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The British Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as the BBC, is an active statutory corporation established in 1922 and headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, United Kingdom. Founded by John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, and George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon, the organization operates within the journalism and broadcasting industries. It produces radio broadcasting and holds a royal charter. The BBC employs 22,219 people and maintains a total revenue of 5,900,000,000.

The corporation is a member of the European Broadcasting Union, the World Wide Web Consortium, and the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names. Its organizational divisions include BBC Radio and BBC News, while its child units comprise BBC Studioworks, BBC Film, and BBC Studios. The BBC owns BBC Online, BBC Radio 3, BBC Parliament, and BBC Four. Its motto is "Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation."

The BBC has received the International Emmy Award for best drama series, Peabody Awards, and the Satellite Award for Best Television Series – Drama and Satellite Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy. Its works are held in the collections of the National Museum of World Cultures, TextielMuseum, Stedelijk museum Amsterdam, Dutch Resistance Museum, and Musée de l'Armée.

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Company.name
British Broadcasting Corporation
Company.logo
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Company.logo_caption
Logo used since 2021
Company.logo_alt
The white "BBC" letters in black boxes, typed in Reith, the BBC's corporate font.
Company.type
Chartered corporation, public broadcaster
Company.industry
Mass media
Company.predecessor
British Broadcasting Company
Company.founder
Government of the United Kingdom
Company.area_served
Worldwide
Company.revenue
£5.389 billion (2024)
Company.operating_income
£199 million (2024)
Company.net_income
£229 million (2024)
Company.assets
£1.976 billion (2024)
Company.num_employees
21,918 (2024)
Company.founded
(as British Broadcasting Company) (as British Broadcasting Corporation)
Company.location
Broadcasting HouseLondon, England
COA wide.name
the British Broadcasting Corporation
COA wide.image
File:Coat_of_Arms_BBC.svg

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Jurisdiction
GB
Headquarters
LONDON, GB

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Type
Funder, Government
Founded
1922
Location
London, United Kingdom
Also known as
BBC
Status
Active
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Wikidata facts

Official name
British Broadcasting Corporation
Country
United Kingdom
Founded by
George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon
Headquarters
Broadcasting House
Parent organization
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Subsidiary
BBC Studios
Employees
21508
Revenue
5900000000
Legal form
statutory corporation
Official website
bbc.co.uk
Image
Broadcasting House 20160816.jpg
Motto
Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation
Political ideology
public interest
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Commons category
BBC
topic's main category
Category:BBC
short name
BBC
director / manager
Tim Davie
operating income
290000000
net profit
-112000000
product or material produced
radio broadcasting
owner of
BritBox
inception
1927-01-01
board member
William Haley
has works in the collection
Anne Frank House
topic has template
Template:BBC
social media followers
14900000
different from
BBC
official jobs URL
careers.bbc.co.uk
exact match
findthatcharity.uk/orgid/XI-ROR-01qepzr42
review score
1.2/5
Mastodon instance URL
social.bbc
position held by head of the organization
Director-General of the BBC
P12749
Alfred Toepfer
P8168
Delanoë
described at URL
wikispooks.com/wiki/BBC
native label
British Broadcasting Corporation
postal code
W1A 1AA
street address
Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London W1A 1AA
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Encyclopedic overview

52 sections
Contents
  • History
  • 1920–1922: The birth of British broadcasting
  • 1923–1926: From private company to public service corporation
  • 1927–1939
  • BBC versus other media
  • Second World War
  • Later 20th century
  • 2000–2011
  • Channel and branding changes
  • Sale of divisions
  • Creative Futures
  • Licence fee frozen
  • Since 2011
  • Governance
  • Charter and Agreement
  • BBC Board
  • Executive committee
  • Operational divisions
  • Commercial divisions
  • MI5 vetting policy
  • Finances
  • Revenue
  • Assets
  • Information technology service management
  • Services
  • Television
  • BBC Genome Project
  • Radio
  • News
  • Internet
  • Interactive television
  • Music
  • Other
  • Ceefax
  • BritBox
  • Commercial activities
  • Cultural significance
  • Colloquial terms
  • Logo and symbols
  • Logos
  • Coat of arms
  • Controversies
  • Claims of liberal and left-wing bias
  • Claims of right-wing bias
  • Accusations of bias on transgender topics
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Sources
  • Works cited
  • Primary sources
  • External links

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster that serves as the primary national public broadcasting company of the United Kingdom, headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current state with its current name on 1 January 1927. It is the oldest and largest local and global broadcaster by stature and by number of employees, with a total staff of 21,000.

The BBC was established under a royal charter, and operates under an agreement with the secretary of state for 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 or to use the BBC's streaming service, iPlayer. The fee is set by the British government, agreed by Parliament, and is 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “BBC” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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