Channel 4 Essays

  • BBC's Current Marketing Plan

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    required to change its direction, as well as capitalise on it. The competitors of the BBC have also ventured into the digital television revolution. ITV 2, ITV News, E4, Film Four, Film 4 World and Film 4 Extreme all stepped into the digital limelight before or at the same time as the BBC’s digital channels. The BBC should be wary of the way in which its arch rival, ITV, through away its first and probably only attempt to launch its own box. On digital/ITV digital paid over the odds for football

  • A Look into Digital Broadcasting

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    sound being transformed into waves, the new technology turns them into a series of digits which are transmitted through the air and received by television or radio aerials. Digital Broadcasting is more efficient than analogue, giving space for six channels where analogue would give you one. Digital brings better picture, better sound quality and more choice and cinematic style. The new era gives the audience greater interaction with its broadcaster and also the opportunity to shop, book holidays, bank

  • Comparing News Bulletins by BBC and ITV

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    Comparing News Bulletins by BBC and ITV The news is a collection of information, which is presented to people in different forms. It is broadcasted via several types of media including television, radio and newspapers, although news does get broadcasted through other means. People find the news important because they want to know what is happening and information only makes the news because it is deemed important enough to tell people. News is usually in four groups; international, national

  • Caitlin's Profession: A Case Study

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    Caitlin just recently transferred the the Richmond Middle School, in Richmond, Missouri on November 6th, 2017, from Liberty University Online Academy in which she withdrew from on November 6, 2017. However, she did not receive any credits during the time she was enrolled in the Online Academy. On May 26, 2017, Caitlin withdrew from the Governor Sanford B. Dole Middle School in Honolulu, Hawaii and enrolled in the Liberty University Online Academy on July 3, 2017. According to Caitlin's transfer

  • Beloved Symbolism Analysis

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    Recurring Symbols In Beloved, by Toni Morrison, the three recurring symbols: colors, 124, and trees, enhances the meaning of the novel by showing the tragedies that occur for each symbol. Baby Suggs, Sethe’s mother, craves colors before she dies. The colors represent her last happiness. The numbers represent Sethe’s family and the number of children she has. The trees represents freedom and burdens on the slaves. Based on the title, the novel portrays itself as a haunted novel. After reading through

  • The Maximum Product of Any Given Number When Split into Parts

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    is 36. Starting number 10 PAIR WHICH TOTAL 10 PRODUCT OF THE PAIR 10,0 0 9,1 9 8,2 16 7,3 21 6,4 24 5,5 25 4,6 24 3,7 21 2,8 16 1,9 9 0,10 0 TEST FOR THE MAXI PRODUCT Again, I am looking in the range between 6,4 and 4,6. 6 × 4=24 4.5 × 5.5=24.75 5 × 5=25 Neither of the products are higher than 25. For my starting number 10, I have used the pair 5,5 and my maxi product is 25. Starting number 14 PAIR WHICH TOTAL 14 PRODUCT OF THE PAIR 14,0 0 13,1 13 12,2

  • Investigating the Relationship Between the Lengths, Perimeter and Area of a Right Angle Triangle

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    shortest side, 'b' being the middle side and 'c' being the longest side of a right angled triangle. So the (smallest number)² + (middle number)² = (largest number)² The number 3, 4 and 5 satisfy this condition 3² + 4² = 5² because 3² = 3 x 3 = 9 4² = 4 x 4 = 16 5² = 5 x 5 = 25 and so 3² + 4² = 9 + 16 = 25 = 5² The numbers 5,12, 13 and 7,24,25 also work for this theorem 5² + 12² = 13² because 5² = 5 x 5 = 25 12² = 12 x 12 = 144 13²= 13 x 13 = 169 and so 5² +

  • The American Transcontinental Railroad

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    After America acquired the West, the need for efficient transportation heightened. Ideas circulated about a railroad that would spread across the continent from East to West. Republican congresses ruled for the federal funding of railroad construction, however, all actions were halted for a few years on account of a war. Following the American Civil War of 1861-1865, the race to build transcontinental railroad began in 1866. Lincoln approved Pacific Railway Act of 1862, granting two railroad companies

  • Dissecting Olympic Game Advertisements: BBC vs Channel 4

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    unquestionably a dominant fragment within the advertising industry due to its worldwide audience that surpasses millions. Two advertisements that are prevalent to this are BBC’s coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games (Text One) and Channel 4’s depiction of

