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  BBC Television - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mechanically scanned, 30-line television broadcasts by John Logie Baird began in 1929, using the BBC transmitter in London, and by 1930 a regular schedule of programmes was transmitted from the BBC antenna in Brookmans Park.
Unlike its contemporaries, BBC Two does not have the usual soap opera or standard news programming, but rather a breadth of programming that is eclectic, fun and diverse (although if a programme has high audience viewing figures, it is often eventually repositioned to BBC One).
In March 2003 the BBC announced that from the end of May 2003 (subsequently deferred to 14 July) it intended to transmit all eight of its domestic television channels (including the 15 regional variations of BBC 1) unencrypted from the Astra 2D satellite.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/BBC_TV   (1620 words)

  
 BBC One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest television station in the world.
BBC television initially used two systems, on alternate weeks: the 240-line Baird system and the 405-line Marconi-EMI system, each making the BBC the world's first regular high-definition television service.
BBC One is more mainstream than its sister station BBC Two and generally gets higher ratings, competing with ITV1 as the most-viewed terrestrial channel in the UK.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/BBC_1   (1904 words)

  
 BBC - Uncyclopedia
BBC 3 was originally a top-secret channel for broadcasting governmental and military information to agents posted around the country.
BBC 4 was created purely for people who like to think they're clever, so they can pretend to have seen programes on it in order to make themselves seem more intelligent to other people.
BBC Peace is not a channel, but it is in fact the top secret password required to enter the BBC's hidden underground lair, containing such hellish places as the old Blue Peter studios.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/BBC   (2179 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | BBC appoints diversity 'champion'
BBC television has appointed a diversity executive to improve the portrayal of ethnic minorities and disabled people in its programmes.
BBC director of TV Jana Bennett said the role reflected the BBC's commitment to audiences.
She began her career as a director and producer at the BBC where she worked on award-winning series such as Horizon and Inside Story.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/5052072.stm   (285 words)

  
 CNN.com - BBC to launch Arabic TV channel - Oct 25, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
It will be the first publicly-funded international TV service launched by the BBC and marks a departure for the World Service, which has concentrated mainly on radio broadcasting.
BBC World Service director Nigel Chapman said: "Many of the European services being closed had their roots in the Second World War and have served their audiences well right through the Cold War years.
BBC audiences are declining in many markets as they discover these new national and local services.
www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/europe/10/25/bbc.arabic   (660 words)

  
 Inside BBC :: Latest BBC news and updates :
BBC director general Mark Thompson has pledged to deliver free-to-air HDTV on all BBC digital platforms "as soon as practical", which is expected to be by about 2010.
This shows that the BBC are continuing to innovate along the Internet-television direction whilst keeping their content free of any additional service charge.
BBC news is reporting that "backstage.bbc" have opened up their TV and radio schedules to the public and are now inviting users to develop innovative uses of the listings.
bbc.trivialbeing.net   (1680 words)

  
 BBC TV License - Why the British Should Kill Their Televisions
The BBC was formed on October 18, 1922 in order to provide the UK with radio broadcasts of impartial and public-centered news and entertainment.
Though disrupted because of the war, the BBC's television service started in ernest in June, 1946 when the radio licence was raised to 1 pound and a combined radio and TV licence was introduced for 2 pounds.
The BBC reported that the reduced evasion added up to an additional £4.6 million, which is "the equivalent of three high-quality drama series." I guess the term "high-quality" is a subjective assessment.
www.turnoffyourtv.com /international/bbc.html   (1873 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - BBC announces plans for Arabic TV service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The BBC said 236 jobs will be cut as a result of the restructuring proposals, of which 218 are in the language services.
He said the need for BBC radio service has declined in most of these countries because of a growth of independent media and an increase in the number of English-speakers in the areas served.
But Thai press freedom organizations say the BBC Thai service is important in providing impartial information on violence in the south of the country, where there is an Islamic insurgency.
usatoday.com /life/television/news/2005-10-25-BBC-arabic_x.htm?csp=34   (566 words)

  
 BBC - The TV IV
BBC - The TV IV And the Nominees Are...
Further safeguards to the independence of the BBC are its management via a Board of Governors and its Royal Charter, which gives it the mission to 'inform, educate and entertain'.
BBC Worldwide (a BBC commercial subsidiary) also has a joint venture with Flextech Television, resulting in UKTV, the second largest multi-channel broadcaster in the UK.
tviv.org /BBC   (357 words)

  
 infos about bbc tv news presenters
Asad Ahmad is one of BBC LONDON's television news presenters.
ON TV: BBC World News airs Monday through Friday live at 6 am, 7 am, 8 am and 6 pm/et and on Saturdays and Sundays live at 6 am/et.
BBC America's 6 pm/et newscast is anchored by Katty Kay.
www.crspa.co.uk /bbc_tv_news_presenters.aspx   (214 words)

