Xuxa

Total Worldwide Sales: 30 million (Taking into account her albums in Spanish: Xuxa, Xuxa 2, Xuxa 3, Todos sus Éxitos, El Pequeño Mundo, Xuxa Dance, El Mundo es de los Dos, Xuxa Solamente para Bajitos) Since Xou da Xuxa era, she sold 14 million copies. Later, when rights contracts were renewed, this problem was resolved. Her first animated movie and 5th 'Só para Baixinhos' CD are coming out soon. This led to some broadcasts being made unavailable on the Sky Digital platform, such as Scottish Premier League and Scottish Cup football, while on other platforms such broadcasts were not disrupted. Her show 'TV Xuxa' is in the number one spot for children's programming in Brazil. Consequently, some rights concerns have needed to be resolved with programme providers such as Hollywood studios and sporting organisations, which have expressed concern about the unencrypted signal leaking out. She has an on and off relationship with model and heir Luciano Szafir, father of her daughter. While the "footprint" of the Astra 2D satellite was smaller than that of Astra 2A, from which it was previously broadcast encrypted, it meant that viewers with appropriate equipment were able to receive BBC channels "free-to-air" over much of Western Europe.

Nine months before, she had announced live at Globo's Sunday show Domingão do Faustão that her dream would come true and she would have a child. This move was estimated to save the BBC £85 million over the next five years. In 1998, her daughter was born live on Jornal Nacional, the most important and most watched news shows in Brazil. In March 2003 the BBC announced that from the end of May 2003 (subsequently deferred to 14 July) it intended to transmit all eight of its domestic television channels (including the 15 regional variations of BBC 1) unencrypted from the Astra 2D satellite. Xuxa is one of the richest women in Brazil, with a net worth of more than US$160 million. BBCi provides viewers with over 120 interactive TV programmes every year, as well as the 24/7 service. She and Julio Iglesias were the only Latin Americans on the list. However, the amount of content available on the digital television BBCi service does not currently match the amount available on Ceefax, which is still available on analogue terrestrial television.

In 1991, she was one of the 40 Best Paid Celebrities in the World according to Forbes. All of the BBC's digital television stations, with the exception of BBC Parliament on digital satellite, allow access to the BBCi service. Xuxa is richer than Roberto Carlos, the best-selling artist ever in Brazil. Recent examples include the interactive sports coverage for football and rugby football matches, BBC Soundbites which starred young actress Jennifer Lynn and an interactive national IQ test. But, while Xuxa is just a TV personality, Silvio Santos is also the owner of SBT. Unlike Ceefax, BBCi is able to display full-colour graphics, photographs, and video, as well as eductional programs. Ahead of her, only Silvio Santos, who is the presenter of lots of shows from the number 2-net: SBT. BBCi is the brand name for the BBC's interactive digital television services, which are available through Freeview (digital terrestrial), as well as Sky Digital (satellite) and (cable) NTL and Telewest.

Xuxa is one of the richest Brazilian entertainers. (For example, instead of providing local events information and timetables, users will be guided to outside websites already providing that information.) Part of this plan included the BBC closing some of its websites, and rediverting money to redevelop other parts. Her revealing clothes were not a big controversy in Brazil, which has traditionally been more relaxed about nudity than North America or Western Europe, and most of Brazilians didn't see anything wrong with the clothes she wore. bbc.co.uk will now attempt to fill in gaps in the market, but will guide users to other websites for currently existing market provision. Just about anything could be found with her face on it in stores in Brazil and across Latin America. In response to this the BBC carried out an investigation, and has now set in motion a plan to change the way it provides its online services. She had a multiplicity of licensed products since the 80s, from bubble gum to televisions, Shampoos, soap, food, books, clothes, shoes, dolls, toys, video games and board games. Some have proposed that the amount of licence fee money spent on bbc.co.uk should be reduced — either being replaced with funding from advertisements or subscriptions, or a reduction in the amount of content available on the site.

