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

television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and Web sites. The country also has a strong music
industry. The media plays a central role in Britains daily life, informing and educating, questioning
and challenging and of course entertaining. In recent years the availability of more radio
frequencies, together with satellite, cable and microwave transmissions, has already made a
greater number of local, national and international services possible.
The base of broadcasting in Britain is:
the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), which broadcasts television and radio programmes;
the ITC (Independent Television Commission), which licenses and regulates commercial
television services, including cable and satellite services.
the Radio Authority, which licenses and regulates commercial radio services, including cable and
satellite.

The Press
More daily newspapers are sold in Britain than in most other countries of the world. Britain is one
of the few countries where daily newspapers are delivered at the door, before breakfast. There are
about 135 daily papers and Sunday papers. A lot of people buy a morning paper, an evening paper
and a Sunday paper.
National newspapers have, a circulation of 15,8 million copies on weekdays and 17,9 million
copies on Sundays, National newspapers are papers which are sold in all parts of Britain, Nearly
all the national newspapers are in London. The famous newspaper street, Fleet Street, now
houses only The Daily Express.
The newspapers are divided into two main groups; quality papers and popular papers. Quality
newspapers are: The Times, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, The
Financial Times, The Observer, The Sunday Times and The Sunday Telegraph. They
report national and international news very thoroughly. They also publish articles on many general
subjects.
The popular papers publish sensational news. The popular papers are The News of the World,
The Sun, The Daily Mirror and others. They publish personal articles which shock the
reader. Many articles deal with the private lives of people.
Newspapers do not depend financially on political parties. But many of them support a political
party unofficially. For example, during the general elections many editors write open letters to the
readers. They are called leaders and ask their readers to vote for this or that party.
Most newspapers in Britain belong to financial groups. They do not belong to the Government or
political parties.