Infobox Organization name BBCResearch image BBC Research.svg size 200px caption small BBCResearch logo small abbreviation motto formation 1993 extinction status Subsidiary of the BBC purpose Technological broadcasting research location region served UK membership Electronics engineers leader title ... http www.bbc.co.uk rd BBCResearch remarks BBCResearch & Development is the technical research department of the BBC . Function It has responsibility for researching and developing advanced and emerging ... today was formed in 1993 from the merger of the BBC Designs Department and the BBCResearch Department. From 2006 to 2008 it was known as Research and Innovation but has since reverted to its original name. BBCResearch & Development has made major contributions to broadcast technology, carrying out original research in many areas, and developing items like the peak programme meter PPM which ... collaborative research efforts. See also Portal BBC A weighting CEEFAX Dirac codec ... External links BBC Online id rd title BBCResearchBBC Online id blogs researchanddevelopment title BBC R&D Blog http www.bbc.co.uk pressoffice pressreleases stories 2005 11 november 30 rd.shtml Move ... BBCResearch Category Audio engineering Category Television technology Category Radio technology ... projects for the UK broadcasting industry. Structure BBC R&D is part of the wider BBC Future Media, and is led by Matthew Postgate, Controller Research & Development. In 2011 the North Lab moved into City of Salford Salford MediaCityUK along with several other departments of the BBC, whilst the South Lab remained in BBC White City White City in London . History Image Rainbow over Kingswood ... City in London , Kingswood Warren in Kingswood, Surrey , and the R&D North Lab at the BBC s Manchester ... locating with the main campus of the BBC in London, whilst a significant number have moved to the new North Lab in Media City UK in Salford, Greater Manchester Salford . Future projects BBC R&D engineers ... more details
television services. Citation needed date February 2007 The BBCResearch Department has played a major ... iPlayer , BBC Red Button service and developing new technologies through BBCResearch & Development ... name British Broadcasting Corporation BBC logo File BBC.svg 200px caption type Public broadcasting ... John Reith, 1st Baron Reith John Reith Director General of the BBC Director General br George Villiers ... br Chairman, BBC Trust br Mark Thompson br Director General of the BBC Director General industry Mass media products Broadcasting , radio , web portal s services BBC Television Television , BBC Radio radio , BBC Online online revenue operating income net income aum assets equity owner The Crown Government ... 2 bbc.co.uk footnotes intl The British Broadcasting Corporation BBC is a British Public ... , London. ref http www.bbc.co.uk aboutthebbc purpose what.shtml What is the BBC? . BBC. Retrieved ... cite web title BBC World s largest broadcaster & Most trusted media brand publisher Media Newsline ... ?p 64654 accessdate 23 September 2010 ref ref name AboutBBC cite web title About the BBC What is the BBC publisher BBC Online url http www.bbc.co.uk info purpose what.shtml accessdate 23 September ... Kingdom , Channel Islands and Isle of Man . The BBC is a semi autonomous public service broadcaster ref name autogenerated3 cite web title BBC website About the BBC What is the BBC url http www.bbc.co.uk ... affairs chapter A UK Case Lobbying for a new BBC Charter pages 247 48 editor1 Harris, Phil editor2 ... from the Home Secretary . ref name bbchow cite web title BBC World Service Institutional How is the World Service funded? publisher BBC World Service url http www.bbc.co.uk worldservice institutional 2009 03 000000 funding.shtml quote The BBC, including World Service, operates under two constitutional ... bodies. Under the Royal Charter, BBC must obtain a licence from the Home Secretary. The Licence, which ... under which BBC is allowed to broadcast. ref Within the United Kingdom its work is funded principally ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name This is the BBC Type live Artist Robyn Hitchcock Cover Released April 2006 Recorded 1995 1999 Genre Alternative rock Length Label Hux Records Producer Reviews Last album This album Next album This Is The BBC is an album by Robyn Hitchcock , released on the Hux Records label in April 2006. It rounds up fourteen tracks recorded for radio, primarily with Andy Kershaw between 1995 and 1999. It can therefore be viewed as a sequel piece to The Kershaw Sessions Robyn Hitchcock The Kershaw Sessions . The tracks cover Hitchock s contemporary material at the time of recording, and include a version of the evocative I Saw Nick Drake with lyrical amendments. It also includes a cover of Bob Dylan s It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry . The packaging features Hitchcock s artwork and significantly utilises a painting by his father Raymond as a cover, which dates to 1954. Raymond Hitchcock is also pictured in the booklet. Track listing Man With A Woman s Shadow Heliotrope De Chirico Street The Cheese Alarm Jewels For Sophia Polly On The Shore Where Do You Go When You Die? I Saw Nick Drake It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry Andy Kershaw Jingle Birds In Perspex Sally Was A Legend Elizabeth Jade Madonna Of The Wasps DEFAULTSORT This Is The Bbc Category Robyn Hitchcock albums Category BBC Radio recordings Category 2006 live albums Category 2006 compilation albums ... more details
