Universal Studios (sometimes called universal city studio or Universal for short), a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is one of the six major American movie studios. Its main motion picture production/distribution arm is called Universal Pictures.

Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, It is one of the oldest American Movie studios still in continuous production. In 2004, the controlling stake in the company was sold by its owners at the time Vivendi Universal to General Electric, parent of NBC. The resulting media super-conglomerate was renamed NBC Universal, while Universal Studios Inc. remained the name of the production subsidiary. In addition to owning a sizable film library spanning the earliest decades of cinema to more contemporary works, it also owns a lengthy collection of TV shows through its Subsidiary NBC Universal Television Distribution. It also acquired rights to several prominent film-makers works originally released by other studios through its subsidiaries over the years. The company also own a theme park license for Scooby-Doo and Shaggy, who appear at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios Florida.

the music industry is a business  that makes and edits music for us to listen 

music started in the 1700s with sales o sheet music and then it eventually came on to vinales then it was invented by thomas Edison  in the 1890s and the radio was invented by lp in the 1950s digital was invented in the 2000s 

the thing that is unique about music is that you can illegally download it or you can get it from cds or itunes or even mp4 or video cassettes or radio 

there are some major music producing companies like magic ,heart,capital ,bbc, sony 

the british music company is different to american because we cant get any American song company on our radio companies are bigger then theres 

 there different stages  to creating music there production commssing, song writing hiring, scheduling, there is recording,editing,special effects in post production there is distribution broadcasting selling to digital providers ,advertising and marketing ,CD marketing the CD then there is exhibition -radios,digital radios ,ipods ,itunes 

the television industry

television is a widely telecommunication for transmitting and receiving moving images it was commercially available since the late 1930's Commercially available since the late 1930s, the television set has become a common communications receiver in homes, businesses and institutions, particularly as a source of entertainment and news. Since the 1970s the availability of video cassettes, laserdiscs, DVDs and now Blu-ray Discs, have resulted in the television set frequently being used for viewing recorded as well as broadcast material.and then the digital tv came in the 2000s digital brings a vat variety of channels to choose from they are very  accessible they are very cheap and very easy to use .the unique experience about television is that you can watch television and then burn it on to the hard drive of a dvd  player you can get spin-offs or you can even watch videos on the  television.There are some major television companies like  Granada BBc Angela  nickelodeon. the BBc is different to other american countries because it is one of the biggest television  companies in the world and not A lot of people  know american company and they Dont earn as much money as the BBC

task 1 the structer of the media industry

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films also referred to as movies or motion picture are produced or creating one by using special effects.

The cinema was setup in in the 1890's and the films they showed were silent until early 1930's and then the colour films came in the late 1930's then multiplex film in the 1980's.

the thing that is unique about the cinema is the size of the of the screen the power of the sound system social experience and surround sound 3d or imax.

there are other ways of seeing film than the cinema. You can see it on your phone, internet or even Tv broadcast and this is sometimes even before the film is released. If the film is not successful it goes straight to dvd and is not released in the cinema.

there are some major film companies like universal sony pictures warner

the british companies are smaller than the american companies eg working title film