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British Broadcasting Corporation
Type Statutory corporation
with a Royal Charter
Industry Mass media
Predecessor(s) British Broadcasting Company
Founded 18 October 1922
Founder(s) John Reith
Headquarters Broadcasting House, London, United Kingdom
Area served Worldwide
Key People Rona Fairhead
(Chairman, BBC Trust)
Lord Hall of Birkenhead
(Director-General)
Howard Stringer
(Non-executive director)
Products Broadcasting, radio, web portals
Services Television
radio
online
Revenue £5.166 billion (2013/14)
Owner(s) British public (publicly owned)
Employees aprox 19,000
Website http://www.bbc.co.uk/ (United Kingdom)
http://www.bbc.com/ (Rest of the World)

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the public broadcasting service of the United Kingdom. It previously incorporated BBC Scotland, which became an independent broadcaster with the Independence of Scotland, meaning that the BBC lost many staff. However, the BBC continues to be viewed highly, and BBC News is often seen as positive and neutral abroad.


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