- published: 04 Sep 2015
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Media of the United Kingdom consist of several different types of communications media: television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and Web sites. The UK also has a strong music industry. The UK has a diverse range of providers, the most prominent being the state-owned public service broadcaster, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The BBC's largest competitors are ITV plc, which operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network, and News Corporation, who hold a large stake in satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting and also operate a number of leading national newspapers. Regional media is covered by local radio, television and print newspapers. Trinity Mirror operate 240 local and regional newspapers in the UK, as well as national newspapers such as the Daily Mirror and the Sunday Mirror.
The organisation Reporters Without Borders compiles and publishes an annual ranking of countries based upon the organisation's assessment of their press freedom records. In 2011-12 United Kingdom was ranked 28th out of 179th countries, which was a setback from the preceding year.