Xuxa's biggest singles were during her Xou da Xuxa era, the biggest of them all being Ilariê, but she was also successful with Lua de Cristal; Tindolelê; Brincar de Índio and Arco-Íris. In recent years some major on-line companies and politicians have complained that the bbc.co.uk website receives too much funding from the television licence, meaning that other websites are unable to compete with the vast amount of advertising-free on-line content available on bbc.co.uk. The album included the hit Ilarie, which went to Number 1 across Latin America and it was the bestselling single and most-played song on the radio in 1989. A new system known as iMP is currently under development, which uses peer-to-peer and DRM technology to deliver both radio and TV content for offline use for up to 7 days. Her third album is the best-selling album in Brazilian history, selling almost 4 million copies. The site also allows users to listen to most Radio output live and for seven days after broadcast using its RealPlayer-based "Radio Player"; some TV content is also distributed in RealVideo format. She is still popular with children today, who listen to her CD collection 'Só Para Baixinhos'. The website allows the BBC to produce sections which complement the various programmes on television and radio, and it is common for viewers and listeners to be told website addresses for the bbc.co.uk sections relating to that programme.

Xuxa is a Brazilian icon, who was part of the childhood of many young people born in the 1980s and 1990s. (References: Global Top 500 Sites - Top English Language Sites).
. According to Alexa's TrafficRank system, in January 2006 bbc.co.uk was the 11th most popular English Language website in the world. After she was hospitalized for several days due to exhaustion, she decided to give up her international career. It is the UK's most-visited digital destination with over 3 million web pages and that number is rising fast every day. Her international ambitions ended after she taped 22 episodes of her American show in a month. The bbc.co.uk [2] website, formerly BBCi and before that BBC Online, includes a comprehensive news website and archive.

The theme song of the show spent 8 weeks on the top of the charts and her CD charted gold. In addition, BBC Worldwide acquired the independent magazine publisher Origin Publishing in 2004. Also in 1993, she taped "Xuxa Park" in Spain. BBC Magazines, formerly known as BBC Publications, publishes the Radio Times and a number of magazines that support BBC programming such as BBC Top Gear, BBC Good Food, and BBC Music. Many parents were taken aback by her seemingly open displays of sexuality and lack of modest clothing as well as her practice of putting on bright red lipstick and kissing the cheeks of prepubescent males at the end of each show. BBC Worldwide also maintains the publishing arm of the BBC and it is the third-largest publisher of consumer magazines in the United Kingdom [1]. However, the show was sold in many countries throughout the world, among them Japan, Israel, Russia and some Arab countries. In addition, BBC television news appears nightly on many Public Broadcasting Service stations in the United States, as do reruns of BBC programmes from Lionheart TV.

Xuxa did not master the English language, which was her greatest barrier to success. BBC Worldwide also runs a 24-hour news channel, BBC World. In 1993 Xuxa hosted an English language series in the United States, "Xuxa", but it did not achieve the popularity Xuxa had enjoyed throughout Latin America and Spain. The cable and satellite stations BBC Prime (in Europe, Africa the Middle East, and Asia), BBC America, BBC Canada, and BBC Japan broadcast popular BBC programmes to people outside the UK, as does UK.TV in Australasia. She also recorded a programme in Spain in 1992, Xuxa Park, which achieved a huge success. It broadcasts television stations throughout the world. In the 90s, Xuxa became very popular in the whole of Latin America, widening her appeal among Spanish-speaking audiences, when she recorded a programme in Argentina, Show de Xuxa, which was also popular when broadcast in Chile, Mexico and other 16 Latin American countries. BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the BBC responsible for the commercial exploitation of BBC programmes and other properties.

