cent and 26.5% United Kingdom paper media development, mainly across news, entertainment and business boundaries and various weekly, bi-monthly magazine. Now some 7000 magazine issue, and still have the new magazine. This suggests that as part of the media industry, the rapid development of the magazine. Magazine title with newspapers, mostly concentrated in a few large publishing company. With the scale of 380 Publishing House, the annual turnover of the National Library and more than 95 per cent of exports. Of which 40 per year out of more than 100 books. A major publishing house based in London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Oxford, Cambridge. Major publishers have bacon Mann publishing company, Longman publishing group, Michael Miron publishing company, etc. Major Government publishing sector is the Royal and publication. The famous University Press, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press. National annual book of around 4 million. Today, the United Kingdom's media capital and orderly market functioning, its development has a relatively stable phase. Media field of television, radio, newspapers, books, periodicals, audio-visual and other different media products in the subdivision of the market orientation, strong consumer groups and the perfect organization of development has become a pillar industry, become the world's information and media power.