Media, Sponsorship And Competitions Flashcards

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What is digital TV?

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High quality image and sound that are converted into a digital signal with several stations at the same time. It’s introduction me at more sports could be shown.

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What are the four types of media?

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The press, TV, radio and information technology (Internet)

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What is pay per view?

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When you pay for and watch one event at a time.

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What is the press?

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Newspapers, magazines and books.

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What is information technology?

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CD Roms- instructional and educational

Internet

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What are the four types of media output?

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Informative, educational, instructive, and entertainment.

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What are the characteristics of informative programmes?

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News, sport update programmes e.g. Sky news,. Based on fact, gives viewer information on a sport, event or club. Gives results, updates and current issues in sport.

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What are the characteristics of educational programmes?

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Deal with coaching and helping people learn skills and tactics e.g. BBC Bitesize. May be documentary based e.g. History of sport.

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What are the characteristics of instructive programmes?

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Teaches the viewer about a specific sport. E.g. During break in cricket, they have a master class where expert coaches give points to young players.

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What are characteristics of entertaining programmes?

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Designed for enjoyment e.g. Coverage of a game or event. Highlight programmes e.g. Match of the day.

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Define role model

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Someone who others aspire to be like. People look up to the, and they set an example to follow.

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Define inspirational

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Someone who is able to motivate and encourage people.

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Define sponsorship

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When a company gives financial aid to a sport, event or individual, in return for associating their company name with the sport or individual. It can also be used to endorse products.

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Examples of things that can be sponsored

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Teams, individuals, competitions, facilities and grounds, a sport.

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Define endorse

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To give approval or support to the product.

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Sports good at attracting sponsorship

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Football, rugby, formula one, golf, tennis

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Events good at attracting sponsorship

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Olympics, World Cup, 6 nations,

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Individuals good at attracting sponsorship

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David Beckham, Usain Bolt, Jessica Ennis

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Sports that struggle to attract sponsorship

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Badminton, netball, most woman’s sports

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Events that struggle to attract sponsorship

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Squash championships, badminton championships.

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Examples of acceptable sponsorships

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Sporting goods, clothes, fashion accessories

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Examples of unacceptable sponsorships

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Cigarettes, alcohol, junk food

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What is a league?

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All teams/players play each other. Often done twice at home and a fixture.

Most common competition format.

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Advantages of league format

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  • Everyone gets the same number of games
  • fixtures organised in advance, good for ticket sales
  • large number of teams with divisions
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Disadvantages for league format

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  • long time to complete competition
  • it takes a lot of time to much up divisions if you are very low down
  • fixtures can get congested at the end of season if postponed due to weather
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What is a knock out competition?

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Where teams compete and only the winner advances to the next round while the loser leaves.

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Advantages of a knockout competition

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  • quick and easy to organise
  • allows large number of competitors
  • high excitement as losers are excluded
  • play best from start, all or nothing every game- no comebacks
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Disadvantages of knock out competitions

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  • no second chances
  • byes or preliminary rounds/ qualifiers if there’s the wrong number of teams
  • good teams knocked out early
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What are ladder competitions?

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You challenge players a set number of places above you and you take their position if you win.

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Advantages of ladder

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  • Suited to squash, badminton and tennis

- easy to run

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Disadvantages of ladders

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  • progress can be quite slow

- only available when entry numbers are quite small

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What are combination events?

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Combine the competition formats

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Advantages of a combination event

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  • as many games as you like
  • teams have more than one chance to qualify
  • lots of teams can be entered
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Disadvantages of combination events

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  • long time to complete

- meaningless games where both teams have qualified

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Define boycott

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Not using or dealing with something as part of a protest.