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What is a PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTER?

• broadcasting intended for public benefit rather than to serve purely commercial interests

• channels that depend on advertising to fund it

• any channel run by the BBC

In television, what is meant by the WATERSHED?

• the time when TV programmes which might be unsuitable for children can be broadcast

• an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas

• a place to watch TV underwater

What is a TV LICENCE?

• A fee paid to watch or record programmes on a TV, computer or other device as they're broadcast, and to watch on-demand BBC programmes

• Something you need to buy a TV

• A subscription charge

What is CHANNEL-SURFING?

• changing frequently from one television channel to another

• surfing over different rip tides

• using your sofa like a surfboard whilst watching TV

What is a CONGLOMERATE?

• a corporation made up of several different, independent businesses

• a seabird

• a business that joins with another

If a channel is SELF-REGULATING, what do you think that means?

• it regulates its own content

• it regulates other channels

• it is regulated by an independent organisation

What is a FRANCHISE (in terms of media)?

• it involves the licensing of a brand/programme to other parties and partners

• a chain of coffee shops

• a series of movies

What does CONVERGENCE mean?

• the joining, or 'converging,' of distinct technologies into one

• an iPhone

• attaching your TV to your laptop