  
 CNN.com - Beatles TV gem resurfaces - November 8, 2001
The BBC launched the "Treasure Hunt" appeal in May after a missing episode of cult sitcom "The Likely Lads" was found and they decided to try to find other "TV Gems" that were either wiped from the archives or never officially recorded.
Incredibly in the early days of BBC TV often no recordings were kept or tapes were simply recorded over.
The BBC archives now boast more than 20 radio dramas from the 1960s, as well as 40 recorded editions of the "Music While You Work" programme, which broadcast live music from 1940 to 1966 but had never been officially recorded.
archives.cnn.com /2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/08/bbc.oldies   (396 words)

  
 BBC International Television | The BBC's International Commercial TV Channels
The BBC's commercial international 24-hour news and information channel.
The BBC's international commercial television all about food.
The only tv channel dedicated to the "Best of British" television.
www.bbc.co.uk /tv   (92 words)

  
 BBC TV TOP GEAR JEREMY CLARKSON, TIFF NEEDLE, QUENTIN WILSON, VIKKI BUTLER HENDERSON, WILLIAM WOOLARD, NOEL EDMUNDS | ...
In a letter arriving at the BBC today, Director of Transport 2000, said: “As a programme put out by a public service broadcaster, Top Gear should be in the public interest, not just the interest of a small section of the public, and promote responsible motoring.
Following complaints made to the BBC, the programme team had to be sent back to Oxford twice to refilm a piece about the closure of the High Street to through traffic because it failed to present a balanced view of the scheme.
The BBC is (ostensibly) a "public service" TV company that scrapped Tomorrow's World(a show focused on innovation and the future...) and has subsequently quadrupled the weekly air-time given over to Top Gear and shifted it to peak family primetime.
www.speedace.info /top_gear.htm   (2924 words)

  
 BBC-TV Only In America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
She was a delight to talk to and we were able to get the ball rolling pretty quickly with all the details to confirm our spot on the show.
They flew in from the BBC and met me at the Old Tucson Studios, where it was determined we would film our segment of the program.
Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates were the TV stars and presenters of the series.
www.sunsetpioneers.com /Default.aspx?tabid=263   (665 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | Muslim leader condemns protesters
Mr Bukhari told the BBC News website: "The placards and chants were disgraceful and disgusting, Muslims do not feel that way.
Inayat Bunglawala, from the Muslim Council of Britain, told the BBC that any kind of cartoon that was derogatory to a race or group in a stereotypical way was "unacceptable".
The spread of protests against the cartoons as a manifestation of globalisation.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/4676524.stm   (653 words)

  
 Naked people on the BBC - TV Squad
Oh just fine, except I just found out about a reality show which aired on the BBC in which a couple are asked to strip themselves of their possessions, and their clothes, in order to start all over again from the beginning.
TV Squad is a member of the Weblogs, Inc. Network.
TV Squad is part of the Weblogs, Inc. Network, a network of more than 90 blogs.
www.tvsquad.com /2005/08/04/naked-people-on-the-bbc   (670 words)

  
 BBC News 24 TV Show - BBC News 24 Television Show - TV.com
Not only is BBC News 24 a channel.
Both BBC 1 and BBC 2 broadcast it early morning at the Moment BBC 2 is airing News 24 from any time in between 12.00am-2.00am everyday until BBC's Learning Zone Starts.
The BBC is one of those rare things today, but it s a great British institution.
www.tv.com /bbc-news-24/show/35248/summary.html   (215 words)

  
 Neowin.net - BBC TV channels to be put on net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
They will also be able to watch a simulcast of BBC One or BBC Two, which would essentially be a live stream of the channels.
This move by the BBC represents the current "on demand" nature of which we are now consuming the media.
News source: BBC News Control Monger is a new MMOFPS currently in development by NetCharger and Mindsurge Entertainment.
www.neowin.net /comments.php?id=30133&category=main   (2485 words)

  
 backstage.bbc.co.uk :: Backstage Blog :: First backstage.bbc.co.uk competition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Having made the 7-day BBC TV schedule data available TV-Anytime format on backstage.bbc.co.uk, we're now keen to see what you can do with it!
For the first backstage.bbc.co.uk competition, we are offering you the opportunity to innovate and build prototypes that demonstrate new ways of exploring the BBC TV schedule.
The winner will also be invited to the BBC to discuss their prototype and take a tour of the department as guests of the backstage.bbc.co.uk team.
backstage.bbc.co.uk /news/archives/2005/07/first_backstage.html   (556 words)

  
 BBC Film & TV Production Training Courses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
With its own training facilities, the BBC is legendary for teaching its production staff the many skills necessary in the field of television, and has produced what is considered the best television training course in the world.
It shows the role of technological developments in graphic design, while stressing that technology is no substitute for good and fresh visual ideas; describes in detail how title sequences are produced, both for large- and for small-budget programs; and shows how graphic designers approach designing such live programs as the weather report and sports coverage.
This program describes how techniques of the TV interview have changed in the past 40 years, showing how increasingly sophisticated techniques have been matched with greater frankness in the conduct of interviews.
www.filmo.com /bbctvtrn.htm   (2233 words)

