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Location: United Kingdom, London


The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion (US$7.9 billion).[1]

Founded in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company Ltd, it was subsequently granted a Royal Charter and made a state-owned but independent corporation in 1927. The corporation produces programmes and information services, broadcasting on television, radio, and the Internet. The stated mission of the BBC is “to inform, educate and entertain”;[2] its motto is “Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation”.


Homepage: http://www.bbc.co.uk