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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: BBC Radio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927.
		BBC Radio 5 was launched on 27 August 1990 as a home for sport and children's programming, and was it later renamed BBC Radio Five Live when it became a dedicated news and sport network.
		British Broadcasting Company, Ltd., for a history of the BBC prior to 1927.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/BBC-Radio (5442 words)

	British Broadcasting Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On December 31, 1926, the company was dissolved and its assets were transferred to the Crown Chartered British Broadcasting Corporation.
		Beginning in 1920, a number of licenses were issued to British and American subsidiary companies in Britain for the purpose of conducting experimental transmissions under terms of a license issued by the General Post Office in accordance with the Wireless Telegraphy Act of 1904.
		The British Broadcasting Company, Ltd., was formed using a blueprint that the US Navy and the General Electric Company had attempted to institute in the USA.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Broadcasting_Company (2314 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		On December 31, 1926, the company was dissolved and its assets were transferred to the Crown Chartered British Broadcasting Corporation.
		Beginning in 1920, a number of licenses were issued to British and American subsidiary companies in Britain for the purpose of conducting experimental transmissions under terms of a license issued by the General Post Office in accordance with the Wireless Telegraphy Act of 1904.
		The British Broadcasting Company, Ltd., was formed using a blueprint that the US Navy and the General Electric Company had attempted to institute in the USA.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=British_Broadcasting_Company (2001 words)

	BBC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		BBC 2 was broadcast in colour from July 1, 1967, and was joined by BBC 1 and ITV on November 15, 1969.
		BBC Worldwide also maintains the publishing arm of the BBC and it is the third-largest publisher of consumer magazines in the United Kingdom [1].
		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 (4063 words)

	MSN Encarta - British Broadcasting Corporation
		By the time the BBC monopoly was broken by the arrival of Independent Television (ITV) in 1955, over 90 per cent of the population had access to television.
		BBC broadcasters were taking their social responsibilities seriously, with programmes for deaf and disabled people joining those for blind people, as well as a multimedia campaign on adult literacy.
		Michael Grade, a former controller of BBC 1 and BBC director of programmes (1984-1988) and chief executive of Channel 4 (1988-1997), was appointed chairman of the BBC from May 2004.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761580020/British_Broadcasting_Corporation.html (2698 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/BBC Radio
		BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927.
		When the British Broadcasting Corporation gained control of the airwaves under the terms of a Crown Charter, John Reith was had been the founding Managing Director of the commercial company, became the first director and he brought with him draconian ideas that imposed a theocratic viewpoint on the broadcasting service.
		BBC Radio 5 was launched on 27 August 1990 as a home for sport and children's programming, and was it later renamed BBC Radio Five Live when it became a dedicated news and sport network.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/BBC_Radio (1186 words)

	Enlightenment - The Experience Festival
		Therefore licenses to commence test wireless broadcasts had to be obtained from the GPO and initially, some companies in Britain were successful in obtaining a license for limited times and purposes.
		The initial remit of the British Broadcasting Company, Ltd., was to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters many of which had originally been owned by member companies, from which the BBC was to provide a national broadcasting service.
		British Thomson Houston Company, Ltd., was a controlled UK subsidiary of the General Electric Company in the USA.
	www.experiencefestival.com /a/British_Broadcasting_Company/id/1938735 (2124 words)

	BBC information - Search.com
		The BBC is a public service broadcaster though not in the sense used in some other countries (in particular, the United States) of a producer expected to provide only programmes that commercial companies would not broadcast.
		BBC 2 was broadcast in colour from July 1, 1967, and was joined by BBC 1 and ITV on November 15, 1969.
		BBC Worldwide also maintains the publishing arm of the BBC and it is the third-largest publisher of consumer magazines in the United Kingdom [3].
	www.search.com /reference/BBC (4760 words)

	Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The arrangements made for broadcasting service in Great Britain in 1923 involved the granting of a licence to the British Broadcasting Company for the establishment of stations in different parts of the country.
		The Governor of Ceylon, Sir Hugh Clifford, inaugurated broadcasting on the new plant on 16 December 1925.
		The short wave 61.2 meters was reserved for broadcasts in English and the Medium wave of 428.6 meters for Sinhala and Tamil.
	www.infolanka.com /people/sisira/slbc.html (1265 words)

	Wikinfo \| British Broadcasting Corporation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Although the BBC is nominally independent from the government, it is run by a Board of Governors, comprising 12 governors, who are appointed by the government.
		The website allows the BBC to produce sections which complement the various programmes on television and radio, and it is common for viewers and listeners to be told website addresses for the BBCi sections relating to that programme.
		BBC Radio 4 (Non-musical entertainment such as drama, comedy, news programmes and factual programmes), previously the Home Service, formed in 1939 from the fusion of the prewar National and Regional Programmes.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=BBC (4069 words)