  • Company Watch - BSkyB

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    introduced satellite television to the UK with four channels. By 1990 sky reached one million homes and merged with British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) to form BSkyB. In 1991 Sky and BSB streamline their channels into five separate channels. Between 1992 and 1993 BSkyB secures exclusive rights to live FA Premier League football coverage and Sky Multi-Channels launch with a package of 14 channels at basic subscription level. In 1994 five more channels are introduced and Sky announces £13 million

  • Hacking satellite cards

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    ability to unlock all of the channels, based on the saying "All for one, and One for all!" from the "3 Musketeers," (which came from the old days of hacking cable boxes where all channels were viewable through one channel). Anyway, "3M" now is just a generic term for a card that has all channels open and no stealth or write protection. In stealth scripts, the "3M" code refers to the actual part of the code that enables the video.All scripts that open all of the channels are 3M's, however most people

  • River Process

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    Graph 4 is the river cross-section diagram for Site 1. It shows that the river cannel is 3.5m wide and at its deepest point it is 0.23m deep. The shape of the riverbed can be seen using this graph. It shows that the left hand side measurement of the river is deeper at 0.23m than the right hand side measurement at 0.085m. This difference of 0.145m may be due to the erosion and deposition on the riverbed. Graph 5, the diagram for Site 2, shows that the river channel is 3.4m

  • Robert Mondavi Corporation

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    PRESSURES……………………………………..7-17 3.1. The Potential Entry of New Competitors 3.2. Competitive Pressures from Substitutes Products 3.3. Bargaining Power of Buyers 3.4. Bargaining Power of Suppliers 3.5. The Rivalry among Competing Sellers 4. ANALYSIS OF THE STRATEGIC GROUP MAPPING……….18-20 5. KEY SUCCESS FACTORS OF THE WINE INDUSTRY………21-23 5.1. World famous growing areas 5.2. Larger growing market for premium wines 5.3. Favorable demographic and macro trends

  • Too Much Information?

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    some people question whether the problem really is one of overload. One source of the problem is actually the multiplicity of communication channels. Unlike earlier eras, such as when printing presses replaced manuscript copying, new technologies are not replacing older ones but are adding to the host of media choices (Davidson 1996). With these multiple channels the information flow is now simultaneous and multidirectional. However, most traditional information management practices are too linear and

  • Dell's Successful Use of the Internet as a Selling Channel

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    Dell's Successful Use of the Internet as a Selling Channel Dell are currently the worlds number one PC supplier, a position in the market they took from Compaq in April 2001. In short, the company’s success story is mainly down to their innovative direct business model, which pays particular attention to the selling process where Dell completely bypasses all intermediaries and/or middlemen. This is because Michael Dell believed they add little if no value to the end product, instead just gaining

  • Bullet Busters

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    then called the cable company to complain and were subsequently taken to court for cable theft. The "Bullet" works by ordering the computer processor within the cable box to lock-up if it is authorized for all channels. Since pirate chips installed in a cable box would authorize all channels, the TV "goes black". HOW THE CABLE COMPANIES CATCH PIRATES There are several methods; here are some of the more popular. The first method is somewhat costly to the cable company, and is used usually only when

  • The Impact Of ICT On My Life

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    My Personal Use Of ICT At Home ------------------------------ Digital TV ========== At home I have ntl digital, I use this for my personal use when I am at home I use it for watching the TV channels that I enjoy watching, which include trouble music channels and the basic channels 1,2,3,4,5. First, digital will offer advanced teletext services and programme guides. You choose the page and it appears, this is really good because if there isn't any thing on the TV you can send an

  • Structure Of The Lost Honour O

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    has to be done e.g. the rerouting of the channels since there is something the reader has to know that happened before and the story or the channel cannot continue on it's current path. In the end, the metaphor is used very effectively and the reader can see why it was necessary to think of all the information as just one puddle getting bigger and bigger. Of course the narrator makes it very clear that he does not want blood flowing through these channels since the blood as nothing to do with big

  • The Invention and Evolution of Television

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    the early ‘40s. Like every invention the Television’s popularity started off slow. At the end of World War Two about 8,000 households owned a television. At this point in time televisions were all black and white, small, and had no more than a few channels to choose from. The programming consisted of entertainment and there was little focus on news. One of the main reasons for this was that with the technology they were not able to broadcast up to date news programs. In 1962 Telstar was launched

  • Conduit Metaphor

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    aspect of conduit metaphor that is discussed includes communication on the World Wide Web. Conduit metaphor is a metaphor that describes communication between two mediums. Conduit metaphor proposes that ideas are objects and are transferred via a channel. Although it has its own limitations, it is very important in our society, today. Let us begin by discussing how conduit metaphor's discoverer, Michael Reddy, defined it. According to Reddy "our major metaphor for communication can be derived from