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).