The BBC

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The BBC is the major proprietor of the broadcasting industry in Britain. BBC television channels are supported by the television license fee which has been led to believe entitles the BBC to its own type of regulation. The paper explores and analyzes if the BBC deserves its own form of regulation or should it be regulated in the same way as other broadcasting services.

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"The BBC was founded in 1922 and was given a complete monopoly of the broadcasting business. It evolved from a company to a corporation in 1927 with John Reith as the General Director. They worked on radio until the introduction of television in 1929. When the BBC was formed a group of governors were appointed to regulate it. They were supposed to be neutral and have no government bias, but were appointed by the government themselves. The government also set the license fee this might show that the BBC could not be separate from the government as it had claimed to be. Also the fact that the government can use the BBC in a national emergency would show that they do have control over the BBC. ?It has never been entirely free from state pressure. Its license to broadcast has always been granted for fixed periods, never in perpetuity; the state appoints its board of governors; and the state, not the BBC, determines the cost of the receiving license.?(1)"

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