Interactive Media - Connections & Ownership

Connections

There are certain connections within each sector of the creative industries. I will now discuss these connections.

Film advertisements such as trailers or reviews are shown on television and even newer media such as the Internet. In 2012, The Dark Knight Rises was advertised multiple times on television as was The Amazing Spiderman. The main reason for this is because so much of the population watch television and specifically within certain time slots. Advertisers will seek this information and research when is the best time to show their trailer, some films will even include competitions. -The Dark Knight Rises TV advert 

Also, films and television both use animation. For example there have been many hugely successful films that used forms of animation such as Toy Story, Shrek and Space Jam. Popular television shows use animation too, simply because it's eye-catching and memorable. TV shows like The Simpsons and Family Guy are animated.

Viewers and listeners can interact with TV and Radio nowadays using forms of social media. People can use Twitter to join discussions on TV such as The Nolan Show. People can use facebook to get in touch also, and people can even text radio stations song requests. Cool F.M often asks for music requests.

Advertising can be done in many new ways these days. Whether it's a film, game or TV show the company will likely set up a Facebook page in which people can 'like' in order to get prizes and enter competitions. These companies use Twitter for the same reason. Some companies let users win prizes such as games consoles.

Films & games also have connections in that if a game is released and is successful it may result in a director/production company to make a film of the game. A notable example is Prince of Persia which came out 2010 and the whole series of games were out years before. It can be the other way around with games like Wreck-it Ralph being released after the film.

Ownership

Public owned companies are companies that have sold an amount of itself to the public which means shareholders have claim to a fraction of the companies assets. A privately owned company is usually a smaller company which is owned by the founders or investors.

A multinational company is a company that has operations in more than one country, sometimes known as international companies. An example is Allianz.

Conglomerates is when two or more companies combine and branch out into different business under one corporation. They are usually multinational and successful. Samsung is an example.

'Cross ownership is a method of reinforcing business relationships by owning stock in the companies with which a given company does business' - Wikipedia 

Voluntary companies are companies that are non-profit and in some cases not set up by the government but by a group of people.

Diversification is when a company will use new markets and new products to gain more income. Newspapers like The Sun and The Sunday Times have all of their articles on their website now and they even have an app available for smartphones which makes newspapers obsolete.