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BBC services in the dependencies are financed from television licence fees which are set at the same level as those payable in the UK, although collected locally. For a worldwide audience, the BBC World Service provides news, current affairs and information in 28 languages, including English, around the world and is available in over capital cities. It is broadcast worldwide on shortwave radio, DAB and online and has an estimated weekly audience of million, and its websites have an audience of 38 million people per week.

The service is funded by a Parliamentary Grant-in-Aid, administered by the Foreign Office ; however, following the Government's spending review in , this funding will cease, and it will be funded for the first time through the Licence fee. Historically, the BBC was the only legal radio broadcaster based in the UK mainland until , when University Radio York URY , then under the name Radio York , was launched as the first, and now oldest, legal independent radio station in the country.

However, the BBC did not enjoy a complete monopoly before this as several Continental stations, such as Radio Luxembourg , had broadcast programmes in English to Britain since the s and the Isle of Man-based Manx Radio began in Today, despite the advent of commercial radio , BBC radio stations remain among the most listened to in the country, with Radio 2 having the largest audience share up to BBC programming is also available to other services and in other countries.

Since , the BBC has provided radio programming to the British Forces Broadcasting Service , which broadcasts in countries where British troops are stationed. In addition to this, the BBC has been developing new ways to access BBC News, as a result has launched the service on BBC Mobile, making it accessible to mobile phones and PDAs, as well as developing alerts by e-mail, digital television, and on computers through a desktop alert. Ratings figures suggest that during major incidents such as the 7 July London bombings or royal events, the UK audience overwhelmingly turns to the BBC's coverage as opposed to its commercial rivals.

At peak times during the day there were 40, page requests per second for the BBC News website.

The BBC's online presence includes a comprehensive news website and archive. The website is funded by the Licence fee, but uses GeoIP technology, allowing advertisements to be carried on the site when viewed outside of the UK. The centre of the website is the Homepage, which features a modular layout. Users can choose which modules, and which information, is displayed on their homepage, allowing the user to customise it. This system was first launched in December , becoming permanent in February , and has undergone a few aesthetical changes since then.

As part of the site, every programme on BBC Television or Radio is given its own page, with bigger programmes getting their own micro-site, and as a result it is often common for viewers and listeners to be told website addresses URLs for the programme website. Also, through participation in the Creative Archive Licence group, bbc. BBC Jam was a free online service, delivered through broadband and narrowband connections, providing high-quality interactive resources designed to stimulate learning at home and at school.

Initial content was made available in January ; however, BBC Jam was suspended on 20 March due to allegations made to the European Commission that it was damaging the interests of the commercial sector of the industry.

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In recent years, some major on-line companies and politicians have complained that BBC Online receives too much funding from the television licence, meaning that other websites are unable to compete with the vast amount of advertising-free on-line content available on BBC Online. BBC Online will now attempt to fill in gaps in the market, and will guide users to other websites for currently existing market provision. For example, instead of providing local events information and timetables, users will be guided to outside websites already providing that information.

Part of this plan included the BBC closing some of its websites, and rediverting money to redevelop other parts.

Unlike Ceefax , the service's analogue counterpart, BBC Red Button is able to display full-colour graphics, photographs, and video, as well as programmes and can be accessed from any BBC channel. The service carries News, Weather and Sport 24 hours a day, but also provides extra features related to programmes specific at that time. Examples include viewers to play along at home to gameshows, to give, voice and vote on opinions to issues, as used alongside programmes such as Question Time. At some points in the year, when multiple sporting events occur, some coverage of less mainstream sports or games are frequently placed on the Red Button for viewers to watch.

Frequently, other features are added unrelated to programmes being broadcast at that time, such as the broadcast of the Doctor Who animated episode Dreamland in November It also buys a selected number of broadcasts from the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast. The BBC is also responsible for the United Kingdom coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest , a show with which the broadcaster has been associated for over 60 years. The BBC operates other ventures in addition to their broadcasting arm.

In addition to broadcasting output on television and radio, some programmes are also displayed on the BBC Big Screens located in several central-city locations. The BBC also developed several computers throughout the s, most notably the BBC Micro , which ran alongside the corporation's educational aims and programming. It showed informational pages such as News, Sport and the Weather.

Oracle closed on New Year's Eve, During its lifetime it attracted millions of viewers, right up to , prior to the digital switchover in the United Kingdom. It ceased transmission at In , the BBC, in partnership with fellow UK Broadcasters ITV and Channel 4 who later withdrew from the project , set up 'project kangaroo' to develop an international online streaming service to rival services such as Netflix and Hulu.

However, the service eventually launched as BritBox in March The online platform shows a catalogue of classic BBC and ITV shows, as well as making a number of programmes available shortly after their UK broadcast. As of [update] , BritBox is available in the United States with the potential availability for new markets in the future. BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the BBC, responsible for the commercial exploitation of BBC programmes and other properties, including a number of television stations throughout the world. It was formed following the restructuring of its predecessor, BBC Enterprises, in The company owns and administers a number of commercial stations around the world operating in a number of territories and on a number of different platforms.

The channel itself is the oldest surviving entity of its kind, and has 50 foreign news bureaus and correspondents in nearly all countries in the world. These channels contain BBC archive programming to be rebroadcast on their respective channels: Alibi , crime dramas; Drama , drama, launched in ; Dave slogan: In addition to these channels, many BBC programmes are sold via BBC Worldwide to foreign television stations with comedy, documentaries and historical drama productions being the most popular.

In addition to programming, BBC Worldwide produces material to accompany programmes.

Soundtrack albums, talking books and sections of radio broadcasts are also sold under the brand BBC Records , with DVDs also being sold and licensed in large quantities to consumers both in the UK and abroad under the 2 Entertain brand. Archive programming and classical music recordings are sold under the brand BBC Legends. Until the development, popularisation, and domination of television, radio was the broadcast medium upon which people in the United Kingdom relied. It "reached into every home in the land, and simultaneously united the nation, an important factor during the Second World War".

It suspended its television service during the Second World War and until , but remained the only television broadcaster in the UK until , when Independent Television ITV began operating. Nevertheless, "throughout the s radio still remained the dominant source of broadcast comedy". Despite the advent of commercial television and radio, the BBC has remained one of the main elements in British popular culture through its obligation to produce TV and radio programmes for mass audiences. Competition from Independent Television , Channel 4 , Sky , and other broadcast-television stations has lessened the BBC's influence, but its public broadcasting remains a major influence on British popular culture.

It was then borrowed, shortened and popularised by radio DJ Kenny Everett. To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the BBC the song " Auntie " was released in The BBC has faced various accusations regarding many topics: It also has been involved in numerous controversies because of its coverage of specific news stories and programming. The BBC has long faced accusations of liberal and left-wing bias. It has a liberal bias, not so much a party-political bias.

It is better expressed as a cultural liberal bias. Conversely, writing for The Guardian , the left-wing columnist Owen Jones stated "the truth is the BBC is stacked full of rightwingers," [] and he cited as an example of bias its employment of "ultra- Thatcherite " Andrew Neil as a politics presenter. A BBC World Service newsreader who presented a daily show produced for Kyrgyzstan was claimed to have participated in an opposition movement with the goal of overthrowing the government led by president Kurmanbek Bakiyev.

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