British Broadcasting Corporation 1922
- occupation:
- Broadcaster,
- Publisher
- Nationality:
- British
- born in:
- United Kingdom
1922 - Founded by Royal Charter and began radio broadcasts as the British Broadcasting Company Ltd;
1927 - Incorporated as the British Broadcasting Corporation;
1932 - began television broadcasts
The BBC is the world's largest public broadcasting organisation, underwritten by the British Government and paid for through a licence fee levied on the British public; began on-line publishing and broadcasting on the internet in 1996.