BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national broadcaster of the United Kingdom. It produces programmes and information services: broadcasting on television, radio, and the Internet.

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Broadcaster - United Kingdom - Television - Radio - Internet

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Its main domestic services on television include BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, the news channel BBC News 24, and the children's channels CBBC and CBeebies. BBC One and BBC Two are available via conventional analogue transmission — the remainder can be viewed only by those with digital reception equipment. The BBC also operates the UK's only dedicated politics channel, BBC Parliament, covering events in the British Houses of Parliament, Welsh Assembly & Scottish Parliament, as well as highlights of overseas legislatures such as the US Senate.

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BBC One - BBC Two - BBC Three - BBC Four - BBC News 24 - CBBC - CBeebies - BBC Parliament - Houses of Parliament - Welsh Assembly - Scottish Parliament - US Senate

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National radio services include Radio 1, Radio 2, Radio 3, and Radio 4, and BBC Radio Five Live. Digital radio services include 1Xtra, BBC 6 Music, BBC 7, Five Live Sports Extra, and the BBC Asian Network. There is also a huge catalogue of BBC Local Radio stations (such as BBC Hereford and Worcester), Open Centres, BBC Buses, and BBC Big Screens. In addition the BBC operates the BBC World Service on radio, funded by and operated in cooperation with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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Radio 1 - Radio 2 - Radio 3 - Radio 4 - BBC Radio Five Live - Digital radio - 1Xtra - BBC 6 Music - BBC 7 - BBC Asian Network - BBC Local Radio - BBC Hereford and Worcester - BBC World Service - Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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The BBC's commercial operations are run by BBC Worldwide. These include its international television services which are funded commercially and include the international news channel BBC World, as well as entertainment channels BBC Prime, BBC America, BBC Canada and BBC Japan. There is also a Canadian children's channel BBC Kids. BBC Worldwide also co-runs, with Flextech, the UKTV network of stations in the UK, producers of amongst others UKTV Gold. In Australia and New Zealand, BBC Worldwide runs the UK.TV network jointly with Foxtel and Freemantle Media.

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BBC Worldwide - BBC World - BBC Prime - BBC America - BBC Canada - BBC Japan - BBC Kids - Flextech - UKTV - UKTV Gold - Australia - New Zealand - UK.TV - Foxtel

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The BBC produces a large body of programming for domestic and worldwide broadcast. Many programmes (especially documentaries) are sold to foreign television stations, and comedy, documentaries and historical drama productions are popular on the international DVD market.

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Documentaries - Comedy - Historical drama

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It is an autonomous corporation run by a board of governors appointed by the government for a term of four years (formerly five years). This is soon to be changed to a BBC trust. Management of the organisation is in the hands of a Director-General appointed by the governors. Its domestic programming and broadcasts are funded by levying television licence fees upon the owners of television sets.

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Government - Trust - Director-General - Television licence

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