文档介绍：British Broadcasting Corporation
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Contents
01 Introduction
02 History
03 Services
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Part One
A brief introduction of BBC
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Part One
Introduction
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters are at Broadcasting House in London and is the world's oldest national broadcasting organization and the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees.
The BBC is established under a Royal Charter and operates under its Agreement with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Its work is funded principally by an annual television license fee which is charged to all British households, companies, and organizations using any type of equipment to receive or record live television broadcasts and iPlayer catch-up. The fee is set by the British Government, agreed by Parliament, and used to fund the BBC's radio, TV, and online services covering the nations and regions of the UK. Since 1 April 2014, it has also funded the BBC World Service(launched in 1932 as the BBC Empire Service), which broadcasts in 28 languages and provides comprehensive TV, radio, and online services in Arabic and Persian.
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Coat of arms of BBC
Motto
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Part Two
History
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Part Two
History
1923 to 1926
From private company towards public service corporation
In 1927,The British Broadcasting Company 
becomes the British Broadcasting Corporation, when it is granted a Royal Charter. Sir John Reith becomes the first 
Director-General.
Motto
The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) is formed in 1922
14 November – First BBC broadcasts from London (station 2LO).
15 November – First broadcasts from Birmingham (station 5IT)
and Manchester (station 2ZY).
1920 to 1922
The birth of British broadcasting
Britain's first live public broadcast from the Marconi factory in Chelmsford took place in June 1920.
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