terminology

publicly owned TV channel: funded by government and license fees for the public service. 

commercial TV channel: funded through advertisements 

convergence: process of joining different technologies into one device. E.g mobile phone 

watershed: times when adult content (15+) can be shown. Between 9pm and 5:30am 

segmented market: audience divided into different groups depending on taste and interests. 

mainstream: mass audience, the ideas  attitudes , or activities that are shared by most by most people and regarded as normal or conventional 

self regulating : not regulated by outside bodies .

franchise: license from company of a product to use format/show/ideas. 

channel-surfing: changing frequency from one program to another on a television, watching each one for only a short time 

PSB: public service broadcasting 

TV licence: everyone must pay a licence fee 

scheduling: deciding which shows to show at which times 

conglomerate: a company that owns several smaller companies.