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Good afternoon, Sydney Grew. If I may address your final question directly:



Well, I would point out that it started off that way. The privately owned BBC was the world's first national broadcasting organisation. It was founded on 18 October 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company Ltd by the British General Post Office (GPO) and a group of six telecommunications companies—Marconi, Radio Communication Company, Metropolitan-Vickers (MetroVick), General Electric, Western Electric, and British Thomson-Houston (BTH)—to broadcast experimental radio services.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC

So from the start, the BBC was both a commercial and technological experiment. Of course, the world has changed considerably since 1922, and broadcasting has developed into a major industry, and an important means of communication.

I suppose that it is worth comparing the BBC with its commercial rivals. BBC Radio 3, for example, should be compared with Classic FM, and the BBC itself should be compared with ITV and even Sky.

www.sky.com/

I am not sure, Sydney Grew, whether the BBC will ultimately survive the digital revolution. Any thoughts?