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    The BBC was established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, changing its name to the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1926. It began the world's first regular television service in 1936. Today, the BBC has several national TV channels, radio stations, and international services. It provides a wide range of programming from news and entertainment to education and sports coverage. Throughout its history, the BBC has established itself as one of the most important and trusted public broadcasters globally.

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    Mass Media. BBC. Radio and Television in Britain.

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    The BBC was established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, changing its name to the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1926. It began the world's first regular television service in 1936. Today, the BBC has several national TV channels, radio stations, and international services. It provides a wide range of programming from news and entertainment to education and sports coverage. Throughout its history, the BBC has established itself as one of the most important and trusted public broadcasters globally.

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    Mass Media, BBC, radio and television in Britain. Reading comprehension

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    The BBC was established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, changing its name to the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1926. It began the world's first regular television service in 1936. Today, the BBC has several national TV channels, radio stations, and international services. It provides a wide range of programming from news and entertainment to education and sports coverage. Throughout its history, the BBC has established itself as one of the most important and trusted public broadcasters globally.

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    READ THE TEXT AND TALK ABOUT THE MAIN FACTS OF THE HISTORY OF BBC WORDS RELATED

    TO THE TOPIC

    Broadcasting, the greatest invention of the last century, has come a long way; and the
    BBC is one of the most important and trusted broadcasters in the world today.
    The British Broadcasting Company was established in 1922. Four years later, it changed its
    AVOID
    name to the British Broadcasting Corporation, better known as the BBC. It wasn’t the first
    BROADCAST
    world's radio station, there had already been public radio broadcasts in Britain before 1920.
    From the beginning the BBC was a public service radio, but also an independent operator. In
    COMPETITION
    the early days of BBC radio, there was not a lot of news on the radio. There were music, drama, CONCERN
    discussions and children's programmes; but news was not broadcast until after 7 p.m., to avoid DETERMINE
    competition with the newspapers. DISCUSSION
    In 1936 the BBC began the world's first television service. Only a few thousand people in ENTERTAINMENT
    London could receive those first flickering images. Nevertheless, people liked what they saw, ESTABLISH
    and as the number of transmitters increased, more and more people went out to buy new TV EXPERIENCE
    sets. In 1937, tennis was broadcast from Wimbledon for the first time. Then in 1938, football's EXPORTER
    Cup Final could be seen by hundreds of thousands of people for the first time ever. So, BBC FLICKERING
    World television has become one of the most important international TV channels. GOVERNMENT
    On September 1st, 1939, in the middle of a Mickey Mouse cartoon, BBC TV stopped broad- INSTITUTION
    casting. The Second World War had begun. Except during the war years, BBC has never been MINORITY
    controlled by the government. It wasn’t until June 8th 1946, on the day of the great Victory
    MAJOR
    Parade, that BBC television started again.
    RELIABLE
    Since then, the BBC has become one of Britain's most famous institutions. Today it has
    TRUST
    several national television channels, lots of radio channels and a growing number of international
    SOURCE
    services. It provides non-stop music, entertainment, minority interests, e. g. classical music, art
    programmes and academic materials for education (some for Open University courses), sport
    commentating, news and discussion programmes (podcasts). There are also a lot of independent
    local radio stations, which provide news, information, music and other entertainment, coverage
    of local events, chat shows and different programmes. It also has a very popular Internet site,
    with news and stories from Britain and around the world.
    As far as programme production is concerned, the BBC is Europe's biggest and most suc-
    cessful exporter of audio-visual material. In International competitions, the BBC regularly wins
    more prizes than other broadcasters. In tomorrow's world, communications and the media will
    become more and more important. With almost 100 years of experience, the BBC is determined
    to remain one of the world's major players. Throughout the world people listen to the BBC World
    Service as a reliable and honest source of news.

    ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW ARE THESE SENTENCES TRUE OR FALSE?

    1. The BBC World Service broadcasts only in


    1. When was the BBC established?
    Britain.
    2. What were the first programmes
    2. The BBC is the British Broadcasting Com-
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    pany.
    3. When did the BBC begin first
    3. In 1937, tennis was broadcast from Wimble-
    television service? don for the first time.
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