Monday, November 26, 2018

BattleField V
 types of Advertisements
Media  
Battlefield V is the newest game from  electronic arts most commonly known EA  its apart of the Famous Battle Field series what is a military combat style game, with there newest products going to WW2 - WW1 historical Military game.

Traditional Media   

The Build up of the release of this media product i have found it did engage in some  Traditional media it used bills boards to advertise there media a other traditional media  leading up to its release of  November 20th  2018 as it predominantly Digital media and its Pre-Orders  where viewed on the TV as well with it being advertised on TV. 

Digital Media  
There is a lot of Digital Media advertisements of battle field V 
As it was Trailer being posted on you tube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OTkhsJUK0U 

And it was Reviewed and Shown Game play by other third partys
https://uk.ign.com/articles/2018/11/21/battlefield-v-review

It was all over Youtube in Trailers and other advertisement.
Its been shared in social media by its consumers on Instagram , twitter and Snap chat etc 

Explain how The two methods helped each other advertise the product 

The 2 methods helped the product as it it was all going through social media, and it was everywhere in advertisements and TV also it had to billboards and other Traditional methods helping to spread the hype of the   game as it was many advertisements leading up to its Release as it is a brand new game of the winter 2018 also Streams helped with the advertisements on twitch they gather many live people during that and Development updates on Social media helped that also for the overall advertisement on the product  

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Ownership Structures

What is a  conglomerate?
a conglomerate is a company what owns multiple other company under one Central power for example Disney owns Marvel Studios  its a subsidiaries 

Examples 
Disney 
  • Marvel
  • Lucasfilm
  • Pixar
  • Walt Disney studios
  • ESPN
  • ABC
  • Walt Disney parks and resorts
  • shopDisney
  • Disney radio

BBC: 
  • BBC weather
  • BBC radio
  • BBC news
  • BBC studios
  • BBC music
  • BBC films
Virgin

  • virgin banking
  • virgin holidays
  • virgin broadband
  • virgin orbit
  • virgin atlantic
  • virgin radio
  • virgin rail
  • virgin hotels
  • virgin mobile
What is a Independent company?
a Independent company is a company not controlled by outside sources and funds it self and its usually privately owned. 
Sumo digital:

  • founded in 2003 following the closure of Infogramesand Gremlin interactive
  • 500 employees
  • game development studio
  • based in Sheffield, UK 
Subsidiaries 
  • Chinese Room 
  • Sumo Group 
Games 
  • Crackdown 3 
  • Dead Island 2 
  • Little big Planet 3 
  • Froza Horizon 2 

Warpfilms:
  • founded in 1999
  • founders: Steve Beckett and Rob Mitchell
  • headquarters: Sheffield and London, UK
  • film and TV production company
movies:
  • Ghost stories (2017)
  • This is England (2006)
  • Four Lions (2010)
How can Inderpendent companys be at a disadvantage to Conglomerates ?
They can be at a disadvantage as conglomerates tend to have more Funding and advertisements also they don't do all the work the can outsource there work to the other company under there name as Independent companies have to sell licenses it sell the products all together to other company who will make most likely more money because of there size Independent company tend to struggle getting there products known as The Conglomerates have the advantage of the social media spreading extremely quickly.

Examples of Cross media conglomerates shown in a info graphic 

What is CrossMedia?
CrossMedia is where a conglomerates have own or work into multiple fields of industry for example 
Disney own Theme Parks and Films also do Audio and Other types of electronics. 

What subsidiaries to fox own 
  • Fox 
  • Fox News 
  • FX
  • National Geographic 
  • joint venture channels 
  • 20th Century Fox 
  • BSkyB 
How can this ownership impact  conglomerate to independent company?
Conglomerates with subsidiaries  tend to have a less work load and fast creating tine and a Greater profit margin with workloads can be passed to other company what are specialist in that area with out and Extra costs of doing so. while independent companies have to outsource there work and joint venture and collab with other company what will increase advertisement but decrease profits for there original idea and product  and can take longer to get a end Product. 

What the purpose of a company described as commercial ?
A company described as commercial uses normal accepted business practices and operates to make a profit from the products they make. 

BBC Questions 
  • What purpose of a Public Broadcast 
its content for the public rather than a commercial one without directly making profits 
  • What is the mission of the BBC 
t's mission statement is to produce content that informs, educates and entertains readers and listeners. 

  • How was the BBC Founded 
The BBC founded by uk households  and license Free 

  • How does the BBC have cross media ownership?
BBC owns 9 national TV channels, 10 national radio stations, 40 local radio stations, online services and magazines.

  • What is a joint venture?
A joint venture is when two or more companies collaborate to make a product, for example: Film4 and Warp films collaborated to make the movie Four Lions (2010).       

















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