The BBC Organization
The BBC stands for the British Broadcasting Co-operation. The British
Broadcast is a very well established organisation. It was formed in
1922 by a group of leading wireless manufactures, the daily
broadcasting by the BBC began from Marconi's London Studio on November
14th, this followed the next day by broadcasts from Birmingham and
Manchester. During the following few months the BBC organisation was
successfully able to broadcast around the U.K this effectively showed
how popular and in demand the BBC became around the U.K and therefore
had to remain a prestigious and impressive organisation and to remain
its high standards and popularity.
The Secretary of State's approval is required under the Royal Charter
for certain of the BBC's commercial activities.
The Royal Charter requires the secretary of state's prior approval for
the co-operation 'to provide sound and television broadcasting
services and communication services and to provide sound and
television programmes of information, education and entertainment
funded by advertisements, subscription, sponsorship, pay per view
system, or any other means of finande whether for reception by the
general public free of charge or available on individual demand or
encrypted or in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern
Ireland, the channel Islands and the Isle of man and the territorial
waters and elsewhere in the world'
The Charter requires the Secretary of State's prior approval for the
co-operation 'to enter into joint ventures or partnerships with other
companies and to establish companies whose objects include any of the
objects of the co-ope...
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...able around the world by the successful use of
platforms, internet, etc.
The BBC is well established and is well respected within the media.
Twelve governors ensure the BBC is run in the interest of the viewers
and listeners.
* They act as trustees of the public interest and ensure that it
fulfils its obligations.
* They're appointed by the Queen on the advice of the government
ministers.
* Day to day operations are run by sixteen divisions. Their
directors report to the director general, forming the executive
Board.
* It answers to the Board of Governors.
Each divisions performance is regualarly assessed by the BBC's
Governors, an advantage to the assessment is that, problems can be
learnt from therefore creating a better chance of gaining a larger
target audience.
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