1. What is it?
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters are at Broadcasting House in London and it is the world's oldest national broadcasting organization and the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees. It employs over 20,950 staff in total, 16,672 of whom are in public sector broadcasting. The total number of staff is 35,402 when part-time, flexible, and fixed-contract staff are included. 2. The History of development of BBC? Britain's first live public broadcast from the Marconi factory in Chelmsford took place in June 1920. It was sponsored by the Daily Mail's Lord Northcliffe and featured the famous Australian soprano Dame Nellie Melba. The Melba broadcast caught the people's imagination and marked a turning point in the British public's attitude to radio. However, this public enthusiasm was not shared in official circles where such broadcasts were held to interfere with important military and civil communications. By late 1920, pressure from these quarters and uneasiness among the staff of the licensing authority, the General Post Office (GPO), was sufficient to lead to a ban on further Chelmsford broadcasts. But by 1922, the GPO had received nearly 100 broadcast licence requests and moved to rescind its ban in the wake of a petition by 63 wireless societies with over 3,000 members. 3. Basic ethos/ mission statements of the BBC Our mission, vision, and values inform the work of the BBC and are how we promote our public purposes. The public purposes are set out by the Royal Charter and Agreement, the constitutional basis for the BBC. Inform, Educate, Entertain. 4. Research and/ or explain the public purposes of the BBC? -To provide impartial news and information to help people understand and engage with the world around them -To support learning for people of all ages -To show the most creative, highest quality and distinctive output and services -To reflect, represent and serve the diverse communities of all of the United Kingdom’s nations and regions and, in doing so, support the creative economy across the United Kingdom -To reflect the United Kingdom, its culture and values to the world 5. Flagship BBC programs - what are the viewing figures for the top 5 shows? 1. Blue Planet 2 - 14.1 million 2. Sir David Attenborough-fronted nature series - 13.97 million 3. Britain's Got Talent - 12.5 million 4. Strictly Come Dancing - 11.96 million 5. One Love Manchester - 11.63 million 6. How many channels and what are their differences?
7. Online services - what does it offer? The BBC Transcription Services started life in the mid-1930s as The London Transcription Service to license BBC Radio programmes to overseas broadcasters who were authorised to broadcast the programmes for a set period, usually 2 or 3 years. The programmes sold to overseas broadcasters in this way covered every part of the BBC's output, including all types of music, drama, religious and children's programmes and comedy. It is now called BBC Radio International. 8. What is public Broadcasting? How is it a PCB channel? Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and television program distributor. Public Broadcasting is a part of the PBS, it's funded by them. 9. Revenue - how does it fund its programme? The federal government raises trillions of dollars in tax revenue each year, though a variety of taxes and fees. Some taxes fund specific government programs, while other taxes fund the government in general. When all taxes for a given year are insufficient to cover all of the government's expenses - which has been the case in 45 out of the last 50 years - the U.S. Treasury borrows money to make up the difference.
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