South African Broadcasting Corporation

state-owned public broadcaster in South Africa
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South African Broadcasting Corporation
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South African Broadcasting Corporation

Summary

South African Broadcasting Corporation is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (447 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • South African Broadcasting Corporation is in the country of South Africa[3].
  • South African Broadcasting Corporation's instance of is recorded as business[4].
  • South African Broadcasting Corporation's instance of is recorded as state-owned enterprise[5].
  • South African Broadcasting Corporation's instance of is recorded as production company[6].
  • South African Broadcasting Corporation's headquarters location is recorded as Johannesburg[7].
  • South African Broadcasting Corporation's Commons category is recorded as South African Broadcasting Corporation[8].
  • 1975 marks the founding of South African Broadcasting Corporation[9].
  • South African Broadcasting Corporation's official website is recorded as https://www.sabc.co.za[10].
  • South African Broadcasting Corporation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:South African Broadcasting Corporation[11].
  • South African Broadcasting Corporation's legal form is recorded as public company[12].
  • South African Broadcasting Corporation's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'SABC'}[13].
  • South African Broadcasting Corporation's owner of is recorded as SABC News[14].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Type: Production[15]

  • Country: ZA[16]

  • Began / founded: 1936-08-01[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 91e972b1-717b-4918-a020-34aa47127349[18]

Body

Founding

1975 marks the founding of South African Broadcasting Corporation[9].

Identity

South African Broadcasting Corporation's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'SABC'}[13].

Operations

South African Broadcasting Corporation's headquarters location is recorded as Johannesburg[7].

Why It Matters

South African Broadcasting Corporation ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (447 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . acmi.net.au. acmi.net.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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