Friday, 30 September 2011

BBC




 The BBC (The British Broadcasting Corporation) is a public service broadcaster. It is the largest broadcaster in the world with around 23,000 staff. The BBC main responsibility is to provide public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, Channel Island and the Isle Of Man. The BBC is an autonomous public service broadcaster that operates under the Royal Charter and a Licence and Agreement from the Home Secretary. Outside the UK, the BBC Word Station has provided  by direct broadcasting and re-transmission contracts by sound radio since the inauguration of the BBC Empire Service in December 1932, and more recently television and online.
  The Privately owned BBC was the world’s first national broadcasting organization. The first transmission was on 14 November of that year. To represent its purpose and values, the corporation adopted the coat of arms including the motto 'Nation shall speak peace unto nation’. The motto is generally attributed to Montague John Rendall, who was former headmaster of Winchester College and also a member of the first BBC board of Governors.
Experimental television broadcasting was started in 1932 using an electromechanical 30 line system developed my John Logie Baired. Limited regular broadcasting began using this system in 1934 and expanded service from Alexander Palace in 1936 (now named the BBC Television Service).

Competition to the BBC was introduced in 1995 was the commercial and independently operated television network of the ITV. However the BBC monopoly on radio service would persist into the 1970's. As a result of Pilkington Committee report of 1962, in which the BBC was praised for the quality and range of its output, and ITV was heavily criticised. Starting in 1964 a series of pirate radio stations came on air, and forced the British Government to regulate radio station permits nationally based advertising-financed service. In response the BBC organised and renamed their radio channels. The light programme spilt making more radio stations for various listeners.

  The BBC run channels like BBC one, BBC two BBC three, BBC four, BBC HD, CBBC ect. They have so many channels that go out to a wide range of people who are different ages.These shows have various shows that go out to different people, that's why they have a number of different channels with various types of programmes on them.

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