initiated by Douglas Adams Research & Development Department http www.bbc.co.uk rd Website BBC News ...List of Stations Television BBC UK Free to Air Analogue, Freeview, Cable, Satellite BBC One BBC Two Digital only Freeview, Cable, Satellite BBC One BBC One HD High definition television High definition channel BBC Three BBC Four BBC Parliament BBC News TV channel BBC News http www.bbc.co.uk mediaselector ... BBC HD High definition television High definition channel BBC Alba TV channel BBC Alba BBC Nations & Regions See BBC UK regional TV on satellite BBC Regional TV BBC Worldwide BBC Entertainment BBC America United States BBC Canada Canada BBC Lifestyle BBC Arabic Television Middle East BBC Persian Television BBC Kids Canada BBC World News BBC Knowledge Worldwide BBC Knowledge CBeebies BBC HD BBC Worldwide ... operated by the BBC People Arts in association with Discovery Communications Inc not directly operated by the BBC UKTV in association with Virgin Media Television Free to Air Freeview Yesterday ... Media Community Channel UK The Community Channel Radio main List of BBC radio stations BBC Radio UK BBC Radio 1 Contemporary popular music 97 99 FM http www.bbc.co.uk radio1 Website BBC Radio 2 music for a more mature audience and comedy , originally known as the BBC Light Programme Light Programme . 88 91 FM http www.bbc.co.uk radio2 Website BBC Radio 3 Classical, jazz and non western music and study in musical topics , originally the BBC Third Programme Third Programme . 90 93 FM http www.bbc.co.uk radio3 Website BBC Radio 4 Non musical entertainment such as drama, comedy, news programmes and factual programmes , previously the BBC Home Service Home Service , formed in 1939 from the fusion of the pre war BBC National Programme National and BBC Regional Programme Regional Programmes ... on the two bands. 92 95 FM, 198 longwave LW http www.bbc.co.uk radio4 Website BBC Radio 5 Live News and sports analysis and commentary , originally BBC Radio 5. 909 and 693 mediumwave MW http ... more details
About the BBC radio station BBC Radio 2 Infobox TV channel name BBC Two logosize 200px logofile BBC Two.svg logocaption BBC Two logo launch 20 April 1964 based in London headquarters BBC Television Centre ... BBC country United Kingdom former names BBC2 small 20 April 1964 3 October 1997 small sister names BBC One br BBC Three br BBC Four br BBC News TV channel BBC News br BBC Parliament br BBC HD br CBBC TV channel CBBC br CBeebies web URL http www.bbc.co.uk bbctwo terr serv 1 Analogue ... chan 1 Channel 102 br Channels 968 971 small BBC UK regional TV on satellite regional variations ... BBC UK regional TV on satellite regional variations small sat serv 3 Sky UK & Ireland Sky small Ireland ... serv 1 BBC Online online chan 1 http www.bbc.co.uk bbctwo watchlive Watch live UK only online serv ... BBC iPlayer online chan 3 http www.bbc.co.uk iplayer tv bbc two watchlive Watch live UK only BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation BBC in the United ... the more mainstream and popular BBC One . Like the BBC s other domestic TV and radio channels, it is funded ... special interest programmes of a kind previously broadcast on BBC Two, for example the BBC Proms , now tend to appear on BBC Four instead. At 2am on Wednesday 17 October 2007 the analogue terrestrial signal for BBC Two was turned off in the Whitehaven and Copeland area, which covers about 60,000 people. On 14 November 2007 the remaining analogue channels BBC One, ITV and Channel 4 were switched off. History Launch British television at the time of BBC2 s launch consisted of two channels the BBC One BBC Television Service and the ITV network made up of smaller regional companies. Both channels ... s third television station should be awarded to the BBC. ref cite web url http www.sixtiescity.com ... accessdate 2007 09 12 ref Prior to its launch, the new BBC2 was promoted on the BBC Television Service the soon to be renamed BBC One BBC1 . The animated adverts featured the campaign mascots ... more details
