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Also Known As British Broadcasting Corporation · BBC
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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 Year
1922 1
Founded as the British Broadcasting Company, 1922; reconstituted by royal charter as the British Broadcasting Corporation, 1927.
Headquarters
Broadcasting House, London 1
Classification
Status
Active 1
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Source BBC Official Site
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Additional Source BBC, WikipediaHistoric Achievement section

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Radio, Media Forms

Milestones Credited

Source BBC Official Site

Technologies Developed

Teletext, Technologies

The BBC's Ceefax was the first teletext service, launched 23 September 1974.

Source Wikipedia
Additional Source BBC, WikipediaHistory section

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1. BBC Official Site
British Broadcasting Corporation
  • BBC, Description, status
    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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BBC, Wikipedia
  • Introduction, sentence 1
    The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
  • Technologies Developed: Teletext, History section
  • Associated With: Telstar Transatlantic Broadcast, Historic Achievement section
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