  
 Re: BBC to trial online TV service
The BBC is moving toward the launch of an ambitious online media service that will let viewers watch shows such as "EastEnders" on their computers, with the opening of a 5,000 person trial this September.
Kudos to the BBC for actually doing something like this, which is in stark contrast to the MPAA who's now suing the pants off anyone distributing free-to-air TV shows.
Usually they are subscriber, but the BBC does put adverts on those two channels to help pay for them; aparently TV license fees don't go towards the channels directly since BBC World Service isn't (directly) available to license-fee payers.
channel9.msdn.com /ShowPost.aspx?PostID=69626   (1526 words)

  
 BBC Low-VHF TV
For some FIVE Solar Cycles (17-21) the low-band VHF BBC TV signals were widely-used propagation indicators.
There are several URL's that do go into great historical detail on BBC TV.
The simplest way was to obtain a UK TV set that would tune in their channels (and hope that local two-way or paging signals in that range wouldn't obliterate things!) Even though many sets were being tossed away by 1979 I wasn't lucky enough to get one.
home.swbell.net /pjdyer/bbclvhf.htm   (839 words)

  
 BBC- TV
Honoring the 40th Anniversary of, A Love Supreme, a team from BBC One TV met here in the US to create a landmark television documentary on John Coltrane.
The BBC film team was led by multi- award winning Director Lol Lovett and production manager Juliet Gowing.
The BBC team was assisted by world renowned Coltrane discographer and historian, Yasuhiro “Fuji” Fujioka, who flew in from Japan for the BBC filming and to visit the Coltrane house in Dix Hills.
www.dixhills.com /html/bbc-_tv.html   (193 words)

  
 BBC-TV reveals new evolution debate strategy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In reality, the “well-oiled” movement is the evolution one, where billions of taxpayer dollars each year are being poured into British schools, research centers, and government-supported TV programs that preach evolution with evangelistic fervor.
They report that this TV debate was probably the highest profile the AiG ministry has yet had in Britain, and was followed up soon with a major article in the London newspaper the Independent.
Surprisingly, this occurred more than three years ago (remember, evolutionists rarely agree to debate anymore), and was aired on the statewide TV program “Kentucky Tonight” (broadcast throughout AiG’s home state of Kentucky).
answersingenesis.org /docs2/4249news3-20-2000.asp   (1049 words)

  
 BBC - Proms - Homepage
You can watch the entire Last Night concert again for 7 days, via the BBC 2 player.
See the solutions to BBC Four's Su Doku puzzles and take a look at your pictures and poetry.
Full details of the 2007 Proms season will be available here in late April 2007.
www.bbc.co.uk /proms   (82 words)

  
 Microcontent Design, Part 3: Mightyv, a BBC TV listings app   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The developers note that the bleb.org data isn't "as rich in meta data (genre/group/series) as the BBC so you will see a marked difference in the search results because of this." So obviously the more meta data you can provide in your RSS feeds and APIs, the better it is for developers and users!
As it states on the main page, the data is originally sourced from the BBC's scheduling system but undergoes some manipulations in order to provide TV-Anytime features.
There are other XML files provided by the BBC, but our purpose here is just to gain an understanding of the main content components of the Mightyv mashup.
www.readwriteweb.com /archives/microcontent_de_3.php   (1350 words)

  
 BBC digital TV bid criticised
"We would have preferred a pay TV option," said a spokesman, "But the BBC and Crown Castle are the most likely to make the technology succeed." He added that the BBC was planning the biggest marketing push in its history to persuade users to take up the revamped service.
The spokesman also refused to rule out the addition of a pay TV element in the future.
UK Gold, UK Play and UK Drama are all part-owned by the BBC but have no place in the current channel lineup.
www.theinquirer.net /?article=4287   (311 words)

  
 BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, manages a range of media businesses around the world
Bringing the best of BBC and independently produced British programming to audiences around the world
BBC Magazines will become the first UK publisher to enter the online teen publishing market when it launches a digital edition of its Top Of The Pops magazine...
www.bbcworldwide.com   (172 words)

  
 BBC tv and radio on the web example
BBC tv and radio on the web example
BBC tv and radio on the web example
This page is built using the BBC Web API.
www0.rdthdo.bbc.co.uk /services/api/examples/ajax/index.html   (37 words)

  
 TV & Radio Bits - BBC Television Idents
BBC on-screen presentation from the 1960s to today
Half a century of BBC News and Weather presentation
TV and Radio Bits acknowledges that the copyright on the images on this page belong to the British Broadcasting Corporation.
www.tvradiobits.co.uk /idents   (168 words)

  
 "The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy" (1981) (mini)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Trivia: The story was originally written as a radio series of six shows broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 8th March 1978 and 12th April 1978.
As well as this TV series the story spawned records, books, a stage production, a computer adventure game and even a towel.
Goofs: Revealing mistakes: Episode 2: When Arthur and Ford are following Marvin through a white hallway, where Marvin mentions that the ship has been stolen, when Marvin walks toward the camera to enter a doorway, the actor's nose can be seen through the mesh of his mouth.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0081874   (811 words)

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