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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, also known as the Beeb or Auntie), founded in 1922, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world. It produces programmes and information services, broadcasting on television, radio, and the Internet The mission of the BBC is to inform, educate and entertain, and the motto of the BBC is Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation.
Its domestic programming and broadcasts are primarily funded by levying television licence fees (under the Wireless & Telegraphy Act 1947), although there is also money raised through commercial activities such as sale of merchandise. In order to justify the licence fee the BBC is expected to produce a number of high-rating shows in addition to programmes that commercial broadcasters would not normally broadcast.
Quite often domestic audiences have affectionately referred to the BBC as the Beeb, or as Auntie; the latter said to originate in the somewhat old fashioned Auntie knows best attitude dating back to the early days when John Reith was in charge.
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RT @alawine: Paris restaurant auctions wine from famed cellar http://bit.ly/6F9fDi BBC News
winejosh (wine) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:09:39 -0000
RT @alawine: Paris restaurant auctions wine from famed cellar http://bit.ly/6F9fDi BBC News
FA Cup news: Kettering came very close to playing ManU at Old Trafford http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/8399556.stm
itsjustmone (Simone) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:09:31 -0000
FA Cup news: Kettering came very close to playing ManU at Old Trafford http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/8399556.stm
hahaha MEO sale en la portada de BBC News :D
outofmylife (AJ) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:09:28 -0000
hahaha MEO sale en la portada de BBC News :D
@ahj Hello.... Hope all was well in Uganda, I was going to offer to help with tech but it happened all so quick. (I'm tech guy for BBC News)
dgoneill (Dave O'Neill) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:09:24 -0000
@ahj Hello.... Hope all was well in Uganda, I was going to offer to help with tech but it happened all so quick. (I'm tech guy for BBC News)
Boys noize! RT @essentialmix: Voting is open for Essential Mix Of The Year 2009. Just head to http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wkfp
LEXLPZ (alexander lopez) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:09:14 -0000
Boys noize! RT @essentialmix: Voting is open for Essential Mix Of The Year 2009. Just head to http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wkfp
BBC divulga lista de apostas musicais para 2010 http://migre.me/dFU5
e_markz (Ãric w. markz) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:09:03 -0000
BBC divulga lista de apostas musicais para 2010 http://migre.me/dFU5
BBC America - The best and the latest of British television in the United States. 60% of the programming on this new US cable channel is original to the American market. The rest are the British cult classics everyone loves.
BBC World - Offers global news highlights and headlines 24 hours a day.
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