BBC

BBC stands for the British Broadcasting Corporation, the national media company for the United Kingdom.

The BBC has been in existence since 1922 when a group of companies decided to band together to launch their first radio station, known as 2LO, from Marconi, England. From those tiny beginnings, the BBC has used the decades since to grow into the largest broadcasting corporation in the entire world, offering a dedicated TV news channel, online information portals, original programming, and world broadcasting services to dozens of countries, reaching hundreds of millions of viewers and listeners.

The British Broadcasting Corporation also provides subscription and non-subscription Interactive Digital TV services, allowing users to find relevant news, sports, and information going on at that moment in time.

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• Shock horror; murderous Muslim Major had connections to 9/11 bombers

  
  Not a sheep — Authority: 147
  The Telegraph report that "Major Nidal Malik Hasan worshipped at a mosque led by a radical imam said to be a "spiritual adviser" to three of the hijackers who attacked America on Sept 11, 2001. ... Hasan, the sole suspect in the massacre of 13 fellow US soldiers in Texas, attended the controversial Dar al-Hijrah ...
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• BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition: Iraq MPs approve election reform

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 469
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition , available at BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition . The Iraqi parliament approves a crucial election law ahead of national polls due to be held in January 2010.
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• BBC Radio 5 lets Scott Quinnell plug Dore, uncritically

  
  Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science — Authority: 103
  BBC Radio 5 Live had Scott Quinnell on the 6/11/09 breakfast show*, for Dyslexia Awareness Week. Unfortunately, his conversation with on the breakfast show gave him an opportunity to plug Dore unchallenged. We have a number of concerns about this radio segment:Quinnell is allowed to state that by ...
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• The workers paradise of Cuba

  
  Not a sheep — Authority: 147
  The BBC do normally enjoy telling the poor British how much better life is in Cuba than here, so I was surprised that they have decided not to report, as The Telegraph do, that: "Cubans can enjoy a new freedom from this week - citizens of the communist island can now buy potatoes and peas without restriction." ...
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• BBC World News America - The Germany Edition

  
  mediabistro.com: TVNewser — Authority: 630
  • German-born Matt Frei , who reported from Berlin on the day the Wall fell 20 years ago, returns to his native country to anchor BBC World News America from the historic Brandenburg Gate, tomorrow on BBC America at 7pmET. New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media .
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• BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition: Early life stress ‘changes’ genes

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 469
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition , available at BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition . A study in mice has shown how stress in early life can have a long-term impact on genes and on behaviour.
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• Timothy Bateson obituary

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  British character actor whose role in Waiting for Godot led to more than 50 years on stage, television and film Timothy Bateson, who has died aged 83, was a character actor of boundless versatility and great warmth of personality who will always be remembered for playing Lucky in the controversial British premiere ...
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• BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition: Deadly floods sweep El Salvador

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 469
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition , available at BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition . El Salvador declares an emergency in five regions after at least 50 people die in floods caused by days of heavy rains.
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• BBC Four: Women We’ve Loved

  
  DarkAeon's Demented Declamations — Authority: 128
  There’s a TV season that I am rather looking forward to on BBC Four which starts on 16th November, called ‘ Women We’ve Loved ‘. The season consists of three films, one about Enid Blyton, one on Gracie Fields and the final on Margot Fonteyn. I am a big fan of all three, especially Enid Blyton, so I ...
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• BBCs legendary EastEnders soap goes online

  
  TV Squad — Authority: 722
  Think of the most popular American daytime soap. Then, multiply that by a factor of 10. Thats the ongoing craze known as the BBCs immortal EastEnders . Premiering in 1985, the working-class melodrama remains one of the U.K.s highest-rated series. Now, EastEnders is set to kick off its own web spinoff series next ...
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• Galapagos: Ep.2 - Islands that Changed the World

  
  shapeshift.net — Authority: 127
  Islands that Changed the World weaves into the history of the Galapagos islands the observations of early human visitors including Charles Darwin. (50 min, 5 segments)
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• (via mudisland)This actually happened on the show, but they...

  
  The Red Panda — Authority: 132
  (via mudisland ) This actually happened on the show, but they edited it out. Damn Them!
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• Remembrance Sunday Blighted by War Criminals’ Participation

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 650
  Today’s Remembrance Sunday parade in Westminster was blighted by the participation of the war criminal leaders of the Labour and Tory parties who are collectively responsible for the deaths of 379 British soldiers in the illegal wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Remembrance Sunday is the day when this nation ...
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• SHAKIRA TEAMS UP WITH KID CUDI!

  
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• BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition: Japanese protest against US base

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 469
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition , available at BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition . Thousands of people attend a rally to demand the removal of a US military base on the Japanese island of Okinawa.
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• Japanese protest against US base

  
  Guam Okinawa plus Washington Tokyo — Authority: 154
  Page last updated at 12:01 GMT, Sunday, 8 November 2009 Thousands of people have protested on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa demanding the removal of a US military base there. The local mayor called on new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama "to put an end to Okinawas burden and ordeal". Japan and the US agreed ...
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• BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition: Queen leads Remembrance service

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 469
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition , available at BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition . Britains fallen are remembered across the UK and Afghanistan, as another British soldier is killed in the conflict.
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• BEHIND THE SCENES WITH ALICIA KEYS!

  
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• JUELZ SANTANA FEAT CHRIS BROWN!

  
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• Doctor Who Awash in Action with New “Waters of Mars” Trailer

  
  Underwire — Authority: 139
  Time is running out for the universe’s most famous Time Lord as the BBC’s trailer for the next Doctor Who special, “The Waters of Mars,” arrived this weekend. Airing on BBC1 on Nov. 15 (and all over the internet a couple hours later), this contained sci-fi/action fest will be the final “stand alone” ...
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