The Formation and Development of BBC Radio

The Formation and Development of BBC Radio

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The BBC was established as a private corporation in October 1922,

funded through a broadcast receiving licence fee plus ten per cent of

the revenue generated from the sale of radio receivers. The service

was an immediate success, with over a million licences sold by the

Post Office before regular daily transmissions began. Within three

years around 85 per cent of the population was able to receive the

broadcasts, which consisted of a variety of entertainment for all ages

as prescribed in the broadcasting licence. News broadcasts were banned

by the government until after 7pm because of pressure from the

powerful Newspaper Proprietors Association, whose members viewed the

new medium as a threat to their circulation. In addition, regulation

required that all news bulletins were to be purchased from selected

news agencies. With the granting of the royal Charter the restrictions

were relaxed slightly and the BBC was allowed to broadcast a limited

news service during the day.

a) Producing its own programs:

The advantages:

When BBC producing its own programs by depending on it self it

will categorize as a creative organization and the programs

and will gain more power full in the media. This will help BBC to

demand more on its internal environment or it interval community.

Any program in BBC creates it own work by it self and it will not be

needed for waiting any organization to make the scaguall for its

programs.

Text Box: On the other hand, BBC will make a strong value to the

social UK society and its uniformity (saving UK traditions and

beliefs)...

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... a national broadcaster along

with the other main UK broadcasters- is hampering its efforts to

exploit its programmes on the world market. The British tradition for

commissioning in series of six to ten programmes is against the

majority of potential foreign buyers needs of 26, making British

series difficult to sell over seas. While this is beginning to change,

government regulations requiring a proportion of programmes to be made

in the region also holds back exports, as international viewers find

them difficult to understand. The British media industry as a whole

has failed to exploit new markets, allowing others to gain access. The

arrival of satellite and cable channels in the UK created a great

hunger for content that was eventually filled by US broadcasters on

account of the failure of UK broadcasters to supply.