bbctrust assets files pdf review report research dqf dqf.pdf DEFAULTSORT Bbc Birmingham Category ...refimprove date September 2009 Image BBCBirmingham.JPG right thumb BBC Birmingham Image The Mailbox at Night.jpg right thumb The Mailbox at night, current home to BBC Birmingham Image The Mailbox BBC Studio IM1771 C.JPG right thumb The BBC Birmingham public space on Level 7 of the Mailbox BBC Birmingham is one of the oldest regional arms of the BBC , located in Birmingham , West Midlands county West ... transmitter . For many years, BBC Birmingham was based at the Pebble Mill Studios , but in 2004 moved ... , an afternoon talk show, ran for many years from the 1973 to 1986 on BBC One BBC1 , with several ... almost to the status of a national institution. Birmingham is home to BBC Midlands Today television and BBC WM radio . BBC Birmingham is not to be confused with BBC Midlands , which is also based at the Mailbox. BBC Birmingham is the name of the Network Productions Centre in Birmingham making network programmes for BBC Television television and BBC Radio radio . BBC Midlands is the regional operation providing news, current affairs and other regional programmes. BBC Birmingham is gradually being wound down as the BBC concentrates output elsewhere. ref http www.guardian.co.uk media 2011 oct 05 bbc mulls departure white city ref BBC investment in Birmingham is now far less than the licence .... ref http www.bbc.co.uk bbctrust assets files pdf review report research dqf dqf.pdf ref Drama production In the 1970s and 1980s, the Birmingham branch of the BBC was home to the BBC English Regions ... of Pebble Mill, BBC Birmingham makes drama programmes at the BBC Drama Village in the Selly Oak district. Regional output main BBC West Midlands As with all other BBC regions, BBC Birmingham is responsible for providing BBC Local Radio local radio services and the regional television news broadcasts on BBC One during the times when all regions opt out of the network feed to provide their own local ... more details
Research Board BARB multichannel top ten, BBC Four, week ending 23 March 2008 ref Another notable ...For the BBC radio stations BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 Extra Infobox TV channel name BBC Four logofile BBC Four.svg logosize 200px logocaption BBC Four logo launch 2 March 2002 picture format 16 9 SDTV br 360p BBC Online share 0.7 br share as of August 2011 share source http www.barb.co.uk report monthlyViewing? s 4 BARB owner BBC country United Kingdom replaced names BBC Knowledge web URL http www.bbc.co.uk bbcfour sister names BBC One br BBC Two br BBC Three br BBC News TV channel BBC News br BBC Parliament br BBC HD terr serv 1 Freeview UK Freeview terr chan 1 Channel 9 sat serv 1 Freesat sat chan ... serv 1 BBC Online online chan 1 http www.bbc.co.uk bbcfour watchlive Watch live UK only online serv ... 3 BBC iPlayer online chan 3 http www.bbc.co.uk iplayer tv bbc four watchlive Watch live UK only BBC Four is a United Kingdom British television channel operated by the BBC British Broadcasting Corporation BBC and available to digital television viewers on Freeview United Kingdom Freeview , IPTV , Satellite television satellite and Cable television cable . BBC Four launched on 2 March 2002 ref name ... Culture, controversy and cutting edge documentary BBC FOUR prepares to launch , BBC Press Office, 14 ... cite web url http www.bbc.co.uk bbcfour faq title BBCBBC Four FAQ accessdate 2007 08 19 ref It has ... service licences tv 2011 bbc four feb11.pdf BBC Four Service Licence. Issued February 2011 Retrieved 7 October 2011. Published by the BBC Trust. ref ref name bbctrust http www.bbc.co.uk bbctrust assets files pdf regulatory framework service licences tv 2009 bbc four aug09.pdf BBC Four Service Licence. Issued May 2009 Retrieved 12 March 2010 ref History BBC Four launched on 2 March 2002 at 19.00 GMT , having been delayed from the original planned 2001 launch. The channel replaced BBC Knowledge ... of which consisted of documentaries and art programming essentially a test of the new BBC ... more details
1995 month 11 publisher BBCResearch and Development ref Presentation The new service had differing presentation to the BBC channels that they broadcast on. The presentation featured a single gold circle in centre screen with the BBC Select caption beneath. The S in Select of the caption has a circle ...Infobox TV channel name BBC Select logosize logofile BBC Select Logo.png logoalt launch 21 January 1992 ref name TV Room cite web title Idents 2 url http thetvroom.com bbc uk bbc 1 25 05.html work BBC One 1991 1997 publisher TV Room accessdate 18 September 2011 Contains images of BBC Select idents and presentation. ref closed date 1994 owner BBC slogan When you switch off, we switch on. former names ... Kingdom UK Analogue terr chan 1 BBC One BBC1 br BBC Two BBC2 BBC Select was an overnight television service run by the BBC during the hours when BBC One BBC1 or BBC Two BBC2 had closed down ... was officially launched on 21 January 1992 overnight, and ran on both BBC One BBC1 and BBC Two 2 ... that the BBC would later use when broadcasting the BBC Learning Zone . By broadcasting the programming now, it allowed the BBC to broaden their audience, while allowing more time in the day ..., nurses, teachers and lawyers with programming made in house by the BBC with some programming supplied ... it as a result the programme was broadcast un encrypted. ref http doctorvee.co.uk 2011 06 10 bbc select BBC Select Doctorvee YouTube video of programme with programme ref Corporate companies also took advantage of the service. In 1992 and 1993 Cable & Wireless used BBC Select to broadcast highlights ... AGM had been televised. These highlights were broadcast in the clear, i.e. unencrypted. BBC Selector To watch programming, a set top box , or BBC Selector and BBC Select viewing card was required which ... TV Room ref name TVARK cite web title BBC Miscellaneous url http www2.tv ark.org.uk miscellaneous bbc.html ... video evidence of BBC Select idents, presentation and a promo explaining the service. ref The ident ... more details