As of 2005, Xuxa is about to release her first animated movie. Since 1975, the BBC has also provided its TV programmes to the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS), allowing members of HM Forces serving all over the world to watch and listen to their favourite programmes from home on two dedicated TV channels. In 2003 she did another fantasy movie, Xuxa em Abracadabra and in 2004, Xuxa e o Tesouro da Cidade Perdida (Xuxa and the Treasure of the Lost City). The BBC's commercial subsidiary BBC Worldwide is also part of a joint venture with Flextech in the TV company UKTV, and provides various channels for overseas markets, such as BBC World, BBC Prime, BBC America, BBC Canada and BBC Kids (in Canada), and BBC Japan. The movie was a hit and a sequel was made for the following year. The BBC also runs BBC News 24, BBC Parliament, and two children's channels, CBBC and CBeebies. A fantasy movie, it not only had many cameos, but also a story line and no advertisements, a first for Xuxa's movie. The BBC is also promoting the new channels BBC Three and BBC Four, which are only available via digital television.

Then, in 2001 she did her first children's movie in twelve years, Xuxa e os Duendes. BBC One and BBC Two are the BBC's flagship television channels. Targeted at teenagers, the movie was still a hit with the audience and next year, a movie in the same style (no story line, lots of advertisements, lots of popular actors/groups/singers making cameos) was made, called Xuxa Popstar. The BBC has also recently experimented with the free, open source Ogg Vorbis streaming audio format and podcasting. In 1999 Xuxa appeared in Xuxa Requebra (Xuxa in Shake It), a movie that was a critical flop but a big hit with the audience. All of the national BBC radio stations, as well as the BBC World Service, are available over the Internet in the RealAudio streaming format. The second was her biggest box office hit, spawning her hit single 'Lua de Cristal'. Since 1943, the BBC has also provided radio programming to the British Forces Broadcasting Service, which broadcasts in countries where British troops are stationed.

The following year, she starred in two movies: Xuxa e os Trapalhões em 'O Mistério de Robin Hood' (Xuxa and The Messed-Up Guys in 'The Mystery of Robin Hood') and Lua de Cristal (Crystal Moon). Another famous member of staff was Egon Jameson (Egon Jacobsson), a former Ullstein journalist from Berlin. In 1989 she starred for the first time in a movie with the comedy group Os Trapalhões in A Princesa Xuxa e Os Trapalhões (Princess Xuxa and The Messed-Up Guys), which was another hit. Brinitzer, a German lawyer from Hamburg living in exile in London, was a founding member. Xuxa is also an actress and, together with comedy group Os Trapalhões, she has the 9 biggest Box Office hits in Brazilian history. The authoritative source is Carl Brinitzer's book "Hier spricht London". In her children's shows, she consistently wore tight clothing, showing her belly, legs, and even parts of her buttocks, and in her first LP (also targeted at children), she revealed her breasts on the cover by wearing a translucent shirt. The German Service, created in 1938, which has recently been discontinued, played an important part in the propaganda war against Nazi Germany.

Xuxa, however, being one of the most popular Brazillian TV personalities at the time, was kept on and a new show, TV Xuxa was launched, containing more educational content and cartoons, and less of Xuxa than previous shows. It broadcasts in 43 different languages, (including English) in the most relevant local language. The show was initially successful, but following a dispute between Xuxa and her manager, Marlene Matos, ratings for the show began to decline, resulting in the show being pulled from air in 2004. It can be received in most capital cities and it is a major source of news and information programming, and it is funded by the British Foreign Office. In 2001 Xuxa began a new children's show, Xuxa No Mundo da Imaginação (Xuxa at the World of Imagination), a show for preschool children on weekday mornings. For a world-wide audience, the BBC produces the BBC World Service, which is broadcast on shortwave radio (DAB Digital Radio in the UK) and can be received in many places across the globe. She also began her first tour since the end of her Xou da Xuxa show, and won two Grammy awards. The BBC has been in the forefront of digital radio broadcasting with Five Live Sports Extra (a companion to Five Live for additional events coverage), 1Xtra (for black, urban and gospel music), BBC 6 Music (alternative genres of music), BBC7 (Comedy, Drama & Kids shows), Asian Network (Asian talk, music and news in many Asian languages), and World Service.

