The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service
broadcaster, headquartered at Broadcasting House in Westminster,
London. It is the world's oldest national broadcaster, and the largest
broadcaster in the world by number of employees, employing over 22,000
staff in total, of whom more than 16,000 are in public sector
broadcasting. The total number of BBC staff amounts to 35,402
including part-time, flexible, and fixed-contract staff.The BBC is
established under a Royal Charter and operates under its Agreement
with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Its
work is funded principally by an annual television licence fee which
is charged to all British households, companies, and organisations
using any type of equipment to receive or record live television
broadcasts and iPlayer catch-up. The fee is set by the British
Government, agreed by Parliament, and used to fund the BBC's radio,
TV, and online services covering the nations and regions of the UK.
Since 1 April 2014, it has also funded the BBC World Service (launched
in 1932 as the BBC Empire Service), which broadcasts in 28 languages
and provides comprehensive TV, radio, and online services in Arabic
and Persian.Around a quarter of BBC's revenue comes from its
commercial subsidiary BBC Studios (formerly BBC Worldwide), which
sells BBC programmes and services internationally and also distributes
the BBC's international 24-hour English-language news services BBC
World News, and from BBC.com, provided by BBC Global News Ltd. In
2009, the company was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise in
recognition of its international achievements.
broadcaster, headquartered at Broadcasting House in Westminster,
London. It is the world's oldest national broadcaster, and the largest
broadcaster in the world by number of employees, employing over 22,000
staff in total, of whom more than 16,000 are in public sector
broadcasting. The total number of BBC staff amounts to 35,402
including part-time, flexible, and fixed-contract staff.The BBC is
established under a Royal Charter and operates under its Agreement
with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Its
work is funded principally by an annual television licence fee which
is charged to all British households, companies, and organisations
using any type of equipment to receive or record live television
broadcasts and iPlayer catch-up. The fee is set by the British
Government, agreed by Parliament, and used to fund the BBC's radio,
TV, and online services covering the nations and regions of the UK.
Since 1 April 2014, it has also funded the BBC World Service (launched
in 1932 as the BBC Empire Service), which broadcasts in 28 languages
and provides comprehensive TV, radio, and online services in Arabic
and Persian.Around a quarter of BBC's revenue comes from its
commercial subsidiary BBC Studios (formerly BBC Worldwide), which
sells BBC programmes and services internationally and also distributes
the BBC's international 24-hour English-language news services BBC
World News, and from BBC.com, provided by BBC Global News Ltd. In
2009, the company was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise in
recognition of its international achievements.
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