Horizontal and Vertical Integration

This video outlines the structure of major conglomerates in film; companies that own many subsidiaries, often with differing roles within the production chain. Sometimes these conglomerates even aquire subsidiaries that perform roles they are already capable of doing, in order to dominate the market. 

Technological Convergence

This video outlines the ways in which technologies combining together into new and exciting devices has changed the way we now make film and other Media texts. 

Synergy and Cross-Media Convergence

Broadcast TV Context

This video gives a brief outline to the history of Broadcast TV and the impact the development of new technologies and audience behaviour have had on the Media Texts being produced today. 

Livingstone & Lunt

These two theorists examined the impact (or lack thereof) of Regulation of multiple Media forms in the UK. They came to a number of complex conclusions; simply put however, they concluded that as Technology advances, Regulation will become more challenging. This video will give you a more detailed overview of this A-Level theory.