Reinvented as a children's entertainer, Xuxa began the Xuxa Só para Baixinhos (Xuxa Just for Kids) series, releasing CDs and a videotape with song clips. There is also a network of local stations with a mixture of talk, news and music in England and the Channel Islands as well as national stations of BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru (in Welsh), BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio nan Gaidheal (in Scots Gaelic), BBC Radio Ulster, and BBC Radio Foyle. Both shows had good ratings but were cancelled after a fire on the set at Xuxa Park during a show casued serious injuries to members of the crew and children in the audience. The BBC has five major national stations, Radio 1 ("the best in new music"), Radio 2 (the UK's most listened to radio station, with 13.7 million weekly listeners), Radio 3 (specialist-interest music such as classical, world, arts, drama and jazz), Radio 4 (current affairs, drama and comedy), and Radio 5 Live (24 hour news, sports and talk). Xuxa Park was a modern version of her original show, Xou da Xuxa. During major events the majority of domestic television viewers in the UK tune to BBC news for information, but its coverage does not come without criticism. Xuxa Planet was a show aimed at teenagers, and was controversial in that she would interview stars about their sex lives. Although the BBC news service in the UK is mostly non-commercial by reason of its financial base, it does compete for its audience with commercial companies such as Sky News and ITN.

In the early 1990s Xuxa hosted two more shows: Xuxa Planet, and Xuxa Park. The BBC had carried news programmes prior to this, but in the form of newsreels. In 1988, at her peak in popularity, she featured in the highly successful movie Super Xuxa Contra o Baixo Astral (Super Xuxa Against the Low Happiness), that included her hit song Arco-Íris (Rainbow), a hit across Latin America that was the biggest box office success of the year in Brazil. Its first bulletin was telecast in 1954. After becoming famous for dating soccer star Pele, she hosted Xou da Xuxa, a weekday morning show that featured musical performances, games, guests and cartoons from 1986 to 1993. On 5 July 2004 the BBC celebrated 50 years of television news. Some scenes with underage actors in this movie would not be allowed by current Brazilian laws concerning child pornography. Coverage of political events is controlled from the Millbank Studios in Westminster.

While performing at nightclubs, she graced the centerfold of Playboy magazine's Brazilian edition in December 1982, which led to her being cast in the motion picture Amor Estranho Amor (Love Strange Love) IMDB page in which she plays a prostitute who seduces a 13 year old boy. It also operates regional news offices throughout the UK and bureaux in almost every country around the world. . The BBC News Centre maintains its headquarters within the BBC Television Centre. One, for instance, involved a rented theme park, while another came with a $1,000,000 bill. Desktop news alerts, e-mail alerts, and digital TV alerts are also available. Xuxa's maternal habits are often criticized, particularly as she has been very indulgent with Sasha, throwing her lavish parties. New BBC News services that are also proving popular are mobile services to mobile phones and PDAs.

Sasha studies at Brazil's most expensive school, the bilingual "Escola Americana do Rio de Janeiro" (EARJ), aslo known as the American School of Rio de Janeiro), with a tuition of about $2,000 per month. BBC News provides its services to BBC domestic radio as well as television networks such as BBC News 24, BBC Parliament, BBC World, BBCi, Ceefax and BBC News Online. She had a daughter, Sasha, in 1998 whose birth was televised live. BBC News is the largest broadcast news gathering operation in the world and it produces almost 160 hours of news output every hour. Xuxa's personal life has often been very public and sometimes scandalous. Today the BBC broadcasts in almost all media and operates an Internet service, bbc.co.uk. Xuxa has dated Pelé and the late Ayrton Senna, both regarded as important figures in Brazil. More recent deregulation of the British television broadcasting market produced analogue cable television and satellite broadcasting and later digital satellite, digital cable and digital terrestrial television (DTT).

