The BBC is a global market, meaning it distributes its media worldwide and receives international funding.
This is shown through the export increases from India has increased by 42%and to China by 90%.
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Broadcasts in England constantly.
It is available in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.
Weekly audience of 166 million.
Offices are based across the UK, North and South America, Europe, Asia and Oceania.
Facts (https://www.nuj.org.uk/news/bbc-facts-and-stats/):
The BBC TV licence fee costs £145.50 a year, or 40p per day, for four TV channels, 10 national radio stations, a network of local radio stations, an internationally-acclaimed website, BBC Parliament, the World Service, S4C, BBC Monitoring and five orchestras and choirs. The top packages from Sky, Virgin Media and TalkTalk cost more than £1,000 a year.
The corporation is the largest single investor in TV news production; it spends approximately £680m a year on its radio services, with approximately £120m on radio news, across the UK. The commercial sector spends only about £27m on radio news.
The broadcaster receives £3.7bn a year.
The BBC is watched and listened to by 96 per cent of the UK population. Two-thirds of all UK adults tune in to its radio stations each week and half use BBC online each week. More than half of smartphone news users (51 per cent) regularly use the BBC News app, the highest reach in the world.
The corporation, including BBC Worldwide, spends about £125m a year on music and is the biggest commissioner of new music in the world. From the Proms to Glastonbury, it promotes music for all ages and tastes around the globe and plays a huge role in nations' cultural lives.
