Media of the United Kingdom consist of several

Media of the United Kingdom consist of several different types of communications media

The "popular" papers The popular papers are less in size, with many pictures, big headlines and short articles. They are easy to read. The popular papers are: Ш Daily Express Ш Daily mail Ш Daily Mirror Ш Daily Star Ш Sun The

The "quality" papers are for more serious readership. These papers are bigger in size, with larger articles and more detailed information. The "quality" papers are: Ш Times The Ш Daily Telegraph Ш Guardian The Ш Financial Times Ш Independent The

The Sunday papers They have a higher circulation than the dailies. The Sunday papers in Great Britain are such "quality" papers as: Ш Observer Ш Sunday Times The Ш Sunday Telegraph The And such "popular" papers as: Ш News of the World Ш Sunday Express The Ш Sunday Mirror The Ш on Sunday Mail

Magazines A large range of magazines are sold in the UK covering most interests and potential topics. British magazines and journals that have achieved worldwide circulation include The Economist, Nature, and New Scientist, Private Eye, Hello!, The Spectator, the Radio Times and NME.

Broadcasting British Broadcasting has traditionally been based on the principle that it is a public service accountable to the people through Parliament. It also embraces the principle of competition and choice. Three public bodies are responsible for television and radio services in Britain: Ш The BBC - the British Broadcasting Corporation which broadcasts television and radio services; Ш The ITC - the Independent Television Commission which licenses and regulates the non-BB TV services, including cable and satellite services; Ш The Radio Authority which licenses and regulates all non-BBC radio services. Television viewing is Britain's most popular leisure pastime: practically all households have TV set and most have video recorders. The Government is not responsible for programme content. The independence of broadcasters requires them to maintain certain standards: programme must display a proper balance and wide range of subject matter. The BBC has two national TV channels and five radio services. It also broadcasts in 37 different languages of the world and its audience is about 120 mln people.

Television There are five major nationwide television channels in the UK: Ш BBC One Ш BBC Two Ш ITV Ш Channel 4 Ш Channel 5 The UK now has a large number of digital terrestrial channels including a further six from the BBC, five from ITV and three from Channel 4. The BBC operates several television channels both in the UK and abroad. The BBC's international television news service, BBC World News, is broadcast throughout the world.

Radio in the United Kingdom is dominated by the BBC, which operates radio stations both in the UK and abroad. The BBC World Service radio network is broadcast in 33 languages globally. Domestically the BBC also operates ten national networks and over 40 local radio stations. The most popular radio station by number of listeners is BBC Radio 2, closely followed by BBC Radio 1. The largest operator of radio stations is Global Radio, owner of the major Heart and Galaxy radio brands. It also owns Classic FM and London's most popular commercial radio station, 95. 8 Capital FM. Other owners are UTV Radio, with stations broadcasting in large city areas and Bauer Radio, holding radio in the North of England.

Pirate Radio Create a pirate radio station was provoked by the official radio, because it is licensed only to broadcast music, so the repertoire was poor and did not meet the needs of listeners. A pirate radio station formed a new repertoire of popular music, which was key to their success. April 21, 1960, from the waters off the coast of Great Britain was opened by the radio station Radio Caroline, broadcasting the British rock music. Radio Caroline kept broadcasting from a ship stationed in international waters, and from the aircraft for 26 years. The popularity of British pirates had a great influence on the music market, and in the mid-60 s, the struggle against unauthorized broadcast.

INTERNET Great Britain - a country with a high level of connectedness of the population. Internet is distributed among the inhabitants of the country at the state level. In June 2008 there were 41, 817, 847 users, or 68. 6% of the population. The most visited ". uk" websites are the British version of Google followed by BBC Online.