NationMaster - Encyclopedia: BBC Research

BBC Research, formerly the BBC Research Department or BBC Research & Development, made major contributions to broadcast technology, carrying out original research in many areas, and developing items like the Peak programme meter (PPM) which became the basis for many world standards. A peak programme meter (PPM) is an instrument for indicating the level, loudness or volume of an electronic audio signal. ...

Though famous world-wide as a broadcaster, the BBC is not so widely recognised as a pioneer of broadcasting. Tape recorders barely existed when the BBC started broadcasting, and the same was still true of video recorders as late as 1969, when the first helical-scan Ampex machines began to be widely used and television programmes no longer had to be staged 'live'. The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GBÂ£4 billion...

The BBC's R&D centre is in Kingswood, Surrey. The Kingswood site is due to close in 2008, with plans to split the department's work across two sites - London, and Manchester. The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GBÂ£4 billion... Kingswood is a village in Surrey just to the east of the A217 near Tadworth. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the 21st century, BBC Research continues being a major contributor to the advancement of digital broadcasting and related technologies.

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Image File history File links Portal. ... A peak programme meter (PPM) is an instrument for indicating the level, loudness or volume of an electronic audio signal. ... The A-weighting curve is one of a family of curves defined in IEC179 and various other standards for use in sound level meters. ... The ITU-R 468-weighting curve (originally defined in CCIR recommendation 468) is widely used when measuring noise in audio systems, especially in the UK, Europe, and former countries of the British Empire such as Australia and South Africa. ... An equal-loudness contour is a measure of sound pressure (dB SPL), over the frequency spectrum, for which a listener perceives a constant loudness. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GBÂ£4 billion...

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The British Broadcasting Corporation

Services: Television (List) • Radio (List) • bbc.co.uk • BBCi The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GBÂ£4 billion... List of stations Television United Kingdom BBC One (DTT channel 1) BBC Two (DTT channel 2) United Kingdom, digital only (Digital Terrestrial (DTT), Digital Cable and Digital Satellite (Astra 2D)) BBC Three, formerly known as BBC Choice (DTT channel 7) BBC Four, formerly known as BBC Knowledge (DTT channel 10... BBC national radio stations BBC Radio 1 - popular music aimed at a young audience BBC 1Xtra - hip hop, garage, gospel and R&B BBC Radio 2 - adult-orientated popular music BBC Radio 3 - classical, jazz and world music, culture, drama BBC Radio 4 - spoken-word programmes BBC Radio Five Live... The URL bbc. ... BBCi is the brand name for the BBCs interactive television services. ...

Nations and regions: East • East Midlands • London • North East and Cumbria • North West • Northern Ireland • Scotland (Alba) • South • South East • South West • Wales • West • West Midlands • Yorkshire • Yorkshire and Lincolnshire BBC East is the BBC English Region that produces local television and radio programming for Norfolk, Suffolk, northern Essex, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, southern Northamptonshire andBuckinghamshire. ... BBC East Midlands is the BBC English Region covering Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, most of Derbyshire and parts of western and southern Lincolnshire. ... BBC London is the brand for the BBCs tri-media radio, television and online service for London and its immediate environs. ... BBC North East and Cumbria is the BBC English Region covering Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham, Teesside and the northern part of Cumbria. ... BBC North West is the BBC English Region covering Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, the northern parts of Cheshire, the north-western portion of Derbyshire and southern Cumbria. ... BBC Northern Ireland Logo. ... BBC Scotland (BBC Alba in Gaelic) is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... BBC Alba is the Gaelic name for Scotlands national television broadcaster, BBC Scotland Television. ... BBC South is the BBC English Region producing local television, radio, web and teletext content for West Sussex, Hampshire, eastern Dorset, western Berkshire, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight. ... BBC Wales (Welsh: ) is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation for Wales. ... BBC West is the BBC English Region covering the local radio editorial areas of [[Bristol], Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. ... Categories: Station stubs | BBC radio ... BBC Yorkshire is one of the 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 Hull. ... BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire is the name for the BBCs twelfth English region, created from the division of the former BBC North region, based in Leeds (now known as BBC Yorkshire). ...

Subsidiaries: BBC Worldwide (BBC Books) • BBC Resources BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. ... BBC Books is the book publishing division of BBC Worldwide, the commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... BBC Resources provides BBC Studios and Outside Broadcast facilities based in London UK, along with network Post Production facilities in England (ie excluding the other UK Nations of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales). ...

History: Timeline of the BBC • British Broadcasting Company • Board of Governors This is a timeline of the history of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... The British Broadcasting Company Ltd was a British commercial company formed on October 18, 1922 by British and American electrical companies doing business in the United Kingdom. ... The Board of Governors of the BBC is a group of twelve people who together regulate the BBC and represent the interests of the public, in particular those of viewers and listeners. ...

Departments: Monitoring • Natural History • News • Research • Sport • Weather The BBC Monitoring divisions logo BBC Monitoring is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation that monitors the mass media worldwide and acts as the British Governments provider of open source intelligence (OSINT). ... The BBC natural history unit is a department of the BBC, dedicated to making programmes with a natural history or wildlife theme. ... The current BBC News logo BBC News and Current Affairs is a major arm of the BBC responsible for the corporations newsgathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online. ... Since the 2005 relaunch, a new glass globe has been the logo for BBC Weather and is shown at the beginning and end of all weather forecasts. ...

Key properties: Broadcasting House • Bush House (Rented) • Media Village • Television Centre • White City Broadcasting House Broadcasting House is the headquarters of the BBC in London, England. ... The portico of Bush House Bush House is a building between Aldwych and The Strand in London. ... The BBC New Media Village at Night, October 2004 The BBC Media Village was opened in 2004 and is the second phase of development at BBC White City. ... BBC Television Centre (sometimes abbreviated TVC or TC) in London is home to much of BBC television output and, since 1998, almost all of the corporations national TV and radio news output by BBC News. ... Categories: Stub | BBC ...

Finance: Television licence (Historical) In the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies, a television licence is required to receive any publically broadcast television service, from any source. ... The Broadcasting Receiving Licence of 10 shillings was introduced in November 1922 to cover existing BBC radio broadcasts, as well as television when the BBCs 405-line service commenced in November 1936 , although it closed down in September 1939 at the start of World War II. The Television Licence...

Management: BBC Trust • Chitra Bharucha (Acting Chair) • Mark Thompson (Director-General) • Mark Byford (Deputy Director-General) The BBC Trust is the new body which will oversee the BBC. Along with an Executive Board, the Trust will take over the role of the current Board of Governors and be in place by the end of 2006. ... Mark Thompson has been the BBC Director-General since May 2004. ... The Director-General is chief executive and editor-in-chief of the BBC. The position is appointed by Board of Governors of the BBC. Sir John Reith (1927-1938) Sir Frederick Ogilvie (1938-1942) Sir Cecil Graves and Robert W. Foot (joint Director-Generals, 1942-1943) Robert W. Foot (1942... Mark Byford (b. ...

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