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Unit 7
Unit 7
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Structure and ownership of the
media sector
• The structure of the media industry starts at the top with the owners,
this would be the share holder, investors & financiers. It the filters
down to the exhibitors which determines which films/TV shows were
profitable and popular through Box Office receipts. Then it moves
over to the distributers this provides a marketable deal to exhibitors,
then it goes to the chief executive officer who make the big decisions
about production schedules, budgets for the studio. Usually the CEO
is a shareholder or a founder of the company. Then the head of
production would made day to day decisions for the studio,
determines individual film budgets and appoints producers to
individual films.