Film InstitutionsBY HEATHER LARKIN

Media Convergence: two or more types of media conjoining.

Synergy: different elements of a company who work together to promote their products.

Concentration of Media Ownership: process where a small number of companies own lots of media outlets.

Cross Media Ownership: where a company produces more than one type of media.

Conglomerate: a large company which owns a range of small companies.

Subsidiary: the smaller companies that are owned by a large company.

Oligopoly: the market is dominated by a small number of companies.

Key Words

Conglomerates own lots of money to invest into film production, they have subsidiary

companies through which they can market their film.

Multi-National Media Companies own film studios, TV stations, record labels, magazines,

newspapers, books and internet platforms.

Independents are producers working outside of major studios. Many productions are actually

made by smaller companies, working with larger production companies because it gives them

more funding and helps with the distribution of the film.

Media Ownerships are distributors who dominate the film industry within the UK. These are:

United International Pictures, Warner Bros, Buena Vista, 20th Century Fox and Sony.

Types of Film Institutions