Xuxa is of German, Austrian, Italian and Polish descent and was the first Brazilian to appear on Forbes Magazine's list of richest artists in 1991, taking 37th place with an annual gross income of US$19 million. Before the introduction of Independent Television in 1955 and subsequently Independent Radio in 1973, it held a monopoly on broadcasting. Her various shows have been broadcast in Portuguese, Spanish, and English languages. In addition the BBC operates a number of radio and television world services in cooperation with funding from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, one of which includes a recently set up TV news station in the Middle East in the Arabic language. Xuxa born (Maria da Graça Meneghel) on March 27, 1963 in Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) is a Brazilian television actress and singer and children's television show host. The BBC has both satellite and cable broadcasting joint-ventures serving the United States, Canada, and other countries. 2005- Xuxinha e Guto Contra Os Monstros do Espaço. It also has many non-broadcasting commercial ventures within the United Kingdom including book & magazine publishing (BBC Books), and multimedia production services (DVDs, CDs, computer games) provided by BBC Multimedia.

2004 - Xuxa em O Tesouro da Cidade Perdida. The BBC also jointly operates a number of other broadcasting services, namely the UKTV channels, some of the Discovery channels, and several other services available on satellite & cable services in the UK. 2003 - Xuxa em Abracadabra. Among its many services are domestic radio and television stations. 2002 - Xuxa e os Duendes 2. There are also many smaller local and regional studios scattered throughout the UK, some of which are known locally as "Broadcasting House" in imitation of the BBC's London headquarters. 2001 - Xuxa e os Duendes. As well as the various BBC buildings in London, there are major BBC production centres located in Cardiff, Belfast, Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Southampton and Newcastle upon Tyne.

2000 - Xuxa Pop Star. Well known buildings in this area include TVC (internal acronym for BBC Television Centre), White City, Media Centre, Broadcast Centre and Centre House. 1999 - Xuxa Requebra. By far the largest concentration of BBC staff in the UK exists in White City. 1991 - Gaúcho Negro. In 2007/2008 BBC News is expected to relocate from the News Centre at BBC Television Centre to the refurbished Broadcasting House in what is being described as "one of the world's largest live newsrooms". 1990 - Lua de Cristal. While the rebuilding process is being undertaken many of the BBC Radio networks have been relocated to other buildings in the vicinity of Portland Place.

1990 - Xuxa e os Trapalhões e o Mistério de Hobin Hood. The major part of this plan involves the demolition of the two post-war extensions to the building and construction of a new building, to be of equal "architectural creativity", beside the existing structure. 1989 - A Princesa Xuxa e os Trapalhões. As part of a major reorganisation of BBC property, Broadcasting House is to become home to BBC News (both television and radio), national radio, and the BBC World Service. 1988 - Super Xuxa contra Baixo-Astral. Broadcasting House is currently undergoing renovation, scheduled for completion in 2010. 1985 - Os Trapalhões no reino da fantasia. On the front of the building are statues of Prospero and Ariel (from Shakespeare's The Tempest), by Eric Gill.

1984 - Os Trapalhoes e o Mágico de Orós. It is home to the national radio networks Radio 2, 3, 4, 6 Music, and BBC 7. 1983 - O Trapalhão na Arca de Noé. Broadcasting House in Portland Place, London is the official headquarters of the BBC. 1982 - Amor estranho Amor. The BBC's current Political Editor, Nick Robinson, was previously a chairman of the Young Conservatives and has, as a result, attracted informal criticism from the current Labour government. 1982 - Fuscão Preto. Despite these criticisms, many still regard the BBC as a trusted and politically neutral news source across the globe, and in some areas the BBC World Service radio is the only available free press.

