2. BBC
• Type: Broadcast radio, television and online
• Country: United Kingdom
• Founded: John Reith
• Key people: Sir Michael Lyons, Chairman,
BBC Trust
Mark Thompson, Director-General (Chairman of
the Executive Board).
3. • Launch date: 1922 (radio)
1932 (television)
1996 (online)
• Former names:
British Broadcasting Company Ltd.
• Availability: United Kingdom, Worldwide
4. History:
• The BBC was the world's first national
broadcasting organizationand was founded on
18 October 1922 as the
British Broadcasting Company Ltd.
• The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually
referred to by its abbreviation as the "BBC" is
the world's oldest and largest broadcaster.
5. • The original Company was founded in 1922 by a
group of six telecommunications companies.
• Marconi.
• Radio Communication Company.
• Metropolitan-Vickers.
• General Electric.
• Western Electric.
• British Thomson-Houston.
6. First Transmission:
• The first transmission was on 14 November
1922, from station 2LO, located at Marconi
House.
• The Company, with John Reith as general
manager, became the British Broadcasting
Corporation in 1927 when it was granted its first
Royal Charter of incorporation and ceased to be
privately owned
7. Corporate structure:
• Trust Unit
• Director-General's Office
• Content Groups: Journalism (News, Sport and
Global News)
– Vision television production
– Audio & Music (radio and music production)
– Future Media & Technology (web-based services
plus Research and Development)
8. -
• Professional Services:
– Operations (policy, strategy, legal, property and
distribution)
– Marketing, Communications and Audiences
– Finance
– BBC People (human resources and training)
• Commercial Groups:
– BBC Worldwide Ltd
– BBC Studios and Post Production Ltd, formerly BBC
Resources
9. Finance:
• The BBC has the largest budget of any UK
broadcaster with an operating expenditure of
£4.3 billion in 2007[22]
compared to £3.8 billion for
British Sky Broadcasting,[23]
£1.9 billion for ITV[24]
and £214 million in 2007 for GCap Media (the
largest commercial radio broadcaster).
10. Revenue:
• The principal means of funding the BBC is
through the television license, costing £142.50
per year per household (as of May 2009).
• a license is required to receive broadcast
television within the UK.
• The cost of a television license is set by the
government.
• A discount is available for households with only
black-and-white television sets.
11. • Funds are then allocated by the Department of
Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the
Treasury and approved by Parliament via
legislation.
• Income from commercial enterprises and from
overseas sales of its catalogue of programmers'
has substantially increased over recent years,
with BBC Worldwide contributing some
£145 million to the BBC's core public service
business.
12. • According to the BBC's 2008–2009 Annual
Report,[27]
its income can be broken down as
follows:
• £3,368.8 million (£3.37bn) in license fees
collected from householders.
• £719.6M from BBC Commercial Businesses.
• £283.6M from government grants.
• £42.8M from other income, such as providing
content to overseas broadcasters and concert
ticket sales.
13. Expenditure:
• The BBC gave two forms of expenditure
statement for the financial year 2005-2006.
• The amount of each license fee spent monthly
breaks down.
• Department
• Monthly cost (GBP)
• BBC ONE (£3.52)
• BBC TWO (£1.52)
• Transmission and collection costs (£1.08)
14. • Nations and English Regions television
(£1.04)
• BBC Radio 1, 2, 3, 4 and Five Live (£1.02)
• Digital television channels (£1.00)
• Nations' and local radio (68p)
• BBC Online (36p)
• BBC jam (14p)
• Digital radio stations (10p)
• Interactive TV (BBC Red Button) (8p)
• Total (£10.54)
15. • The total broadcasting spend for 2005-2006.
• Department Total cost (£million)
• Television 1443
• Radio 218
• BBC Online 72
• BBC jam 36
• Interactive TV (BBCi) 18
• Local radio and regional televisio 370
• Programme related spend 338
16. • Overheads and Digital UK 315
• Restructuring 107
• Transmission and collection costs 320
• Total 3237
17. Services:
• Television: In the UK, BBC One and BBC Two
are the BBC's flagship television channels.
Several digital only stations are also broadcast:
BBC Three, BBC Four, BBC News Channel,
BBC Parliament, and two children's channels,
CBBC and CBeebies.
18. Services:
• Radio: Radio 1 ( new music and entertainment")
• Radio 2 (the UK's most listened to radio station,
• Radio 3 (classical and jazz music)
• Radio 4 (current affairs, factual, drama and
comedy)
• Radio 5 Live (24 hour news, sports and talk)
19. The division of programmes
• Light entertainment (variety shows, soap operas, situation
comedies, game shows)
• News/current affairs
• Documentaries
• Children’s TV
• Music
• Sport
• Films/TV movies
• Drama/plays
20. BBC Executive Committee
• The BBC’s day-to-day
operations are run by 16
divisions. Their directors
report to the director-general,
forming the Executive
Committee.
• The director-general is chief
executive and editor-in-chief.
BBC governors appoint the
director-general and, with
him/her, senior management
• Each division's performance
is regularly assessed by the
BBC’s governors.
• Every July, BBC governors
publish an Annual Report to
license payers and
Parliament which assesses
the BBC's performance
against objectives over the
past year
21. The Funding
• BBC 1 & BBC 2 – license fees from viewers , sale of
programmers, hire and sale of educational films
based on programmers . Do not get any of their
revenue through advertising.
• BBC World – an advertiser funded channel, with 24-
hour news, information and analysis.