from the BBC Executive and include specialists in audience research, performance analysis, and finance ...Image BBC trust logo.png thumb The BBC Trust logo The BBC Trust is the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation BBC . It is operationally independent of BBC management and external bodies ... Charter for the BBC which came into effect on 1 January 2007. The Trust, and a formalised BBC Executive Board Executive Board , replaced the former Board of Governors of the BBC Board of Governors . blockquote In summary, the main roles of the Trust are in setting the overall strategic direction of the BBC ... fee payers. BBC Royal Charter 2006 ref name Charter cite web url http www.bbc.co.uk bbctrust assets files pdf regulatory framework charter agreement royalchartersealed sept06.pdf title BBC Royal ... to the BBC Trust are made by Queen in Council , on the recommendation of government ministers ... Executive of BBC News . Anthony Fry , an investment banker. Alison Hastings , the Trustee for England ... appointed. Former members Since 2006 the following people have been members of the BBC Trust Michael Grade former Chairman, left the BBC to become Executive Chairman of ITV plc Dermot Gleeson BBC Dermot Gleeson finished two terms, as a BBC Governor and a BBC Trustee Richard Tait finished two terms, as a BBC Governor and a BBC Trustee Chitra Bharucha former Vice Chairman, and acting Chairman retired ... Peat former National Trustee for Scotland finished two terms, as a BBC Governor and a BBC Trustee ... up a position on the board of media regulator Ofcom . Chairman of the BBC Trust The Trust was originally ..., Grade left the BBC to become Executive Chairman of ITV . Chitra Bharucha , then Vice Chairman, became the Acting Chairman. ref name Grade cite web title Press Release Michael Grade resigns as BBC ... author BBC date 2006 11 28 accessdate 2006 11 28 ref Sir Michael Lyons was subsequently appointed the first permanent Chairman of the BBC Trust, taking up the position from 1 May 2007. ref cite web ... more details
store converter for Mexico City Olympic Games 1960s Milestones, BBCResearch Department ref and we ... 1970s Milestones, BBCResearch Department ref 1970s File Angela Rippon Durdham Downs, Bristol ...About the organisation within the BBC the television channel BBC News TV channel other uses Infobox company name BBC News logo File BBC News.svg 200px caption BBC News logo type Department of the BBC genre foundation location city BBC Television Centre , br White City, London White City , br London location ... broadcasts revenue operating income net income aum assets owner BBC num employees 3,500 2,000 are journalists ... intl yes BBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation BBC responsible for the gathering ... 3970000 newsid 3975900 3975913.stm title NewsWatch About BBC News This is BBC News accessdate 3 ... Broadcast06 BBC BBCNewsIntro.html title Content accessdate 3 April 2007 ref The service .... Since 2004, the Director of BBC News has been Helen Boaden . The department s annual budget is 350 million it has 3,500 staff, 2,000 of whom are journalists. ref name Boaden Through the BBC English Regions , BBC News has regional centres across England as well as national news centres in Northern ... and other current affairs and BBC Sport sport programmes. Radio and television operations are broadcast from BBC Television Centre in West London sub region West London , though are due to move to the newly ... and broadcast from studios in Millbank in London. ref The BBC s Millbank Studios are also a fall ... the last hour of BBC News TV channel BBC News Channel output less in vision clock for this purpose. ref The BBC is a quasi autonomous corporation authorised by list of organisations in the United .... Internationally, the BBC has been banned from reporting from within some countries which accuse the corporation of working to destabilise their governments. In 2004, the BBC celebrated 50 years of television news broadcasts. BBC News journalists, cameramen, and programmes have won awards over the years ... more details