2005-Xuxa Só Pra Baixinhos 6 - Xuxa Festa. Commercial competition has influenced BBC programming on both radio and television throughout its history. 2004-Xuxa Só Pra Baixinhos 5. Political influence may manifest itself via appointments to its Board of Governors and by threats to change the level of the licence fee. 2003-Xuxa Só Pra Baixinhos 4. Quite often domestic audiences have affectionately referred to the BBC as the Beeb, or as Auntie; the latter originating in the somewhat fuddy duddy Auntie knows best attitude dating back to the early days when John Reith was in charge. 2002-Xuxa Só Pra Baixinhos 3. Some have argued that a current of anti-BBC thinking exists in many parts of the political spectrum and that, since the BBC's theoretical impartiality means they will broadcast many views and opinions, people will see the bias they wish to see.

2001-Xuxa Só Pra Baixinhos 2. Conversely, some of those who style themselves anti-establishment in the United Kingdom or who oppose foreign wars have accused the BBC of pro-establishment bias or of refusing to give an outlet to "anti-war" voices. 2000-Xuxa Só Pra Baixinhos. This gave rise, during the first Gulf War, to the satirical name "Baghdad Broadcasting Corporation". 1999-Xuxa 2000. Similarly, during times of war, the BBC is often accused by the UK government, or by strong supporters of British military campaigns, of being overly sympathetic to the view of the enemy. 1998-Só Faltava Você. This gave rise to the satirical name "Buggers Broadcasting Communism".

1997-Boas Notícias. However, the BBC is regularly accused by the government of the day of bias in favour of the opposition and, by the opposition, of bias in favour of the government. 1997-Arraiá da Xuxa. The BBC is, in theory, free from both political and commercial influence and answers only to its viewers and listeners. 1996-Tô de Bem Com A Vida. The main points of this are:. 1996-Xuxa 10 Anos. On 2 March 2005 the Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell published a green paper setting out her proposals for the future of the BBC.

1995-Luz No Meu Caminho. Although the Charter is widely expected to be renewed in 2006, some proposals have suggested dramatic changes. 1994-Sexto Sentido. The BBC's Royal Charter is currently under review. 1993-Xuxa. On his first day in the role he announced a shake-up of senior management, including the replacement of the Executive Committee, formed by directors of divisions within the BBC, with a streamlined nine-member Executive Board currently consisting of:. 1992-Xou da Xuxa 7. The current Director-General is Mark Thompson.

1991-Xou da Xuxa 6. The governors as of 19 January 2005 are:. 1990-Xuxa 5. General management of the organisation is in the hands of a Director-General appointed by the governors. Xou da Xuxa. It is run by an appointed Board of Governors. 1989-4o. The BBC is a nominally autonomous corporation, independent from direct government intervention.

1988-Xou da Xuxa 3. The BBC gives the following figures for expenditure of licence fee income:. 1987-Karaokê da Xuxa. In total, the BBC's group income is estimated at £3835.3m for 2005. 1987-Xegundo Xou da Xuxa. The 2005 Annual report gave revenue sources in millions of:. 1986-Xou da Xuxa. Its annual budget is approximately £3.7 billion.

Income from commercial enterprises and from overseas sales of its catalogue of programmes has substantially increased over recent years. The BBC has the largest budget of any UK broadcaster. World Service external broadcasting is funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. In theory the BBC is answerable only to the licence payer.

However, the BBC does engage in commercial advertising in its publications and some broadcasting activities. Because government regulation controls its funding, the BBC is able to provide domestic public service broadcasting to educate, inform and entertain, free of commercial advertising. Some also claim that it also leads to better programmes on the commercial channels as they seek to draw viewers/listeners away from the BBC's output. However, supporters of the licence fee claim that it helps maintain a higher quality of programming on the BBC compared to its commercial rivals.

The television licence is often the subject of controversy; some argue that the licence is a regressive tax, in that the very poorest are those least likely to have a licence, and least able to pay the fine for not having a licence. Collecting them has been the responsibility of TV Licensing (an autonomous arm of the BBC) since 1990, but much of the collection work is subcontracted to the independent companies Capita and AMV. Licence fees are set by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (a Cabinet Minister). Subsidised TV licences are available for the blind and the residents of residential care homes.

