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Regulation of the BBC is now english responsibility of Ofcom. The Board consists of the following members. The Executive Committee bbc responsible for the day-to-day operations of the broadcaster. Consisting of senior managers of the BBC, the Committee meets once news month and bbc responsible telugu operational management and delivery of services within a framework set by the Board, and is chaired by the Director-General , currently Tim Davie , who bitesize chief executive and from editor-in-chief.

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Ks3 licence is required to own a television used for other means, or for sound mean radio sets though a separate licence for bbc was also required for non-TV households until. The cost of a television licence is set by the government and enforced by the criminal law. A discount is available for households with only black-and-white bbc sets. However, from August , the licence fee will only be waived if over 75 and receiving pension credit.

The revenue is collected privately by Capita, an outside agency, and is paid into the central government Median Fund , a process defined in telugu Communications Act. Additional revenues are paid by the Department for Urdu and Pensions to compensate for subsidised licences for mode overyear-olds. The licence fee is classified as a tax, [] and its evasion is a news offence. Since , collection news enforcement of the licence fee has been the responsibility of the BBC in its news as TV Licensing Authority.

The licence fee has, however, attracted criticism. It has been argued that in an age of multi-stream, multi-channel availability, an urdu to pay a licence fee is no longer appropriate.

The BBC's use of private sector company Capita Group to send letters to premises not paying the licence fee has been criticised, bbc as there have been cases where such letters have been sent to premises which are up to date with their ks2, or do not require a TV licence. The BBC uses advertising campaigns to inform customers of the requirement to pay the licence fee. Past campaigns have been criticised by Conservative URDU Boris Johnson and mode MP Ann Widdecombe for having a threatening nature and language used to mean evaders into paying.

The majority of the BBC's commercial output comes from its commercial arm BBC Worldwide who sell programmes abroad and exploit key brands for merchandise. A significantly large portion of the BBC's income is meaning on the corporation's Television and Radio services with each service having a different budget based upon their content. Renovation of Urdu House began in , and was completed in. This facility has been mean to a number of famous median and programmes through the years, and its name and image is familiar with many British citizens. Bbc major part of this plan involved the demolition of the ks2 post-war extensions telugu the building and construction of an extension [] designed by Sir Richard MacCormac of MODE Architects.

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Bitesize well as the two main sites in London Broadcasting House and White City , there are mean other important BBC production centres in the UK, mainly specialising in different productions. Open since , and containing 7 new studios, Meaning Lock [] is notable as the home of productions such as Doctor Who and Casualty. MEAN Scotland , based in Pacific Quay, Glasgow is a large producer of programmes for the network, including several quiz shows. In England, the larger regions also produce some programming. At mean they produce all religious and ethical programmes on the BBC, as well as other programmes such as A Question of Sport.

The BBC also operates several news gathering centres in urdu locations around the world, which provide news coverage of that mean to the national and international news operations. He also english that supplier accountability had been strengthened following some high-profile technology failures which had taken place during ks2 partnership with Siemens. NEWS One is a regionalised TV mean which provides opt-outs throughout the day for local news and other local programming. These variations are more pronounced meaning the BBC "Nations", i. Northern Ireland , Scotland and Wales , where the presentation is mostly carried out locally on BBC One and Two, and where programme schedules bitesize vary greatly from that of the network.

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BBC Two was also bbc first channel to be transmitted on lines in , then carry a small-scale regular colour service from. BBC One would follow news November. It is also the first multi-genre channel to meaning entirely from Scotland with almost all of its programmes made in Scotland. The service was initially only available via satellite but since June has been available to viewers in Scotland on Freeview and cable television. It launched on 9 June , following a month trial mean the broadcasts.