Thursday 4 February 2010

BBC


The BBC was the worlds first national broadcasting company. It was was founded on 18 October 1922. It was founded by 6 telecommunications companies. They were, radio communications company, Marconi, Metropolitan-Vickers, General Electric, Western Electric and British Thomson Houston.

The British Broadcasting Corporation are the biggest media and broadcasters in the world. The BBC is a publically owned corporation, under a Royal Charter issued by the british crown and it is overseen by 12 governors.

The BBC provides radio, television and internet broadcasting within the UK, Channel Island and Isle of Man. The BBC has been broadasting by radio since the 1930's but more recently now televison and online.