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BBC Radio, meanwhile, offers five national channels as well as several regional and online-only channels. More recently, the network has added several digital channels to its line up, including BBC Three, BBC Four, and other more specialized channels, such as CBBC. In 1964, BBC 2 (later BBC Two) was launched to cover less mainstream programming. The income generated gave the BBC the power to truly innovate and effectively shape modern television in all countries, not just the United Kingdom. It was relatively poorly funded until 1946, when the television licence was introduced.

The BBC Television Service, now BBC One, is one of the oldest television channels in the world, having been established in 1936.įounded in 1922 as a privately owned radio network, it was 'acquired' and made into a state network in 1927. It is the world's largest broadcasting corporation, reaching 274 million households in 200 countries, compared to their closest rival, CNN, with 200 million.

Until 1955, when ITV was established, it broadcast the only TV channel in the United Kingdom. Or indeed, any other phrase abbreviated to BBC.

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The BBC 's full name is the British Broadcasting Corporation, not 'Blurring, Buzzing Confusion,' or 'Best British Cheekbones,' or ' Burmese Borough Council' or ' Big British Castle' or ' Boring Brown Chocolate' or indeed ' Bastards Broadcasting Communism' or even ' Blimey, Bollocks, an' Cor! '.

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