If yes, then look no further. Vantis' Media Group has put together this list of useful links to give you access to what we believe are the best media websites.
ABC
www.abc.org.uk
ABC holds one of the most renowned brands within the media industry providing circulation figures for newspapers, magazines, B2B publications, directories, leaflets, exhibitions and websites. The core values of the brand are independence, transparency and comparability.
The Agents Association
www.agents-uk.com
The largest professional trade organisation of its kind in the world. Member agents represent and book all kinds of performers, celebrities and musicians within all areas of the Light Entertainment Industry.
The Arts Council
www.artscouncil.org.uk
Promoting the arts at the heart of national life, reflecting England’s rich and diverse cultural identity.
BKSTS The Moving Image Society
www.bksts.com
Aims to encourage, sustain, educate, train and represent all those providing moving images and associated crafts in any form and through any media.
Brand Republic
www.brandrepublic.com
Advertising, marketing, media and PR publications and web-site.
CIPR Chartered Institute of Public Relations
www.ipr.org.uk
The Institute represents and serves the interests of people working in public relations in the UK and abroad offering access to information, advice and support, and provide networking and training opportunities through a wide variety of events, conferences and workshops.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport
www.culture.gov.uk
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has policy responsibility for museums, galleries and libraries, the built heritage, the arts, sport, education, broadcasting and the media and tourism, as well as the creative industries, the Millennium and the National Lottery.
ADVERTISING
The Advertising Association
www.adassoc.org.uk
The Advertising Association is a federation of 32 trade bodies and organisations representing the advertising and promotional marketing industries including advertisers, agencies, media and support services.
ASA Advertising Standards Authority
www.asa.org.uk
The Advertising Standards Authority is the independent body set up by the advertising industry to police the rules laid down in the advertising codes. The strength of the self-regulatory system lies in both the independence of the ASA and the support and commitment of the advertising industry, through the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP), to the standards of the codes, protecting consumers and creating a level playing field for advertisers.
IPA Institute of Practitioners in Advertising
www.ipa.co.uk
The IPA is the trade body and professional institute for 241 leading agencies in the UK's advertising, media and marketing communications industry, covering the Creative, Digital Media, Direct Marketing, Healthcare, Media, Outdoor, Sales Promotion and Sponsorship sectors.
FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION
BFI The British Film Institute
www.bfi.org.uk
The bfi was established in 1933 to promote greater understanding, appreciation and access to film and television culture.
Broadcast
www.Broadcastnow.co.uk
Broadcastnow.co.uk is a unique online service from Broadcast, the weekly newspaper for the UK TV and Radio industry.
OFCOM Office of Communications
www.ofcom.org.uk
Ofcom is the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services.
PACT
www.pact.co.uk
Pact is the UK trade association that represents and promotes the commercial interests of independent feature film, television, animation and interactive media companies.
RTS The Royal Television Society
www.rts.org.uk
The Royal Television Society is the leading forum for discussion and debate on all aspects of the television community. In a fast changing sector, it reflects the full range of perspectives and views.
The UK Film Council
www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk
Provides funding for training and film production to stimulate a competitive, successful and vibrant UK film industry and culture, and promotes the widest possible enjoyment and understanding of cinema throughout the nations and regions of the UK.
MUSIC
Association of Independent Music
www.musicindie.org
AIM provides a range of services for members. It promotes and protects music industry independents on a national and international level.
BPI The British Phonographic Institute
www.bpi.co.uk
The BPI is the British record industry's trade association, representing the interests of British record companies since being formally incorporated in 1973. Membership comprises of more than 320 companies including all four major record companies, associate members such as manufacturers and distributors plus hundreds of independent music companies representing literally thousands of labels which together account for over 90% of recorded music output in the UK.
PUBLISHING
The Bookseller’s Association
www.booksellers.org.uk
The Booksellers Association of the United Kingdom and Ireland Limited, representing over 95% of booksellers in the UK and Ireland.
The Independent Publishers Guild
www.ipg.uk.com
The Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) is the membership organisation for independent publishing companies. The primary purposes of the IPG are to promote knowledge about publishing and to provide members with a forum for the exchange of ideas and information.
The Periodical Publishers Association (PPA)
www.ppa.co.uk
The PPA is the organisation for magazine and professional media publishers in the UK. The association's membership consists of almost 400 publishing companies, who together publish more than 2,260 consumer, business and professional magazines.
The Publisher’s Association
www.publishers.org.uk
The Publishers Association is the leading trade organisation serving book, journal and electronic publishers in the UK. The aim of The Publishers Association is to serve and promote the interests of book journal and electronic publishers and to protect those interests.
UK Association of Online Publishers
www.ukaop.org.uk
The UK Association of Online Publishers (AOP) is an industry body representing online publishing companies that create original, branded, quality content.