report research bbcannualreport.pdf BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2005 2006 ref BBC One has traditionally ...For the BBC radio station BBC Radio 1 Use dmy dates date October 2010 Infobox television channel name BBC One logosize 250px logofile BBC One logo.svg logoalt In large rounded sans serif font, the lower ... BBC in solid white squares is written the tops of the two words are aligned. logocaption The BBC One ... http www.barb.co.uk report weeklyViewing? s 4 BARB owner BBC country United Kingdom former names BBC Television Service br 2 November 1936 8 October 1960 sub br BBC tv br 8 October 1960 20 April 1964 sub br BBC1 br 20 April 1964 3 October 1997 web URL http www.bbc.co.uk bbcone sister names BBC Two br BBC Three br BBC Four br BBC News TV channel BBC News br BBC Parliament br BBC HD br CBBC TV channel ... chan 1 Channel 101 br Channel 108 HD br Channels 950 967 small BBC UK regional TV on satellite regional ... 143 HD br Channels 971 988 small BBC UK regional TV on satellite regional variations small sat serv ... serv 6 KPN small Netherlands small adsl chan 6 Channel 23 online serv 1 BBC Online online chan 1 http www.bbc.co.uk bbcone watchlive Watch live UK only online serv 2 BBC iPlayer online chan 2 http www.bbc.co.uk iplayer tv bbc one watchlive Watch live UK only BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation BBC in the United Kingdom . It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service , and was the world s first regular television service with a high ... film, but fully electronic by 1936. ref It was later renamed BBC TV until the launch of sister channel BBC Two BBC2 in 1964, whereupon it was known as BBC1 , with the current spelling adopted in 1997 ... files pdf regulatory framework service licences tv 2010 bbc one may10.pdf BBC One Service Licence BBC Trust, May 2010 ref Along with the BBC s other domestic television station s, and many European ... rival for ratings leadership, ITV1 . As of 2012 the channel controller for BBC One was Danny Cohen , formerly ... more details
BBC Oxford is the name given to the sub opt out region serving Oxford and the surrounding areas. Its services include BBC Oxford News , the local news service called BBC Oxford on screen BBC Radio Oxford , the local radio station occasionally branded as BBC Oxford 95.2FM. Creation The region was created following the splitting up of the former BBC South East region to form BBC London , the current BBC South East region and a smaller service for Oxford that would be an opt out from BBC South Today. portal BBCBBCBBC Television BBC Local TV BBC Radio BBC Local Radio Category BBC nations and regions Oxford Category Media in Oxfordshire BBC tv stub BBC radio stub ... more details
POV date February 2008 Coatrack date February 2012 TOC right The BBC British Broadcasting Corporation BBC has been criticized for various reasons, by the British government of the day, as well as from other political groups and various media outlets. Iraq and the Hutton Inquiry The BBC was criticised ... title Viewers most common complaints of 2006 author BBC NewsWatch format Video date 22 December ... in Iraq by the government, led to the BBC being heavily criticised by the Hutton Inquiry , ref ... whitewash , January 29, 2004 on the reaction of the British press to the final report ref The BBC ... of David Kelly , London Methuen, 2007 ref Allegations of bias Political bias BBC News forms a major ... left wing citation needed date November 2011 , while some on the left criticise the BBC for being part ... on the centre right of politics. ref cite web url http www.cps.org.uk cpsfile.asp?id 521 title BBC ... article2240427.ece title Confessions of a BBC liberal author TimesOnline date 12 August 2007 accessdate ... features 552791 the bbc white season only shows how little auntie has really changed.thtml title The BBC White Season only shows how little Auntie has really changed author The Spectator date ... article 23385944 details What is the loneliest job in Britain Being a Tory at the BBC article.do title What is the loneliest job in Britain? Being a Tory at the BBC author The Evening Standard date ... bias? It s written through the BBC s very DNA, says Peter Sissons & 124 Mail Online publisher Dailymail.co.uk ... Marr argues that the liberal bias of the BBC is the product of the types of people the Corporation ... news article 411846 We biased admit stars BBC News.html We are biased, admit the stars of BBC News , Mail on Sunday , 21 October 2006 ref In 2011 Mark Thompson , the current BBC Director General, wrote, In the BBC I joined 30 years ago there was, in much of current affairs, in terms of people s personal ... news culture media and sport thompson bbc had massive left wing bias 21383477.htm title Thompson ... more details
Use dmy dates date December 2010 Live at the BBC or At the BBC is the name of a number of compilation albums by different artists. Over the years, the BBC has hosted and recorded live performances of different .... Live at the BBC may refer to the following compilation albums Live at the BBC The Beatles album Live at the BBC The Beatles album Live at the BBC The Beautiful South album Live at the BBC The Beautiful South Album Live At The BBC Robert Cray album Live at the BBC Robert Cray album Live at the BBC Dire Straits album Live at the BBC Dire Straits album Live At the BBC Electric Light Orchestra Live at the BBC Electric Light Orchestra album Live at the BBC Fairport Convention album Live at the BBC Fairport Convention album Live at the BBC Fleetwood Mac album Live at the BBC Fleetwood Mac album Live at the BBC The Sensational Alex Harvey Band album Live at the BBC The Sensational Alex Harvey Band album Live at the BBC Shed Seven album Live at the BBC Shed Seven album Live at the BBC Slade album Live at the BBC Slade album Live at the BBC Status Quo album