	British Broadcasting Corporation : BBC
		The British Broadcasting Corporation or BBC is the most widely respected broadcasting organisation in the world.
		Affectionately known to local consumers as the "beeb" or "Auntie", the BBC was for many years the only television and radio provider in the United Kingdom.
		They ensure that the BBC is sufficiently funded to provide for the British public high quality and diverse media content designed to "educate, inform and entertain" as per the remit of its charter.
	www.fastload.org /bb/BBC.html (1753 words)

	Plymouth, Broadcasting (British Broadcasting Company - Station 5PY)
		The British Broadcasting Company was founded on October 18th 1922 by a consortium of business that included British Thomson Houston, the General Electric Company, Marconi, Metropolitan Vickers, the Radio Communication Company and Western Electric.
		The aim of the Company was to provide a national broadcasting service by establishing a network of radio stations across the country.
		The first BBC station to start transmitting was based on the roof of Selfridge's department store in Oxford Street, London, and had the call-sign 2LO.
	www.plymouthdata.info /Broadcasting-5PY.htm (524 words)

	British Broadcasting Company Information
		See BBC for a history of the British Broadcasting Corporation from 1927 and BBC (index) or the BBC category for other articles related to this subject.
		Ltd., in the UK was originally formed as a subsidiary of American Telephone and Telegraph Company (ATandT) in the USA where it served as its manufacturing subsidiary to equip the ATandT Bell Telephone system.
		John Reith was the Managing Director of the British Broadcasting Company, Ltd. He was a Scottish Calvinist who insisted that his own personal views of the world were those adopted by the staff of the company.
	www.bookrags.com /British_Broadcasting_Company (2271 words)

	British Broadcasting Company - Definition, explanation
		See BBC for a history of the British Broadcasting Corporation from 1927 and BBC (index) for other articles related to this subject.
		On June 15, 1920, Marconi's Wireless Telegraphy Company, Limited, in Chelmsford, Essex was licensed to conduct an experimental broadcast featuring Dame Nellie Melba.
		December 15: British Broadcasting Company, Ltd., registered as an incorporated company.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/b/br/british_broadcasting_company.php (2498 words)

	Formation of the British Broadcasting Company (from broadcasting) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The Post Office took the initiative in encouraging cooperation between manufacturers, and on October 18, 1922, the British Broadcasting Company, Ltd., was established as a private corporation.
		In its most common form, broadcasting may be described as the systematic dissemination of entertainment, information, educational programming, and other features for simultaneous reception by...
		The fourth U.S. television network, Fox Broadcasting Company was organized in 1985 when billionaire financier Rupert Murdoch combined Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation with a handful of television stations and a new distribution company.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-25189 (754 words)

	BBC forces comedian to hand over bbc.uk.com \| The Register
		But the BBC took exception to Paskin's use of bbc.uk.com and demanded he hand over the domain or face being dragged through the courts.
		Paskin was supposed to have handed the domain over to the BBC by 11 May but this was delayed due to protracted negotiations with the Beeb.
		A spokesman for the BBC said he was aware of the case.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2000/06/02/bbc_forces_comedian_to_hand (580 words)

	CAIN: Peter Heathwood Collection of Television Programmes - Yearly Listing
		The cornerstone of British plan is the Anglo-Irish Agreement, Taylor profiles it, and the varying attitudes of local parties.
		B.Burns was allegedly involved in 1979 Warrenpoint killing of eighteen British Paratroopers and five British Soldiers in Camlough in May 1981.
		A British soldier convicted of murder is freed early.
	cain.ulst.ac.uk /heathwood/static/1988.html (2094 words)

	bit-tech.net Forums - America "owns" the "British Broadcasting Company" ?
		They're distributed by BBC America in the states and on the front is a 'hilarious' piss take of English people by suggesting we all have bad teeth and drink tea, however we do make exceedingly good comedy.
		It would seem that either BBC America is a subsidary run by Americans or the Beeb is just pandering to the states, with a reminder that the only achievements we've had is that we have no dental plans and drink nothing other than Earl Gray.
		The British Broadcasting Company, is funded by the british.
	forums.bit-tech.net /showthread.php?t=60050 (1897 words)

	The Haunted Studio - History of Radio Part 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The broadcasts were only permitted to be speech, it was two years later that broadcasting restrictions were relaxed and "live music" could be broadcast.
		The British Broadcasting Corporation was constituted by Royal Charter on the 1st January 1927 and became solely responsible for British Broadcasting.
		Existing BBC radio services were renamed, The Light programme became Radio 2, the Third programme became Radio 3 and the Home service became Radio 4.
	www.geocities.com /hauntedstudio/gradio2.htm (1644 words)

