The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually referred to by its abbreviation "the BBC",[1] is the world's largest broadcaster Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals which transmit programs to an audience. The audience may be the general public or a relatively large sub-audience, such as children or young adults.[2] In common with the public broadcasting organisations of many other European countries, it is funded yearly by a television licence fee In the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies, one must have a television licence to receive live any television broadcast, from any source. This includes the commercial channels, cable and satellite transmissions, and the Internet. The money from the licence fee is used to provide radio, television and Internet content for the British. This is charged to all UK The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border, sharing it with households owning a television capable of receiving broadcasts, rather than being underwritten Underwriting refers to the process that a large financial service provider uses to assess the eligibility of a customer to receive their products (equity capital, insurance, mortgage or credit). The name derives from the Lloyd's of London insurance market. Financial bankers, who would accept some of the risk on a given venture (historically a sea directly by the UK Government Her Majesty's Government is the government of the United Kingdom, based at 10 Downing Street. Apart from the United Kingdom, the phrase has been (and sometimes currently is) used by other countries which recognise the head of state of the United Kingdom as their own also. Formally, this is because the BBC was founded by, and is operating under, a Royal Charter A royal charter is a charter granted by a Sovereign to create institutions or other forms of incorporated bodies (such as a city, company, or university). In the British legal tradition a royal charter is in the form of letters patent. Historically, royal charters were granted as an exercise of the royal prerogative, and were generally used to granted by the British monarch The Monarchy of the United Kingdom is the constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories. The present monarch, Elizabeth II, has reigned since 6 February 1952. She and her immediate family undertake various official, ceremonial and representational duties. As a constitutional monarch, the Queen is limited to non-.
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