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BARB -
The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board is the organisation that compiles
audience measurement and television ratings in the United Kingdom.
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WEBCASTING
LICENSE - If you operate a service that streams sound recordings online,
then you will need a Webcasting Licence; Allows you to webcast as a service.
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TECHNOLOGICAL
CONVERGENCE - Technological convergence is the tendency that as technology
changes, different technological system sometimes evolve toward performing
similar tasks.
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WEB 3.O
OR SEMANTIC WEB - a proposed development of the World Wide Web in which
data in web pages is structured and tagged in such a way that it can be read
directly by computers.
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INTERNET
OF THINGS - The Internet of things is the network of physical devices,
vehicles, home appliances and other items embedded with electronics, software,
sensors, actuators, and network connectivity which enables these objects to
connect and exchange data.
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BINGE-VIEWING
- watch multiple episodes of (a television programme) in rapid succession,
typically by means of DVDs or digital streaming.
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DAB - Digital
audio broadcasting is a digital radio standard for broadcasting digital audio
radio services, used in countries across Europe, the Middle East and Asia
Pacific.
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TRADITIONAL
MEDIA - television, radio, newspapers, magazines, newsletters, tax press
and other print publications.
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GOOGLE
ANALYTICS - a freemium web analytics service offered by Google that tracks
and reports website traffic.
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RAJAR - stands
for Radio Joint Audience Research and is the official body in charge of
measuring radio audiences in the UK. It is jointly owned by the BBC and the
Radiocentre on behalf of the commercial sector.
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NRS - The
National Readership Survey is a joint venture company in the UK between the
Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, the Newspaper Publishers Association
and the Periodical Publishers Association.
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MIDAS - Midas
Media is a digital marketing agency that focuses on content marketing, search
engine optimization, social media marketing
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CULTURAL IMPERIALISM
- Cultural imperialism comprises the cultural aspects of imperialism.
Imperialism here refers to the creation and maintenance of unequal
relationships between civilizations, favoring the more powerful civilization.
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DEMOCRATISATION
OF THE MASS MEDIA - the introduction of a democratic system or democratic
principles in the mass media.
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EFFECTS
OF PIRACY – the effects of the unauthorized use or reproduction of
another's work.
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HORIZONTAL
INTEGRATION - Horizontal integration is the process of a company increasing
production of goods or services at the same part of the supply chain. A company
may do this via internal expansion, acquisition or merger.
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VERTICAL
INTEGRATION - the combination in one firm of two or more stages of
production normally operated by separate firms.
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DIVERSIFICATION
- the action of making or becoming more diverse or varied.
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ALTERNATIVE
MEDIA - Alternative media are media that differ from established or
dominant types of media in terms of their content, production, or distribution.
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CONGLOMERATE
- a thing consisting of a number of different and distinct parts or items
that are grouped together
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GRA - Games
Rating Authority
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PEGI - Pan
European Game Information is a European video game content rating system
established to help European consumers make informed decisions when buying
video games or apps through the use of age recommendations and content
descriptors.
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MEDIAWATCH
UK - formerly known as the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association
(National VALA or NVLA), is a pressure group in the United Kingdom, which
campaigns against the publication and broadcast of media content that it views
as harmful and offensive, such as violence, profanity, sex, homosexuality and
blasphemy.
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IPSO - Independent
Press Standards Organisation.
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WATERSHED
- an event or period marking a turning point in a situation.
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OFCOM - The
Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the UK
government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting,
telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom.
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MEDIAWATCH
- is a media monitoring organization
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BBC
CHARTER - The BBC Charter established the BBC (British Broadcasting
Corporation). An accompanying Agreement recognises its editorial independence
and sets out its public obligations in detail. Each Charter has run for ten
years.
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SYNERGY -
the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or
other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their
separate effects.
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PSB - public
service broadcasting refers to broadcasting intended for public benefit rather
than to serve purely commercial interests
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BROADCAST
CODE - was a set of ethical standards adopted by the National Association
of Broadcasters (NAB) for television.
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IWF - The
Internet Watch Foundation is a registered charity based in Cambridgeshire,
England. It states that its remit is "to minimise the availability of
'potentially criminal' Internet content.
