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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national public service broadcaster of the United Kingdom (see British television). It produces programmes and information services, broadcasting on television, radio, and the Internet. It is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world. The BBC's main domestic services on television include BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, the news channel BBC News 24, BBC Parliament and the children's channels CBBC and CBeebies. BBC One and BBC Two are available via conventio ...

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BBC - Funding. The principal means of funding the BBC is through the television licence. Such a licence is required to operate a broadcast television receiver within the UK. The television licence is set by the government and enforced by the criminal law but is collected privately and does not pass through the state before reaching the BBC, and hence it is inaccurate to ref ...

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BBC - Funding. Main article: Television licence#United Kingdom The principal means of funding the BBC is through the television licence. Such a licence is required to operate a broadcast television receiver within the UK. The television licence is set by the government and enforced by the criminal law but is collected privately and does not pass through the state before reaching the BBC, and hence it is inaccurate to ref ...

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Further information: BBC Television, BBC Radio Among its many services are domestic radio and television stations. The BBC also jointly operates a number of other broadcasting services, namely the UKTV channels, some of the Discovery channels, and several other services available on satellite & cable services in the UK. It also has many non-broadcasting commercial ventures within the United Kingdom including book & magazine publishing (BBC Books), and multimedia production services (DVDs, CDs, compute ...

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The British Broadcasting Company was founded in 1922 by various private firms, to broadcast experimental radio services. The first transmission was on 14 November of that year. The BBC, with John Reith as general manager, took on its current form in 1927 when it was granted a Royal Charter of incorporation. It started experimental television broadcasting in 1932, becoming a regular service (known as the BBC Television Service) in 1936. Television br ...

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In March 2003 the BBC announced that from the end of May 2003 (subsequently deferred to 14 July) it intended to transmit all eight of its domestic television channels (including the 15 regional variations of BBC 1) unencrypted from the Astra 2D satellite. This move was estimated to save the BBC £85 million over the next five years. While the "footprint" of the Astra 2D satellite was smaller than that of Astra 2A, from which it was previously broadcast encrypted, it meant that viewers with appropriate equipment were able to receive BB ...

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Among its many services are domestic radio and television stations. The BBC also jointly operates a number of other broadcasting services, namely the UKTV channels, some of the Discovery channels, and several other services available on satellite & cable services in the UK. It also has many non-broadcasting commercial ventures within the United Kingdom including book & magazine publishing (BBC Books), and multimedia production services (DVDs, CDs, compute ...

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BBC, BBC - History, BBC - The Corporation, BBC - Funding, BBC - Management, BBC - Current review of Royal Charter, BBC - Political and commercial independence, BBC - Location, BBC - BBC Services, BBC - BBC Departments, BBC - BBC News, BBC - Radio, BBC - Television, BBC - Worldwide, BBC - Internet, BBC - Interactive, BBC - Unencrypted satellite transmissions

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The British Broadcasting Company was founded in 1922 by various private firms, to broadcast experimental radio services. The first transmission was on 14 November. The BBC, with John Reith as general manager, took on its current form in 1927 when it was granted a Royal Charter of incorporation. It started experimental television broadcasting in 1932, becoming a regular service (known as the BBC Television Service) in 1936. Television broadcasting was suspended from September 1, 1939 to June 7, 19 ...

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BBC, BBC - History, BBC - The Corporation, BBC - Funding, BBC - Management, BBC - Current review of Royal Charter, BBC - Political and commercial independence, BBC - Location, BBC - BBC Services, BBC - BBC Departments, BBC - BBC News, BBC - Radio, BBC - Television, BBC - Worldwide, BBC - Internet, BBC - Interactive, BBC - Unencrypted satellite transmissions

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