BBC Television

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BBC Television is a service of the BBC. The corporation has operated a public broadcast television service in the United Kingdom, under the terms of a royal charter, since 1927. It produced television programmes from its own studios from 1932, although the start of its regular service of television broadcasts is dated to 2 November 1936.[2]

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BBC Television
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryTelevision
HeadquartersBroadcasting House, London
MediaCityUK, Salford
Area served
Worldwide
ServicesTelevision broadcasting
ParentBBC
WebsiteBBC iPlayer
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BBC_Television_Symbol_1953.jpg
The "Television Symbol", known informally as the "Bats Wings", was the first BBC Television Service ident. It was created by Abram Games and was used from 1953 to 1960.[1]

The BBC's domestic television channels have no commercial advertising and collectively they accounted for more than 30% of all UK viewing in 2013.[3] The services are funded by a television licence.

As a result of the 2016 Licence Fee settlement, the BBC Television division was split, with in-house television production being separated into a new division called BBC Studios and the remaining parts of television (channels and genre commissioning, BBC Sport and BBC iPlayer) being renamed BBC Content.[4]