The document discusses television broadcasting by the BBC. It provides details about BBC channels available both within the UK and internationally. The BBC is funded primarily through television licensing fees paid by UK households watching live broadcasts. This allows the BBC to create programming for varied audiences without relying on advertising revenue. Commercial channels in the UK rely on advertising to fund programming and could face challenges with low viewership affecting advertising income. The document outlines some major commercial channels in the UK and their owners.

1. Television broadcasting:
Is the distribution of audio and video content or visual
mass communications medium and broadcasts on to
your television for a wide audiences.

2. BBC World news/ An international, commercially
funded twenty-four hour news channel, not
officially available to the UK viewers but is
shown on BBC news/ BBC one/ BBC two/
between 1am-5:30am and two editions 11:30
am-12:00pm on BBC two/ 19:00-19:30 on BBC
four.

3. The BBC is the world's oldest national broadcasting
organisation and the largest broadcaster in the world by
number of employees, with about 23,000 staff. The BBC
revenue is about £5.086 billion. It was founded at 18
October 1922.
This is how much
percentage they spent on
each media platforms they
have as you can see they
spend half on television.

4. The BBC wholly owned commercial subsidiary, BBC worldwide, also operates
several international television channels under BBC branding.
BBC America- a general entertainment channel, co-owned with discovery
networks. Showcasing British programmes.
BBC Canada- a general entertainment channel, co-owned with shaw-media.
BBC HD- a high definition channel, currently available in
Belguim, Brazil, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland and Turkey.
BBC Kids- a Canadian children’s programming channel co-owned with shawmedia.
BBC Entertainment- showcasing comedy drama, light entertainment and
children’s programming by BBC and other UK production houses available in the
following regions: Asia, Europe/Middle east, India, Latin, America, Nordic, Poland
and South Africa.

5. BBC Knowledge-documentaries and factual programming, currently available in
Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Hong Kong, Indonesia, New
Zealand, Poland, Scandinavia, Singapore and South Africa.
BBC UKTV- an entertainment channel in Australia and New Zealand, carrying
drama and comedy programmes from the BBC, Talkback Thames, ITV and Channel
4. The BBC also co-owns the following channels in joint ventures with other
broadcaster.
UKTV- commercial television network in the UK, co-owned with Scripps Networks
Interactive. The channels broadcast mainly BBC archive and specially produced
programming.
BBC Persian-news channel that broadcasts in Persian-speaking countries
including Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan in the Perisan/Dari/Tajiki language.

6. These channels are also available outside the UK in the nieghbouring countries
e.g. Belgium and the Netherlands.
BBC one-the corporation’s primary network, broadcasting mainstream
comedy, drama, documentaries, films, news, sport and some children’s
programmes. BBC one is also the home of the BBC’s main 30 minutes news
bulletins, currently shown at 1:00pm, 6:00pm and 10:00pm and overnight on
Monday to Sunday also available in HD.
BBC Two-home to more specialist programming, including comedy,
documentaries, dramas, children’s programming and minority interest
programmes, as well imported programmes from other countries, particularly
the United States. An important feature of the schedule is Newsnight 50
miinute news analysis programme shown each weeknight at 22:30 also
available in HD.

7. BBC Three-home youth-orientated programming particularly new
comedy sketches shows and sitcoms.
BBC Four-Niche programming for an intellectual audience,
including specialists documentaries, occasional ‘serious’ dramas,
live theatre, foreign language films and television programmes
and ‘prestige’ archives television repeats.
BBC News- a dedicated news channel
.
BBC Parliament- the corporation dedicated politics channel,
covering both the UK Parliament, Scottish Parliament, Welsh
assembly, Northern Ireland assembly and international politics.
CBBC-for children aged six and above.
Cbeebies- for under six.

8. *They have their own Television
channels
*They have their own radios
*They have their own interactive sites
(web)
*BBC iplayer (catch up TV)

9. The BBC gets the money from the TV license as they don’t have adverts to
pay them, this is an advantage because the money they get goes out to
do a wide range of varieties of high quality, interesting and multicultural
programming for all the viewers who watch BBC or goes to do all the
radios and interactive sites they do for example BBC iplayer and make
different ranges of programming for all different type of audiences. In the
United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, any household
watching or recording live television transmissions as they are being
broadcast (terrestrial, satellite, cable, or internet) is required to hold a
television license. Since 1 April 2010 the annual license fee has been
£145.50 for colour and £49.00 for black and white. Income from the
license is primarily used to fund the television, radio and online
services of the BBC. The total income from license fees was £3.6562
billion in 2012–13 of which £597.3 million or 16.3% was provided by
the Government through concessions for those over the age of 75.
Thus, the license fee made up the bulk of the BBC's total income of
£5.102 billion in 2012-2013.

10. Commercial television is paid by
adverts so when you watching a
programme that’s not paid by TV
license they are paid by adverts.

11. The effects on relying on advertisements revenue is,
if you have low audiences ratings on your tv channel,
you wont be getting advertisers paying for slots on
your tv programme as they would be wanting to
advertise and to be getting to a large audience so
they are more likely to get customers and this means
you wouldn’t be getting no money to pay for
everything like the programmes, presenter, the
equipment and the sensual needs.

12. Channel 5-was owned by RTL Group but was purchased in 2010 by
Northern & Shell. It broadcast a wide range of variety of
programming. It mostly broadcast entertainment programming such
as reality television, game shows and imported American drama.
Channel 5 (UK) is based there. Broadcast in the UK and it’s a
national programming but can do local news.
Viva-Owned by Viacom International Media Networks Europe. Is a
music video and entertainment in Europe like
Austria, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland and Ireland.
E4-I’ts national owned by Channel four corporation. Also owns
Channel 4, More 4, 4Music and 4seven and many others. It’s
headquarters is in London, UK. Also it bought 50%share of Box
television LTD which is formally a video jukebox Network
International Limited E4 is a mostly Comedy channel.

13. Itv-Owned by three other company’s that is ITV plc, STV group
plc and UTV media plc. It’s a regional television service. It's a
regional television service. It does news , regional
news, weather, sport, children’s programming and has paid to
make some of their own TV programmes.
Mtv-Owned by the same company as VIVA Viacom Media
networks. It does music videos but it also does reality
programmes, aminated programmes scripted also has
rebroadcast programmes.
Viacom International Media Networks
Viacom was previously MTV Networks Europe is a
subsidiary of Viacom. It also owns mainly well known
companys for example MTV, VH1, VIVA, Nickelodeon,
Comedy Central and Nick jr.