The British Broadcasting Corporation, founded as a company in 1922 and chartered as a public corporation in 1927, the model public service broadcaster: license-fee funded, charged to inform, educate and entertain. It launched the world's first regular high-definition television service in 1936 and remains one of the largest news organizations on earth.
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Founding YearFounded as the British Broadcasting Company, 1922; reconstituted by royal charter as the British Broadcasting Corporation, 1927. HeadquartersBroadcasting House, London 1 Connections
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Teletext, Technologies The BBC's Ceefax was the first teletext service, launched 23 September 1974.
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It launched the world's first regular high-definition television service in 1936 and remains one of the largest news organizations on earth.
- Milestones Credited: BBC Television Service Launch
- Associated With: Public Service Broadcasting
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- Associated With: Telstar Transatlantic Broadcast, Historic Achievement section
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