Live at the BBC Status Quo album Live at the BBC Thin Lizzy Album Albums titled At the BBC Soft Cell at the BBC Pixies at the BBC At the Beeb Queen band Queen At the BBC Siouxsie & the Banshees album BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert Hawkwind album Hawkwind At the BBC 1972 The Universal Live at the Beeb Blur band Blur , Name of the CD2 EP of The Universal Albums titled BBC Sessions The BBC Sessions Belle and Sebastian album The BBC Sessions Belle and Sebastian album BBC Sessions Buzzcocks album BBC Sessions Buzzcocks album BBC Sessions Cocteau Twins album BBC Sessions Cocteau Twins album BBC Sessions Cream album BBC Sessions Cream album BBC Sessions Rory Gallagher album BBC Sessions Rory Gallagher album BBC Sessions The Jimi Hendrix Experience album BBC Sessions The Jimi Hendrix Experience album BBC Sessions Led Zeppelin album BBC Sessions Led Zeppelin album BBC Sessions The Nice album BBC Sessions The Nice album BBC Sessions ... more details
03 18 bbc micro ref As with Sinclair Research Ltd. Sinclair s ZX Spectrum and Commodore International ...Use British English date March 2012 Infobox information appliance name BBC Micro Model A B to Master Compact logo File BBC owl.svg 48px image File BBC Micro Front Restored.jpg 300px caption BBC Micro Model ... Cassette Cassette tape , floppy disc optional , hard disc rare , Laserdisc BBC Domesday Project ... bus, Tube BBC Micro Tube second processor interface dimensions weight topgame compatibility predecessor Acorn Atom successor Acorn Archimedes related Acorn Electron website The BBC Microcomputer System , or BBC Micro , was a series of microcomputer s and associated peripherals designed and built by Acorn Computers for the BBC Computer Literacy Project , operated by the BBC British Broadcasting ... to its Acorn Atom Atom computer prototyped at short notice. Renamed the BBC Micro, the platform ... nine models were eventually produced with the BBC brand, the term BBC Micro is usually colloquially ... models considered as part of the Acorn Archimedes Archimedes series. Background File BBC ..., the BBC started what became known as the BBC Computer Literacy Project . The project was initiated partly in response ref name LEM cite web last Hormby first Thomas title Acorn and the BBC Micro From ... on the economy, industry, and lifestyle of the United Kingdom. The BBC wanted to base its project ... and asked for takers. The BBC discussed the requirement with several companies including Sinclair Research , Grundy NewBrain Newbury Laboratories , Dragon Data, Ltd. Dragon ref name LEM and Acorn ..., Gordon ref The team worked through the night to get a working Proton together to show the BBC. ref name PC Pro Cite news last Collins first Barry author link last2 first2 author2 link title BBC Basic ... features 91575 bbc basic the peoples language.html postscript None ref Not only was the Acorn Proton the only machine to match the BBC s specification, it also exceeded it in nearly every parameter ... more details
original research date February 2011 refimprove date February 2011 Infobox computer Name BBC Master Series Photo File Acorn BBC Master Series.jpg 300px Caption Acorn s BBC Master Logo Type 8 bit Microcomputer ... OS Acorn MOS , optional DOS Plus The BBC Master was a home computer released by Acorn Computers in early 1986. It was designed and built for the British Broadcasting Corporation BBC and was the successor to the BBC Micro BBC Micro Model B . The Master 128 remained in production until 1993. ref http ... keypad. Rather than the MOS Technology 6502 Central processing unit microprocessor used by the BBC ... system OS and BBC BASIC ROMs, limited by the memory architecture to 16 kB each. Although ... were ever targeted specifically at Master series machines except the Master 512 , many later BBC ... which took advantage of the extra memory. Models Image BBC owl.svg right thumb 200px The BBC Computer ... Compact cases. Image VCF 2010 Domesday tray open.jpg 200px right thumb The BBC Master as part of a BBC ... with a SCSI interface and a VFS Videodisc Filing System ROM added, and formed the basis of the BBC Domesday Project BBC Domesday System . Although normally supplied as part of a Domesday System, with Laserdisc ..., an upgrade kit was also available to turn a normal BBC Master into a Domesday System. Master ET The ET ... was announced at the time of the BBC Master s launch, but was not produced. It was to have an 8 ... 5 was the standard for the Master and earlier BBC Micro . The Compact included Acorn s first public ... 16 kB BBC BASIC programming language BBC BASIC in paged ROM 12 16 kB Acorn Screen Editor AKA Edit text BBC BASIC editor in paged ROM 11 16 kB ViewSheet spreadsheet in paged ROM 10 16 kB Disc Filing ... Filing System in paged ROM 14 16 kB BBC BASIC programming language BBC BASIC in paged ROM 13 128 ... configurable graphics display based on the Motorola 6845 . Unlike on the original BBC Micro , separate ... SAA5050 Teletext chip. BBC modes Four independent sound channels one noise and 3 melodic using the Texas ... more details
