54 Examples of Media Channels

John Spacey, January 05, 2022

A media channel is a means of communicating to external stakeholders such as customers, members, partners, investors, regulators and the public. The following are common examples of media channels.

Art / Street Art	Audio Announcements
Billboards & Banners	Blogs
Books / Ebooks	Brochures
Catalogs	Concerts
Desktop Apps	Digital Displays / Screens
Digital Music	Digital Twins
Documents	Email
Events / Digital Events	Films
Holograms	Immersive Experiences
Magazines	Mail
Mixed Reality	Mobile Apps
Movie Theaters	Museums / Cultural Facilities
Music Media (e.g. records)	Newspapers
Outdoor Media	Overhead Messaging
Packaging	Performance Art
Photo Sharing / Photos	Podcasts
Point of Sale Displays	Presentations
Public Speaking	Radio
Robots	Search Engines
Shops / Showrooms	Social Media
Streaming Media	Television
User Interfaces	Video Blogging / Video Sharing
Video Conferencing	Video Games
Video Media (e.g. VHS)	Virtual Presence
Virtual Reality	Virtual Workspaces
Webcasts	Websites
White Papers	Word of Mouth

A digital twin is a simulation of a real thing in real time.

Immersive experiences are simulated experiences that are surrounding such that they feel real.

Mixed reality is the integration of virtual things into the real world or vice versa.

Overhead messaging is the practice of making announcements in a location such as a shop.

Robots can be media where they communicate.

Medium vs Channel

A medium is a means of communicating, this is often a technology. Mediums are fully abstract such as "radio." A channel is an actual way of communicating such as a bunch of radio stations that offer advertising. Channels can include multiple providers of communication that all belong to the same medium. For example, an ecommerce channel could include multiple ecommerce platforms and your own ecommerce presence.