In the case of the elderly (over 75), TV licences are funded by the government. For a more detailed historical explanation see British Broadcasting Company. These licences were originally issued by the British General Post Office (GPO), which was then the regulator of public communications within the UK. A similar licence used to exist for radios, but was abolished in 1971.

The television licence is set by the government and enforced by the criminal law but is collected privately and does not pass through the state before reaching the BBC, and hence it is inaccurate to refer to the BBC as a "state" broadcaster. Such a licence is required to operate a broadcast television receiver within the UK. The principal means of funding the BBC is through the television licence. In this respect it filled a role that is now lacking in many areas, since it was motivated by the desire for quality, not profit.

In the early days it carried out essential research into acoustics, programme level measurement, and noise measurement and established standards that rapidly spread, particularly throughout the British Empire. The BBC Research Department has played a major part in the development of broadcasting and recording techniques. Since the deregulation of the UK television and radio market in the 1980s, the BBC has faced increased competition from the commercial sector (and from the advertiser-funded public service broadcaster Channel 4), especially on satellite television, cable television, and digital television services. BBC 2 was broadcast in colour from July 1, 1967, and was joined by BBC 1 and ITV on November 15, 1969.

The BBC introduced a second TV channel, (BBC 2), in 1964, renaming the existing channel BBC 1. Competition to the BBC was introduced for the first time in 1955 with the commercially and independently operated ITV. Television broadcasting was suspended from September 1, 1939 to June 7, 1946 during the Second World War. It started experimental television broadcasting in 1932, becoming a regular service (known as the BBC Television Service) in 1936.

The BBC, with John Reith as general manager, took on its current form in 1927 when it was granted a Royal Charter of incorporation. The first transmission was on 14 November of that year. The British Broadcasting Company was founded in 1922 by various private firms, to broadcast experimental radio services. .

Its domestic programming and broadcasts are funded by levying television licence fees upon the owners of television sets. Management of the organisation is in the hands of a Director-General appointed by the governors. This is soon to be replaced with a BBC trust. It is an autonomous corporation run by a board of governors appointed by the government for a term of four years (formerly five years).

Many programmes (especially documentaries) are sold to foreign television stations, and comedy, documentaries and historical drama productions are popular on the international DVD market. The BBC produces a large body of programming for domestic and worldwide broadcast. In New Zealand some BBC programmes run on TV ONE. In Australia BBC Worldwide runs the UK.TV network jointly with Foxtel and Fremantle Media.

BBC Worldwide also co-runs, with Flextech, the UKTV network of stations in the UK, producers of amongst others UKTV Gold. There is also a Canadian children's channel BBC Kids. These include its international television services which are funded commercially and include the international news channel BBC World, as well as entertainment channels BBC Prime, BBC America, BBC Canada and BBC Japan. The BBC's commercial operations are run by BBC Worldwide.

In addition the BBC operates the BBC World Service on radio, funded by and operated in cooperation with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. There is also a huge catalogue of BBC Local Radio stations (such as BBC Hereford and Worcester) and BBC Radio London Open Centres, BBC Buses, and BBC Big Screens. It also has Digital radio services: 1Xtra, BBC 6 Music, BBC 7, BBC Five Live Sports Extra, and the BBC Asian Network. The corporation has five national radio stations: Radio 1, Radio 2, Radio 3, Radio 4, and BBC Radio Five Live.

BBC One and BBC Two are available via conventional analogue transmission — the remainder can be viewed only by those with digital reception equipment. The BBC's domestic services on television are BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, BBC News 24, BBC Parliament - the UK's only dedicated politics channel - and the children's channels CBBC and CBeebies. It is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world. It produces programmes and information services, broadcasting on television, radio, and the Internet.

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- Deutscher Universitaetsverlag. Reasons, Results and Consequences - Encompassing account of the BBC and influencing external factors until 1996. - The BBC in Transition. Spangenberg, Jochen.