	Creative Archive Licence Group
		The Creative Archive is a BBC led initiative to provide access to public service audio and video archives in a way that allows the British public to find, share, watch, listen and re-use the archive as a fuel for their own creative endeavours.
		As for Podcasting, the BBC is to podcast several radio shows including sections of Radio 4's Today programme, In Business, From Our Own Correspondent, In Our Time and The Reith Lectures as part of a download trial ongoing until the end of the year.
		Applications are invited from national broadcasters, archives and other bodies or commercial organisations managing audio, moving and still images who have a commitment to public service and user interaction and wish to share content with the public on the same terms.
	creativearchive.bbc.co.uk /archives/what_is_the_creative_archive/project_faqs (1215 words)

	Broadcasting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The press were quick to respond, calling it: "unconsidered trifles of the lightest type," so the Conservative Government resumed responsibility for broadcasting and formed the British Broadcasting Company Limited under the directorship of a rather dour Scotsman called John Reith.
		The Postmaster General wrote to the Head of the BBC saying: "We must use all our influence to stop this." In an internal memo of 7th April 1933, the BBC suggested persuading leading newspapers not to refer to it.
		The BBC bowed to pressure and important cuts were made to the footage.
	www.sterlingtimes.co.uk /broadcasting.htm (3899 words)

	Broadcasting Committee: report
		By an agreement between the Postmaster-General and the manufacturing industry in 1922, the British Broadcasting Company, composed of manufacturers of wireless apparatus, was licensed to provide a broadcasting service to the reasonable satisfaction of the Postmaster-General, financed partly out of licence fees to be paid by listeners and collected by the Post Office.
		A new scheme is recommended, under which a Broadcasting Board of thirteen members would be set up, to assist the Postmaster-General in the administration of broadcasting, the service itself continuing to be operated by the British Broadcasting Company, subject to agreed modifications in its licence.
		The British Broadcasting Company should be given an increased share of this revenue and a two years' extension of its licence, subject to its immediate participation in the new scheme and an easing of its Articles of Association.
	www.bopcris.ac.uk /bopall/ref8327.html (410 words)

	British Broadcasting Corporation
		The British Broadcasting Company was set up by a group of executives from radio manufacturers in December 1922.
		In 1927 the government decided to establish the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as a broadcasting monopoly operated by a board of governors and director general.
		The BBC television service was resumed in 1946 and by the early 1950s it became the dominant part of its activities.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /Jbbc.htm (1538 words)

	British Sky Broadcasting - Silverpop
		The company's opt-outs were unsuccessfully managed (if a customer opted-out of the Sports newsletter, for example, he or she would still receive third party promotions), its delivery technologies were inconsistent and it had very little insight into overall response rates, delivery rates or frequency.
		The company had dozens of divisions, none of which were using email under a cohesive enterprise-wide policy.
		In the first half of 2004, the company's complaint count dropped from a few a day to a few over an entire six-month period.
	www.silverpop.com /practices/casestudies/bskyb.html (813 words)

	Early Days Home
		The first commercial broadcast to England was in 1925, with the initiative of the Captain who persuaded Selfridges's - a London department store - to sponsor a fifteen minute fashion talk, to be broadcast to Britain from a studio on the Eiffel Tower.
		The British Government thought that advertising was an exploitation of a powerful medium for financial gain, but also viewed commercial radio as a potential corrupter of public morality.
		Their programme production company, Universal Programmes Corporation, based opposite Broadcasting House at 35 Portland Place, was unable to provide recorded programmes or deliver them to the so they shipped a large quantity of transcribed programmes from America direct to France, and appointed Bob D-Walker chief announcer and news reader.
	www.ibcstudio.co.uk /earlydaysindex.html (1972 words)

	bbc - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world.
		The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers,...
		BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, manages a range of media… Bringing the best of BBC and independently produced British programming to...
	www.search.com /search?q=bbc (430 words)

	BBC Partners With YouTube - Central Florida News 13 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The British Broadcasting Company is the first international broadcaster to land a major deal with youtube.com.
		The BBC also said it would not be hunting down all BCC clips already uploaded by YouTube users, saying that they provide good advertising for the company.
		The company did say it may replace the low-quality clips with higher-quality broadcast or have BBC clips removed that infringed on others’ copyright, such as some sports broadcasts.
	www.cfnews13.com /News/Local/2007/3/4/biz_bbc_youtube.html (251 words)

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