Friday, 21 June 2013

TV, Film, Technology


TV, FILM & TECHNLOGY

Describe the expansions of multi-channels TV in the UK ( when it happened and which channels came first)

It was founded in 1st November 1992, one of the founders were Darren Childs. One of the few first channels that arrived to the BBC were arts channel “UK ARENA”, Lifestyle Channels “UK STYLE” and Documentary channels “UK HORIZION”.

How has this affected the TV industry – in terms of employment and revenue?


How has the internet affected the TV industry – in terms of employment and revenue?

How has the internet affected how people watch films and TV?

The internet has affected how people watch films in a massive way, from  how we get our news and information, communication and more. It has had a big impact in our time. One of the ways is the internet has changed our lives with television viewing, people hardly watch TV often since the internet is accessible on any portable device, the same way television has changed the we listen to the radio. For example, people will rather go to BBC.com to get their news than have to wait until the program has begun to watch the news. However, it also benefits television and film because if people feel to watch a show/movies, they have created websites where they can watch films/TV for free anytime, as well as creating apps for portable devices. Lastly, it has also affected our habits because normally, people will come home put the TV on, but instead people will come home and surf the internet, checking emails, social networks, news, weather or catch up on latest episodes. Overall, the internet has affected us in both a good and bad way.

Describe potential copyrights issues (downloading/effects on revenue etc)?

They are potential copyright issues because since the internet has created websites where you can watch shows/news/movies etc. for free, it also allows people to illegally download movies/Tv shows. Which means, this makes film companies lose out on money, because they will not gain customers, since people will prefer to watch something for free anytime, anyplace.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of HDTV?

The advantage of a HDTV are they have a better picture quality due to higher resolution this means wider screen makes the picture quality more noticeable than a standard-sized one but overall is a better picture. The interlaces scanning technique used by HDTV will help in bettering user experience. An excellent quality of sound resulting from the application of Dolby sound technology gives HDTV an added advantage, and since the HD signals are not compressed while transmission, there is no de-gradation in signal quality.
On the other hand, the disadvantages are switching delays, sometimes black screens can be caused due to authentication delays. There can also be screen flashing errors. HDMI cables are more expensive (per meter) than their analogue counterparts. HDMI devices are compatible with DVI interfaces but require a separate audio cable as DVI carries only video signals/ It also needs a HDMI-DVI connector in such scenario’s.

How do you think on demand service like Net Flix/Love Films have changed how people watch films?

It has changed how people watch films in many ways because instead of people having to pay the same amount for each film they watch, they would rather pay the same price each month to watch unlimited movies whenever they please, this means that film companies lose money. Demand services enables people to watch films/Tv shows anywhere, anytime since they created mobile phones app so people can access them easier. This saves people time to have to plan days to watch films and spend a lot of money.

Do you think new technologies – on the whole – have improved or damaged the TV and film industries?

Personally, I think that new technology has done both damaged and improved TV and film industries because they are able to access information easier, which means if someone wanted to watch a TV or film on television or the cinema, technology allows people to find out whenever they premiere. Also, this benefits the industries because they will be earning more money. however, it also had done some damage because TV and film industries because they will not make as much money as they did because of the demand services that have been created, they are able to watch anything, this makes people become more lazy because they could prefer to stay home and catch up on a lot of shows/movies. 

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