BBC Midlands may refer to BBC East Midlands , the BBC English Region covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland BBC West Midlands , the BBC English Region covering the West Midlands metropolitan county, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and parts of Northern Gloucestershire disambig ... more details
BBC Records is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation founded in the 1960s to exploit the corporation s audio archive for both educational and commercial purposes. BBC DEFAULTSORT Bbc Records Category BBC Category 1960s establishments in England Category Article Feedback 5 Category Companies based in London England company stub BBC stub ... more details
For the magazine BBC Music Magazine Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 BBC Music is a team working in the department of Audio and Music Interactive at the BBC . Responsible for the BBC Music website the portal site to music content across the BBC website. It is also the location of the BBC s album reviews, covering all major releases in every genre on a monthly basis and written by a wide range of music experts. Contributors include Andrew Mueller , Melissa Bradshaw , David Quantick , Barney Hoskyns and Paul Lester . Music reviews are edited by former Drowned in Sound and Clash magazine Clash magazine online editor Mike Diver . External links http www.bbc.co.uk music BBC Music DEFAULTSORT Bbc Music Category Music websites Category BBCBBC stub Website stub ka BBC Music ... more details
BBC Learning can refer to the following A department BBC Learning within the BBC formerly part of Interactive Factual and Learning , part of BBC Vision The portal website created by BBC Learning A website created by BBC Worldwide BBC Worldwide The BBC Learning website was an attempt by BBC Worldwide to provide learning programs through the internet, the primary content of the website were sponsored list of universities and organizations which were providing e learning, distance learning and similar courses. BBC Learning with its limited content was not successful at attracting people and therefore BBC decided to close the website. BBC Learning The public service side of the BBC continues to support educational and learning resources through a selection of websites. These websites include BBC Learning Zone and BBC Learning Languages . Recently BBC has started a section on its main website focused on students, parents and teachers. This http www.bbc.co.uk learning website is still in beta test status. External links http www.bbclearning.com BBC Worldwide Learning Website Closed http web.archive.org web http www.bbclearning.com archived copy http www.bbc.co.uk learning BBC Learning Website Category BBC New Media ... more details
For the BBC English region covering East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Infobox BBC Nation or Region name BBC Yorkshire image File BBC Yorkshire, Leeds geograph.org.uk 1026004.jpg 250px BBC Yorkshire headquarters Leeds area Yorkshire and North Midlands nation BBC English Regions regions tvstations tvtransmitters Emley Moor transmitting station Emley Moor radiostations BBC Radio Leeds , BBC Radio Sheffield and BBC Radio York radiotransmitters keypeople launched closeddate replaced replacedby website BBC Yorkshire is one of the BBC English Regions English regions of the BBC . It was formed from the division of the former BBC North region into BBC Yorkshire and BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire , based in Kingston upon Hull Hull . Services Television BBC Yorkshire s television ... . BBC Yorkshire also produces a late night football magazine show Late Kick Off with BBC Yorkshire ... , which is simulcast in the BBC North West North West , BBC North East and Cumbria North East & Cumbria and BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire regions on Monday nights. Radio The region is the controlling centre for BBC Radio Leeds , BBC Radio York and BBC Radio Sheffield ... York also carrying programming from BBC North East and Cumbria . Online and Interactive BBC Yorkshire also produces regional news & local radio pages for Ceefax , BBC Red Button and BBC Local News websites for each county. History main BBC North The regional operation from Leeds began in 1968, when the original BBC North region was broken up into BBC North , BBC North West and BBC North East and Cumbria BBC North East , with the BBC North name being transferred from Manchester to the new operation in Leeds. The new operation was called BBC North until 2002. In 2002, viewers on the Belmont transmitting station Belmont transmitter transferred to the BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire service, and the service began to use the on screen name of BBC Yorkshire . This was made official in 2004, when ... more details
