Is the BBC respected around the world?
The BBC is the country’s most recognised cultural export internationally with 76 per cent of influential audiences around the world having heard of BBC News – higher than any other British cultural export including British sports, films and universities. The BBC is the world’s most trusted international news broadcaster – committed to providing accurate, impartial, and independent news to audiences across the UK and around the world.BBC news output, across all its platforms, reaches 68% of all UK adults, and BBC One continues to be the most-used single source of news. However, PSBs are declining in popularity and four of the top ten individual news sources are now social media platforms.In an October 2018 Simmons Research survey of 38 news organisations, BBC News was ranked the fourth most trusted news organisation by Americans, behind CBS News, ABC News and The Wall Street Journal.AP today remains the most trusted source of independent, nonpartisan and factual news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. Four billion people see AP journalism every day. Accurate, fact-based, nonpartisan reporting.
Which country is the owner of BBC?
The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is a British public service broadcaster. Its main responsibility is to provide impartial public service broadcasting in the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. BBC is a public corporation of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The BBC World Service is a British public service broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC. It is the world’s largest external broadcaster in terms of reception area, language selection and audience reach.The BBC was established by a Royal Charter as a public corporation in 1927. The BBC isn’t technically owned by the government, and the charter gives it editorial independence. But the government still has influence. Ministers are involved in choosing the BBC’s chair.