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| ARTICLES RELATED TO BBC controversies | | | |  BBC controversies: Encyclopedia II - BBC controversies - Brief historyOne of the first controversial issues in which the BBC became involved was over the question of funding and the control of programming. In the United States radio broadcasting had already developed to the point that there were "listeners-in" within the British Isles, prior to any broadcasting service being licensed by the British government (British General Post Office - GPO) within the British Isles.
As a result of these technical and social developments, in 1922 the British government (GPO) forced all of the British electrical compa ...
See also:BBC controversies, BBC controversies - Brief history, BBC controversies - 1930s: Commercial radio controversy, BBC controversies - 1940s: American Armed Forces controversy, BBC controversies - 1950s: Independent Television controversy, BBC controversies - 1960s: Offshore radio controversy, BBC controversies - 1970: Jamming controversy, BBC controversies - 1984: Maggie's Militant Tendency controversy, BBC controversies - 1986: Libyan raid controversy, BBC controversies - 1986: Censorship controversy, BBC controversies - 1987: Sacked BBC Director General controversy, BBC controversies - 2003: Iraq war controversy, BBC controversies - World opinion, BBC controversies - International News controversy, BBC controversies - FOX News controversy, BBC controversies - BBC News controversy, BBC controversies - Daily Mail View, BBC controversies - Bias, BBC controversies - Sources Read more here: » BBC controversies: Encyclopedia II - BBC controversies - Brief history |
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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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| | | | BBC controversies: Encyclopedia II - BBC - History 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 ...
See also: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 Read more here: » BBC: Encyclopedia II - BBC - History |
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| | | | BBC controversies: Encyclopedia II - BBC - BBC Services 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 ...
See also: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 Read more here: » BBC: Encyclopedia II - BBC - BBC Services |
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| | | | BBC controversies: Encyclopedia II - BBC - Unencrypted satellite transmissions 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 ...
See also: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 Read more here: » BBC: Encyclopedia II - BBC - Unencrypted satellite transmissions |
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BBC controversies - International News controversy.
The BBC has been banned by a number of governments because of complaints about its news reports concerning political affairs in countries other than the United Kingdom. The former apartheid régime of South Africa and the current government of Zimbabwe have banned BBC news reporters. Zimbabwe has proscribed the BBC as a terrorist organisation.
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See also:BBC controversies, BBC controversies - Brief history, BBC controversies - 1930s: Commercial radio controversy, BBC controversies - 1940s: American Armed Forces controversy, BBC controversies - 1950s: Independent Television controversy, BBC controversies - 1960s: Offshore radio controversy, BBC controversies - 1970: Jamming controversy, BBC controversies - 1984: Maggie's Militant Tendency controversy, BBC controversies - 1986: Libyan raid controversy, BBC controversies - 1986: Censorship controversy, BBC controversies - 1987: Sacked BBC Director General controversy, BBC controversies - 2003: Iraq war controversy, BBC controversies - World opinion, BBC controversies - International News controversy, BBC controversies - FOX News controversy, BBC controversies - BBC News controversy, BBC controversies - Daily Mail View, BBC controversies - Bias, BBC controversies - Sources Read more here: » BBC controversies: Encyclopedia II - BBC controversies - World opinion |
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