BBC Romanian was the Romanian language Romanian branch of the BBC Radio BBC World Service Radio for Romania and Moldova . Since 2004 it broadcasted on its own frequency only in Bucharest 88 FM, Chi in u 97,2 FM, and Timi oara 93,9 FM until then its signal was re broadcast by local radio stations, partners of BBC Romanian. On 25 June 2008, the BBC announced that it would close its Romanian language service after 69 years of broadcasting, effective 1 August 2008. ref cite news url http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi europe 7473778.stm title BBC shuts down Romanian service publisher BBC date 2008 06 25 accessdate 2008 06 25 ref See also BBC Radio BBC World Service References reflist External links http www.bbc.md BBC Romanian in Moldova http www.bbc.ro BBC Romanian in Romania RadioStationsinRomanian BBC radio stub Romania stub Category BBC World Service ... more details
about the Gaelic language services from BBC Scotland the Gaelic language television service BBC Alba TV channel Infobox BBC Nation or Region name BBC G idhlig image File BBC Alba.gif image File BBC Scotland.jpg 300px BBC Alba HQ within the BBC Scotland Pacific Quay building in Glasgow headquarters Pacific ... BBC One Scotland br BBC Two Scotland br BBC Alba TV channel BBC Alba tvtransmitters launched 1985 closeddate replaced replacedby radiostations BBC Radio nan G idheal radiotransmitters keypeople website http www.bbc.co.uk alba bbc.co.uk alba BBC G idhlig is the department of BBC Scotland that produces Scottish Gaelic language G idhlig programming. This includes TV programmes for BBC Alba TV channel BBC Alba and BBC Two Scotland , the BBC Radio nan G idheal radio station and the BBC Alba website ... 006new0aq.RefLocID 006024006002.Lang EN.htm BBC Alba scoop award on final day of Celtic Media ... 2012. ref Television The department is responsible for Gaelic programming for television from the BBC. BBC G idhlig produces a number of programmes for the Gaelic language television channel, BBC Alba TV channel BBC Alba , which is a joint venture between the BBC and MG Alba . ref cite news url http www.bbc.co.uk news uk scotland highlands islands 13686358 title BBC Alba to be broadcast on Freeview for first time accessdate 2011 01 13 work www.bbc.co.uk ref Currently, BBC G idhlig programmes also air on BBC Two Scotland. Some of BBC G idhlig s more notable programming includes the international ... at the Celtic Media Festival in 2009. ref name festival BBC Gaidhlig also produces programming to cover the Royal National Mod . For instance, during the National Mod in Caithness in 2010, BBC Gaidhlig produced daily programmes to cover the event, which were aired and repeated on BBC Alba, as well as being repeated on BBC Two Scotland . ref http www.acgmod.org nationalmod moddetail mod on mg alba ga M d air BBC ALBA from acgmod.org , the website of the Royal National Mod . Published 5 October ... more details
BBC Brasil is the subsidiary of BBC in Brazil and Latin America . Acting as world news provider in Portuguese language Portuguese and news agency BBC Brasil competes with Reuters but with much more resources like physical installed branches in S o Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and team especially assigned in London . External links bbc.co.uk portuguese pt icon http www.bbc.co.uk portuguese celular Mobile pt icon BBC Radio BBC stub Category BBC ... more details
BBC Vision is a department of the BBC which incorporates the programme production, commissioning and broadcast operations including BBC Television . It is headed by the director of vision, George Entwistle . History Set up as BBC Vision Studios to commission the in house production of BBC television programmes, the department on the fourth floor of BBC Television Centre , changed its name to BBC Vision ... title BBC rejigs Vision Studios arm publisher The Guardian first Tara last Conlan date 2007 10 18 accessdate 2008 02 17 ref BBC Vision launched in November 2006, ref cite news url http www.bbc.co.uk pressoffice pressreleases stories 2006 11 november 20 vision.shtml title BBC Vision launches with a promise to audiences publisher BBC Press Office date 2006 11 20 accessdate 2008 02 17 ref after ... 5194046.stm title BBC restructures for digital age publisher BBC News date 2006 07 19 accessdate 2008 02 17 ref when he said It s about how we can make the BBC the most creative organisation ... departments that encompass the whole of the BBC s domestic operations, answerable to the Director General s office and to the separate BBC Trust . The organisation includes the BBC Television department, BBC Archives and is responsible for commissioning, producing and scheduling all of the BBC ... of senior members of the BBC are part of, or answerable to the department. These are Director of BBC Vision, George Entwistle Controller of Strategy at BBC Vision, William Greswell Finance Director of BBC Vision, Derek O Gara Brand Director of BBC Vision, vacant Director of BBC Vision Operations and Director of Rights & Business Affairs at BBC, Bal Samra Head of Development at BBC Vision Productions, Tessa Finch The controllers of BBC One , BBC Two Two , BBC Three Three and BBC Four Four . Currently ... of BBC Daytime, Liam Keelan The controller of Production operations, Sally Debonnaire Controller ... Harwood Controller of Entertainment Commissioning, Mark Linsey Head of BBC Films , Christine Langan ... more details
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