British Broadcasting Corporation

Zinková Lucie, C3B

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Statutory – veřejnoprávní Interruped- přerušen Budget- rozpočet Expenditure- náklady Revenue- příjem Audience- publikum

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The Whole name: british broadcasting corporation Founded: 18 October 1922 Founders: John Reith Type: Statutory corporation with a Royal Charter Industry: mass media Revenue: £5.102billion (2012/13) Owners: HM Government (publicly owned) Employees: 23,000 (2011/12)

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1922-the first and bigest news station John Reith- project manager of the public broadcasting network 1924– educational broadcasting 1936-1939- foreign broadcasts the second Word War- broadcast interrupted 1955 -1957- crisis 1997- expansion of services

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the second largest budget of any UK-based broadcaster Expenditure:

Revenue:

 Department - £ 5 billion  Tv station - £ 2,5 billion  Radio station - £ 670 million

 The BBC's Commercial Businesses  television licence - £145.50 per year per household  government grants

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BBC one – main chanel, first official TV program on the world BBC two – specialized programs – Top Gear BBC three – for young people – Griffins BBC four - for the intellectual audience BBC news, parliament, HD,…

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BBC Radio BBC Radio Hop,… BBC Radio BBC Radio BBC Radio

1- for young people 1 Xtra – black music, RnB, Hip 2- most listened, world hits 3- classical music Wales, Orkney,…