British Broadcasting Corporation operates as a public service broadcaster in the United Kingdom and internationally. It operates through UK PSB Group, BBC World Service and BBC Monitoring, and BBC Worldwide segments. The company broadcasts on radio, television (TV), and online providing news and information in 27 languages and world service English language. It offers national TV services providing entertainment, news, current affairs, and arts; and operates national radio stations that provide music and speech programming to audiences in the United Kingdom. The Company also operates a portfolio of Websites, including BBC news, sport, and weather; children’s sites, such as CBBC and CBeebies; and knowledge and learning, as well as provides access to radio and TV programs on-demand through BBC iPlayer. In addition, it creates, acquires, invests, develops, and exploits media content and brands; provides TV studios and post production facilities, offering production solutions to the media industry; supplies TV facilities; and offers face to face courses and online training programs in TV, radio, journalism, new media, health and safety, and broadcast technology skills for the media industry. Further, the Company operates as a multi-channel retailer, which sells books, DVDs, audio books, and toys for fans of the BBC and BBC programs through online, phone, and post; and broadcasts live music, stage shows, and interviews with stars. It operates 10 national TV channels plus regional programming, 10 national radio stations, 40 local radio stations.
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BBC was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in London, GB
Key People at BBC
Tim Davie
CEO, BBC Worldwide & Director, Global
Alan Yentob
Chairman of the Board
Simon Burke
Non-Executive Director
Ken MacQuarrie
Director, BBC Scotland
Philip Almond
Director, Marketing
Tony Hall
Director General
Helen Boaden
Director Radio
James Purnell
Director Strategy and Digital
Matthew Postgate
CTO & Product Officer
Danny Cohen
Director, Television
Grace Boswood
COO, BBC Digital & Engineering
Lucy Adams
Director, HR
Anne Bulford
Deputy Director-General
BBC Office Locations
BBC has offices in London, Paris, New York, Hong Kong and in 38 other locations
London, GB (HQ)
Broadcasting House, Portland Place
Johannesburg, ZA
003H3 Ground Floor, 10 Melrose Boulevard, Melrose Arch, Melrose North
Mumbai, IN
Construction House A, 401-4th floor, Off Linking Road,24th Road Khar West
Seoul, KR
27F West, Center 1 Bldg., 26 Uljiro 5-gil, Jung-gu
Tokyo, JP
Tokyo Club Building, 10F, 3-2-6 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
Singapore, SG
#17-03 Springleaf Tower, 3 Anson Road
BBC Data and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 1922 |
BBC Financial Metrics
BBC's revenue was reported to be £855.4 m in FY, 2016 which is a 0% increase from the previous period.
GBP
Revenue (FY, 2016) | 855.4 m |
Revenue growth (FY, 2015 - FY, 2016), % | 0% |
Cash (31-Mar-2006) | 1.6 m |
| GBP | FY, 2006 | FY, 2014 | FY, 2015 | FY, 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Revenue | 40.1 m | 892 m | 851.3 m | 855.4 m |
Revenue growth, % | (5%) | 0% | ||
Pre tax profit | 314 k | |||
Net Income | 37 k |
| GBP | FY, 2006 |
|---|---|
Cash | 1.6 m |
Accounts Receivable | 1.1 m |
Current Assets | 15.6 m |
PP&E | 8.5 m |
Goodwill | 193 k |
Total Assets | 24.3 m |
Accounts Payable | 3.7 m |
Current Liabilities | 9.2 m |
Total Liabilities | 12.3 m |
Retained Earnings | 36 k |
Total Equity | 12 m |
Financial Leverage | 2 x |
| GBP | FY, 2006 |
|---|---|
Cash From Operating Activities | 2.2 m |
Cash From Financing Activities | (879 k) |
Income Taxes Paid | (277 k) |
| GBP | Y, 2016 |
|---|---|
Revenue/Employee | 34.5 k |
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BBC News and Updates
March 09, 2017
BBC's shortwave transmissions from Thailand go dark, after talks fail
The British Broadcasting Corporation announced Wednesday it is ending its shortwave transmissions from Thailand after 20 years of operation, because it failed to reach agreement with Thailand's military government on a renewal of its operating permit.
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January 15, 2017
Final episode of BBC's Sherlock leaked online
Corporation urges Holmes fans not to watch or share details of last programme of the series before it airs on Sunday night The creators of BBC’s Sherlock have urged people not to watch an online leak of the final episode of the current series or share details of it. Related: Sunday's best TV: Sherlo…
January 11, 2017
Joanna Trollope says BBC's overpaid managers are starving the arts
Announcing that she will chair the corporation’s short story award, novelist says ‘a great weight of money’ has gone to the wrong peopleHigh-earning BBC top brass have come under fire from writer Joanna Trollope for paying themselves money that should be invested in its arts coverage and staff. The …
December 14, 2016
The BBC’s first Oculus VR production is about the Mediterranean refugee crisis
Today, the BBC released We Wait – the corporation’s first VR experience for the Oculus platform. The film depicts the harrowing and often perilous journey undertaken by Syrian refugees, as they cross the Mediterranean to get to Europe in search of a better life. Based on interviews with migrants and…
December 05, 2016
Ofcom clears BBC's Remembrance Sunday Marine Le Pen interview
Media regulator rules out full investigation after looking into 11 complaints from public that airing interview then was disrespectfulA BBC interview with the French far-right presidential candidate, Marine Le Pen, has been cleared by the media regulator over complaints that it was inappropriate and…
November 28, 2016
Ronnie O’Sullivan: snooker’s treatment by BBC’s Spoty is ‘complete insult’
• ‘Snooker is like a car-boot sale but with other sports it’s shopping at Harrods’• No snooker player has made Spoty shortlist since its introduction in 2010Ronnie O’Sullivan insists a “car-boot sale” mentality is responsible for snooker’s continued omission from the shortlist for the BBC Sports Per…