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The BBC or the British Broadcasting Corporation is an organization in the UK. It broadcasts in the United Kingdom and other countries on television, radio and the Internet. The BBC also sells its programs to other broadcasting companies in the world.

The organization is run by a group of twelve governors who have been given the job by the Queen, on the advice of government ministers. The governors appoint a Board of Management to take care of running the business of the BBC. The head of the Board of Management is called the Director General.

The BBC is established under a Royal Charter, which allows the BBC to broadcast. In 2006, the British Government will look at the charter to see if it needs changing.

Another agreement, which goes with the Charter, recognizes that the BBC should be independent from any other organization. It also says what the BBC should do for the people in Britain (the public).

Every household in the UK that owns a television must pay for a TV Licence. Because the BBC gets its money from TV licences, it does not take money from companies or shareholders, so it does not have to do what they want. Also, it does not have to broadcast commercials. It is not allowed to.

The BBC makes extra money in several ways. One way is by selling its programs to other broadcasting companies. Another way is by selling audio tapes and CDs of its best radio programs, and videos and DVDs of its best television programs. Still another way is by selling books based on programs, and magazines about science and natural history.

The BBC also publishes a weekly magazine called Radio Times. This used to print listings of all the week's BBC radio and television programs in the United Kingdom, but in 1990s it began to print listings of programs broadcast by other companies in the United Kingdom as well. It also prints stories about programs and the people who make them and the people who appear in them. Radio Times is one of the best selling magazines in the United Kingdom.

The BBC has to publish a report every year, which tells people what it has done and how much money it has made and spent.

If someone has a complaint about something broadcast by the BBC, they can complain to the BBC, the Board of Governors, or directly to Ofcom, the government's regulator of broadcasting.

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