Research Walt Disney & BBC

BBC was one of the first radio manufactures to open in 1922,  they were licensed by the government to entertain British people on the radio. They also, funded the BBC which was paid for by television licenses .  In 1926,  the company had many general strikes and this caused the it to almost dissolve. They broke away from the other institutes inside the company and were given a royal charter to help them get back on track. The BBC radio stations became well known widely in the 1930’s for producing  music and drama. During World War 2 the BBC had many intermissions because it was in the top five targets to be bombed.  The only time when their headquarters nearly got bombed was by a 500Ib bomb which exploded outside their front door. 

The BBC Television centre opened  in Shepherds Bush in West London in 1960.  This was the next big thing after radio. Television became very popular to watch sport etc. Shortly after the television centre opened in west London, in 1964 the BBC 2 channel opened.   Near the end of the 1960’s colour came to television and this was very exciting for people who had only seen television in black and white.  This was the core of BBC television, the two main channels and early colour.    

In the 1970s the Open University started  which helped to increase  the number of programmes on the BBC channel.  Some  other great television programmes started in the 1970s: Fawlty towers, Antiques road show, Top Gear and Not the Nine O’clock News. 

BBC started to get some other competitive  channels against them. Some of these channels were channel 4 and some radio commercial channels.  However, they fought back the competition in the late 1990’s with a big expansion policy. Internet was a whole brand of new way of media and the  BBC invested in a few websites to advertise their media. Also they launched Children’s TV services which was CBeebies and CBBC, a cultural network, BBC four and also, many new digital radio stations were introduced.   This was the biggest expansion in BBC history.

The BBC corporation is  managed by BBC trust which is a board of governors who over see the company and make the choices within the company. The BBC trust is funded by government taxes and through licenses which everyone pays in the country. BBC has never purchased developed companies they have always expanded by decision made by the royal charter.

Overall, the BBC is like a slowly developing county which provides television to the UK. BBC aren’t owned by anyone, a cooperation or a company.

Walt Disney

Since Disney has so many accomplishments I’m going to talk about the first ten years of Walt Disney and the present past ten years. Walt Disney started in 1922 in North America.   The company started off with $15,000 from local investors but, within a year the company was bankrupt.  However, the following year Walt Disney got a contract with the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio. There contract was to produce ‘Alice Comedy’ films about a girl in an animated world, they produced 55 films in this series, it took four years to produce all these films. This was very successful for the company because this was the key starting point for them. In 1927, Disney started producing ‘Oswald the Lucky films for Universal Pictures, 26 films are produced in just over a year.  In 1928, unfortunely The Disney Studio lost it's contract to produce the ‘Oswald the Lucky Rabbit’ films.  However, Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks develop the Mickey Mouse character.  Mickey Mouse is probably the most well known Walt Disney character. The first Mickey Mouse film was first show in  the Colony Theatre in New York. This was first cartoon to be designed with a soundtrack.  This was a great success for the Walt Disney company.  Another Great Success of Walt Disney  was in 1930 where the New York Mirror Newspaper publishes the first Mickey Mouse comic strip. Moving on from the 20^th Century to the 21^st Century a lot has happened.

In 2004, Disney has released many animated films to the theatre. Some of these films are ‘Home on the Range’ and ‘The Incredibles ’. These two films were really popular and seen as a good family film. In 2005  Walt Disney releases a few films, ‘Chicken little’ was ne of them.  After 50 years after the opening of Disneyland, they have an anniversary celebrating its re-dedication ceremony. In Hong Kong, Disney land opens which is the first Disneyland to open in Asia. In 2006, Walt Disney releases another three films which are ‘The Shaggy Dog, The Wild and Cars.  In 2007, two more films are released which are ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End’ and ‘Ratatouille’.

 Walt Disney owns a lot of companies; Buena Vista, Touchstone, Walt Disney, Hollywood Pictures, Caravan Pictures, Miramax Films, ABC.com, Oscar.com, Mr. Showbiz, Hollywood Records, Lyric Street Records, Mammoth Records.