British Broadcasting Company Limited

British commercial radio broadcaster (1922–1926); predecessor to BBC
Organization broadcaster Q1756495
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British Broadcasting Company Limited

Summary

British Broadcasting Company Limited is a broadcaster[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of broadcaster entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (241 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • British Broadcasting Company Limited is in the country of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[3].
  • British Broadcasting Company Limited's instance of is recorded as broadcaster[4].
  • British Broadcasting Company Limited's owned by is recorded as The Marconi Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company[5].
  • British Broadcasting Company Limited's owned by is recorded as Metropolitan-Vickers[6].
  • British Broadcasting Company Limited's owned by is recorded as British Thomson-Houston[7].
  • British Broadcasting Company Limited's owned by is recorded as General Electric[8].
  • British Broadcasting Company Limited's owned by is recorded as Western Electric[9].
  • British Broadcasting Company Limited's followed by is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[10].
  • British Broadcasting Company Limited's ISNI is recorded as 0000000107444614[11].
  • British Broadcasting Company Limited's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 151778367[12].
  • British Broadcasting Company Limited's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79074360[13].
  • British Broadcasting Company Limited's Commons category is recorded as British Broadcasting Company[14].
  • +1922-10-18T00:00:00Z marks the founding of British Broadcasting Company Limited[15].
  • British Broadcasting Company Limited was dissolved in +1926-12-31T00:00:00Z[16].
  • British Broadcasting Company Limited's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01dyb0[17].
  • British Broadcasting Company Limited's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ko2004238889[18].
  • British Broadcasting Company Limited's NLA Trove people ID is recorded as 892463[19].
  • British Broadcasting Company Limited's replaced by is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[20].
  • British Broadcasting Company Limited's official name is recorded as British Broadcasting Company, Ltd.[21].
  • British Broadcasting Company Limited's legal form is recorded as private company limited by shares[22].
  • British Broadcasting Company Limited's National Library of Wales Authority ID is recorded as british-broadcasting-company[23].
  • British Broadcasting Company Limited's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007592440205171[24].
  • British Broadcasting Company Limited's BHCL UUID is recorded as cb3f772a-22bd-4e25-8554-2a214286b4b8[25].
  • British Broadcasting Company Limited's SVKKL authority ID is recorded as 0320861-British-Broadcasting-Company[26].
  • British Broadcasting Company Limited's SNARC ID is recorded as Q134030[27].

Body

Founding

+1922-10-18T00:00:00Z marks the founding of British Broadcasting Company Limited[15].

Identity

British Broadcasting Company Limited's official name is recorded as British Broadcasting Company, Ltd.[21]. Its followed by is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[10].

Ownership

Owners include The Marconi Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company[5], a business[28], in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[29], founded in 1897[30], headquartered in Chelmsford[31]; Metropolitan-Vickers[6], a business[32], in United Kingdom[33], founded in 1899[34], headquartered in Manchester[35]; British Thomson-Houston[7], a business[36], in United Kingdom[37], founded in 1896[38], headquartered in Rugby[39]; General Electric[8], a business[40], in United States[41], founded in 1892[42], headquartered in Boston[43]; and Western Electric[9], a business[44], in United States[45], founded in 1869[46], headquartered in New York City[47].

Dissolution

British Broadcasting Company Limited was dissolved in +1926-12-31T00:00:00Z[16].

Why It Matters

British Broadcasting Company Limited ranks in the top 9% of broadcaster entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (241 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  16. [18] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Bibliography of the History of the Czech Lands. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Regional Database of the Central Bohemian Research Library in Kladno. Retrieved . ipac.svkkl.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  20. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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