It is the world’s oldest national broadcasting organisation[2] and the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees, with around 23,000 staff in total, and 16,672 in public sector broadcasting.
Around a quarter of BBC revenues come from its commercial arm BBC Worldwide Ltd. which sells BBC programmes and services internationally and also distributes the BBC’s international 24-hour English language news services BBC World News and BBC.com, provided by BBC Global News Ltd.
The BBC is established under a Royal Charter[7] and operates under its Agreement with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.[8] Its work is funded principally by an annual television licence fee[9] which is charged to all British households, companies, and organisations using any type of equipment to receive or record live television broadcasts.[10] The fee is set by the British Government, agreed by Parliament,[11] and used to fund the BBC’s extensive radio, TV, and online services covering the nations and regions of the UK. From 1 April 2014 it also funds the BBC World Service, which provides comprehensive TV, radio, and online services in Arabic, and Persian, and broadcasts in 28 languages.
Around a quarter of BBC revenues come from its commercial arm BBC Worldwide Ltd. which sells BBC programmes and services internationally and also distributes the BBC’s international 24-hour English language news services BBC World News and BBC.com, provided by BBC Global News Ltd.
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Around a quarter of BBC revenues come from its commercial arm BBC Worldwide Ltd. which sells BBC programmes and services internationally and also distributes the BBC’s international 24-hour English language news services BBC World News and BBC.com, provided by BBC Global News Ltd.