Rebecca Barnard BTEC Media (1)

Ownership concepts Public Service Broadcasting - often referred to as PSB, this refers to broadcasting intended for public benefit. OFCOM requirements state that certain television/radio broadcasters such as the BBC fulfill parts of the requirements as part of their licence. The BBC was the first public service broadcaster in the UK. Commercial Broadcasting - also called private broadcasting, this is the broadcasting of programmes by a privately owned corporate media. Commercial broadcasting is based upon the airing of advertisements for profit, and channels such as ITV and Channel 4 do this.  Corporate and Private Ownership - corporate ownership is the shared ownership of a product by two or more corporations. It is considerably complex as although an individual or company may own all the shares, they are not personally responsible for it. A corporation  has many rights, such as to enter into contracts, loan and borrow money, sue, hire, and pay taxes. However, pr...

To whom it may concern at Flipside Media, I am writing to you to express my concern and disgust towards your recent vacancy advertisement. I have been applying for jobs similar to the one you have described and was considering applying for yours, but upon further inspection I discovered multiple flaws and infringements within the requirements. Firstly, this advertisement states that the employee will be required to work between 10 and 45 hours per week and earn between £15000 and £35000 per annum. This is an extremely broad spectrum and the amount is not a certainty, and could become potentially illegal as another requirement you have stated is that the applicant must be 'under 30'. Not only is this an infringement of the Equality Act (2010) under discrimination of age, an employee under the age of 18 cannot legally work over 40 hours per week.  Within an employment contract, it is required to outline the start date of the employee, a job title, and holiday allowances, a...