Entity | BBC

BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national broadcaster of the United Kingdom. Headquartered at Broadcasting House in 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 approximately 19,000 are in public-sector broadcasting. 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 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.
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Inception: 1922

Alternate Names: British Broadcasting Company, British Broadcasting Corporation., B.B.C., Radio Nacional de Londres, Radio Londres, エイコク ホウソウ キョウカイ, Lielbritānija. British Broadcasting Corporation, Great Britain. British Broadcasting Corporation, Eikoku Hoso Kyokai, Velká Británie. British Broadcasting Corporation, British Broadcasting Corporation. Home Service, Ying-kuo kuang po kung ssu, Brytyjska Korporacja Radiofoniczna., Hayʼat al-Idhāʻah al-Barīṭānīyah, the Beeb, British Broadcasting Corporation
Associated Place(s): United Kingdom, England, Iraq, United States, USA, England--London, UK

Appears in:

National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB) 65

BBC world theater 41

British general election 1