The BBC is the British Broadcasting Corporation, the oldest national broadcasting organization in the world. It is a public service broadcaster funded by an annual television license fee paid by all UK households and organizations using television equipment. The BBC operates under a royal charter and is overseen by the BBC Trust, which is responsible for ensuring the BBC fulfills its mission to inform, educate, and entertain the public. The license fee provides the BBC with an independent source of funding that allows it to create a variety of content without relying on advertising or the need to generate profits.

1. The BBC

2. History of the BBC
This article is about the British Broadcasting Corporation. For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation).
•The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster. It is headquartered
at Broadcasting House in London, and is the world's oldest national broadcasting organisation[3] and the
largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees, with over 20,950 staff in total, of whom 16,672 are in public
sector broadcasting;[2][4][5][6][7] including part-time, flexible as well as fixed contract staff, the total number is 35,402.[8]
The BBC is established under a Royal Charter[9] and operates under its Agreement with the Secretary of State for
Culture, Media and Sport.[10] Its work is funded principally by an annual television licence fee[11] which is charged to all
British households, companies, and organizations using any type of equipment to receive or record
live television broadcasts.[12] The fee is set by the British Government, agreed by Parliament,[13] and used to fund the
BBC's extensive radio, TV, and online services covering the nations and regions of the UK. Since 1 April 2014, it has
also funded the BBC World Service (launched in 1932 as the BBC Empire Service), which broadcasts in 28 languages
and provides comprehensive TV, radio, and online services in Arabic, and Persian.
Around a quarter of BBC revenues come from its commercial arm BBC Worldwide Ltd, which sells BBC programs and
services internationally and also distributes the BBC's international 24-hour English-language news services BBC
World News, and from BBC.com, provided by BBC Global News Ltd.

3. What is the BBC trust and what do they do ?
• The BBC exists to serve the public, and its mission is to inform, educate and entertain. The BBC Trust is the governing body
of the BBC, and we make sure the BBC delivers that mission.
• Led by Chairman Rona Fairhead, and consisting of 12 Trustees, the Trust is the guardian of licence fee revenue and of the
public interest in the BBC.
• The Trust is separate from the Executive Board which is led by the Director-General. The Executive Board is responsible for
the operational delivery of BBC services and the direction of BBC editorial and creative output in line with the framework
set by the Trust.
• Our job is to get the best out of the BBC for licence fee payers.
• We set the strategic objectives for the BBC. We have challenged the BBC to:
• Make the most creative and distinctive output;
• Innovate online to create a more personal BBC;
• Serve all audiences; and
• Improve value for money through a simpler, more efficient, and more open BBC.
• We issue a service licence to every BBC service stating what we expect it to deliver and how much it can spend. We set the
BBC’s editorial guidelines and protect the BBC’s independence. We monitor performance to ensure that the BBC provides
value for money while staying true to its public purposes.

4. Funding the BBC
• Its work is funded principally by an annual television licence fee which is charged to all British
households, companies, and organisations using any type of equipment to receive or record live
television broadcasts.
This graph shows the other areas the BBC get
their money from showing its not just payment
from the Television license

5. • For
• Better value for money
• Grantees an income for BBC to provide a variety of services
• Allows license payers to have control
• Doesn’t have to generate a profit for share holders
• Doesn’t have to meet the needs of advertisers
• Consumers choose to watch programmes without interruption or adverts
• Consumers can be confident that information is not distorted

6. • Against
• BBC should have to compete on a level playing field reducing prices around the country
• BBC is giving income by the license fee which means it is placed in a privileged position within the
market place and competes unfairly with commercial organisations
• Entire country has to pay license fee, even if they don’t watch or use the BBC
• BBC is already a commercial organisation does not sell services in other countries you cant access
it in other countries
• Government feel like they can have influence and cause it to be biased. Meant to be about the
people