British Broadcasting Corporation.
Media company funded by the
British Government which insists that all (with a few exceptions)
owners of televisions
pay an annual
licence fee for the
privilege. The BBC (at the time of writing) runs two
analogue terrestrial channels BBC1 and
BBC2, five
national radio stations (
Radio 1,
Radio 2,
Radio 3,
Radio 4,
Radio 5 Live), many
regional radio stations, several
digital television channels (including
BBC Choice and
BBC News 24), the
BBC World Service (a
television channel and
radio station that
broadcasts throughout the
globe), as well as the
BBC online website at
www.bbc.co.uk
Produces many high quality television programs including
Doctor Who,
Eastenders, and
Red Dwarf.