BBC One is the first flagship television network of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution.[N 1] It was renamed BBC TV in 1960, using this name until the launch of the second BBC channel BBC2 in 1964, whereupon the BBC TV channel became known as BBC1, with the current spelling adopted of BBC One in 1997.
The channel's annual budget for 2012–2013 was £1.14 billion.[1] The channel is funded by the television licence fee together with the BBC's other domestic television stations, and shows uninterrupted programming without commercial advertising. It is currently the most watched television channel in the United Kingdom, ahead of its traditional rival for ratings leadership, ITV.
As of June 2013, the channel is headed by Charlotte Moore, the BBC's Director of Content.
BBC One was the original broadcast channel for Are You Being Served?[2]
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- ↑ It used the Marconi-EMI 405-line all-electronic television service and, for the first three months, the Baird 240-line intermediate film system. Germany introduced television with a medium level of image resolution (180 lines) in 1935, initially based on intermediate film, but fully electronic by 1936.
Sources[]
- ↑ "BBC One Service Licence". BBC Trust. November 2012. http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/regulatory_framework/service_licences/tv/2012/bbc_one_nov12.pdf. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ↑ Wikipedia entry for the series