The UK Television and Broadcast Market: The BBC

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The British Broadcasting Corporation: the world's largest broadcasting corporation the world's first national broadcasting corporation founded in 1922, publicly funded from 1927 annual budget of more than £4,000,000,000 public service broadcaster run by the BBC Trust

Statement of Intent: free from both political and commercial influence answer only to its viewers and listeners to inform, educate and entertain Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation

The licence fee You need a TV licence to use any television receiving equipment such as a TV set, set-top box, video or DVD recorder, computer or mobile phone to watch or record TV programmes as they are being shown on TV. The annual cost of a colour TV licence (set by the Government) is currently £ A black and white TV licence is £48. The licence (whether colour or black and white) is free if you are 75 or over, and half-price if you are registered blind.

The BBC provides: 8 interactive TV channels 10 radio networks more than 50 local TV and radio services the BBC's website on-demand TV and radio service - BBC iPlayer.

Controversies Political bias Phone-in scandal Blue Peter cat scandal The Ross/Brand affair The Queen documentary trailer problem

BBC Facing Scandal Over Contests Yesterday, senior BBC executives went before a House of Commons committee to discuss revelations of viewer deception and editorial misconduct, including phone-in trivia competitions in which the BBC encouraged viewers to call in answers — only to award the prize to an employee posing as an enthusiastic contestant. Three of eight bogus competitions uncovered in internal reviews were in support of charity — Comic Relief, Sport Relief and Children in Need — and one, Blue Peter, was a children's show.

BBC scandal dominates the papers Anger over the prank phone messages left for the actor, Andrew Sachs, is vented in the editorials of six papers. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has joined the attack and the Sun says the scandal is now beyond the BBC's control. The Independent says the BBC's apology seemed to reflect more a fear of the press than a proper sense of moral obligation. The Daily Mail says BBC managers, with their metropolitan mindsets, could not see what the fuss was about.

The Queen Trailer Scandal

The Blue Peter Cat Scandal