I teach Media at KS5 and would always recommend if set on studying it at HE, then the more specialised and vocational courses are by far the best bet. Ex students who have had success in the industry have studied at Ravensbourne (new facilities at Greenwich are excellent), Bournemouth, Southampton and Queen Mary's. Kings do a very good film course which is respected. All of those courses are highly practical. I would not recommend the theoretical courses at all.
The subject still has some way to go to be accepted as a valid academic subject across the board and perhaps a more diverse approach is better - a more traditional degree first but doing work experience/summer internships would be far more useful long term.
Speaking of long term, many of my friends who are/were very successful in the industry either left because they felt it a young persons' game and/or have stayed but are generally very unhappy at the way the industry has gone/is going. In addition the insecure freelance nature of the industry sees off a lot of talent. All my teaching colleagues who worked in the industry, including myself, could not sustain financial security as our families grew despite being involved in some of the most well known and respected productions/companies around (although we still do some small projects in our spare time).
I hope your dc thinks very sensibly about his long term options. Media is a fascinating, exciting and challenging course to study and industry to work in, but only the very committed, very talented and very lucky make a proper career out of it IME.
Sorry to be a bit on the negative but I see too many students wanting to work in the 'meeja' thinking it will be a doss, a bit of fun, make them famous or rich etc, so I'm always on a mission to disabuse them of that notion. ;)