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Reclassification as a tax. In January 2006, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) changed the classification of the licence fee from a service charge to a tax. Explaining the change, the ONS said: "in line with the definition of a tax, the licence fee is a compulsory payment which is not paid solely for access to BBC services.
BBC News (known as BBC World News until 2023) is an international English-language pay television channel owned by BBC Global News Ltd.— a subsidiary of BBC Studios —and operated by the BBC News division of the BBC. The network carries news bulletins, documentaries, and other factual programmes; its programming is based out of studios in ...
BBC One HD BBC Two: Secondary channel and broadcasts a range of alternative programming. BBC Two HD BBC Three: Broadcasts a variety of youthful programming. 9 hours (19:00 to 04:00) BBC Three HD BBC Four: Broadcasts a range of serious programming. BBC Four HD BBC News: Rolling news and current affairs. 24 hours BBC News HD BBC Parliament ...
BBC Select is a streaming service in North America launched in February 2021. The service is owned by the BBC 's commercial arm, BBC Studios , and features documentaries and factual programming previously shown in the United Kingdom on the BBC and shows from other British broadcasters, such as Channel 4 's Grayson Perry 's Big American Road Trip .
The gender pay gap at the BBC has widened for the first time since the broadcaster began recording figures in 2017. The corporation’s annual report for 2021/22, which also marks its centenary ...
Bacs Payment Schemes Limited ( Bacs ), previously known as Bankers' Automated Clearing System, is responsible for the clearing and settlement of UK automated direct debit and Bacs Direct Credit and the provision of third-party services. [1] Bacs became a subsidiary of Pay.UK (formerly known as New Payment System Operator (NPSO)) on 1 May 2018 ...
UKTV Media Limited, [1] trading as UKTV, is a British multi-channel broadcaster, which, since 2019, has been wholly owned by BBC Studios (formerly BBC Worldwide ), a commercial subsidiary of the BBC. It was formed on 1 November 1992 through a joint venture between the BBC and Thames Television. It is one of the United Kingdom's largest ...
France projected that a net-zero transition would cost it €66 billion ($71.7 billion) a year, with some suggesting a wealth tax to raise the necessary funds. Other governments, such as the U.S ...