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We’ve listed here some of the big players in the industry with links to their career sites.
Job Sites
www.productionbase.co.uk http://jobs.theguardian.com/jobs/tv/ www.thetalentmanager.co.uk www.mandy.com/Check Out
https://nfts.co.uk www.skyacademy.com http://4talent.channel4.com www.workingtitlefilms.com www.youngfilmacademy.co.uk careers.virginmedia.com www.endemoluk.com/careersIndustry Magazines
and News
www.televisual.com www.empireonline.com www.britishfilmcommission.org.ukChannel 4
• Commercially funded public service
broadcaster
• Runs Channel 4, E4, More4, Film4,
Music4
• Major investor into UK creative
economy working with 300 companies
• £938 million revenue, main offices
in London
NBC Universal
• £17 billion US company that owns
Universal Pictures, Universal Studios,
NBC and Working Title Films
(UK company)
• Films by Working Title include
Jonny English, Theory of Everything,
Les Miserables
• Carnival Films produce Downtown
Abbey
Pinewood Group
• Leading provider of studio services
to the global film industry
• 45 large stages worldwide,
35 smaller stages
• Studios at Pinewood, Shepperton,
Toronto, Atlanta, Malaysia
National Film and
Television School
• 200 Students and 70 staff create
around 100 films per year
• Based in Buckinghamshire and
renowned as centre for film and
TV production
• Key partners include BBC, Sky and ITV
Sky
• Leading entertainment company
with £11 billion revenue
• 21 million customers, 31,000 staff
• Products include Sky TV, Sky
Broadband, NOW TV
• Content includes news, movies,
entertainment and sport
• HQ in West London, other areas
include Livingstone, Leeds, Dublin,
Newcastle
ITV Plc
• Commercial TV Network that has
12 regional broadcast licences
• HQ London Television centre, has
revenues of £2.5 billion
• Has 3 business operations, ITV
Networks which runs news,
ITV Studios and ITV Commercial
and Online
UK TV
• Multi-channel broadcaster with £283
million revenue, HQ London
• Branded Channels include Gold, Good
Food, Dave, Yesterday, Watch
Aardman
• Award winning animation studio
creating film, broadcast and
advertising
• HQ in Bristol with £18 million
turnover
• Runs an animation academy
• Productions include Shaun the
Sheep, Wallace and Grommit
STV Plc
• Scottish media company
• TV production, news channel, digital
media channel
STV.TV• 440 staff £104 million revenue
• Programmes include The Lie,
Heroes, Catchphrase
Film and TV
BBC
• Public service broadcaster with
20,000 staff
• Offices throughout UK with Media
City home for 3,000 staff in Salford
• BBC Worldwide, commercial arm
with revenues of £1 billion from
global sales
• BBC World News reaches 200
countries and 300 million households
• £2.2 billion is spent on TV from
the licence revenue, £600 million
on radio