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BBC |
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a UK-based international public service broadcaster headquartered in London. It is the world's oldest broadcasting organization and the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees. |
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ITV |
The first advertising-based television channel in the UK |
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Public sphere |
is an area in social life where individuals can come together to freely discuss and identify societal problems, and through that discussion influence political actions. |
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Ofcom |
Office of Communications is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal services of the UK |
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Freeview |
is the only free-to-air digital terrestrial television service in the United Kingdom. |
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Sky television |
is a telecommunications company which serves the United Kingdom. It provides customers in the UK with digital television channels. It was the most popular digital TV service until it was overtaken by Freeview in 2007. |
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Dr. Who |
a British science-fiction TV-series produced by BBC from 1963 to present day. The show is a significant part of British popular culture. |
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On-demand programming |
Lets you watch movies an TV programs any time you want. Like TV2 Sumo in Norway. |
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Reality TV |
a genre of television programming that documents unscripted situations and actual occurrences, an often features a previously publicly unknown cast. The genre often highlights personal drama and conflict to a much greater extent than other unscripted television such as documentary shows. |
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2003 Communications Act |
An act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that brought together the telecommunication and broadcasting regulators in the UK, introducing Ofcom as the new industry regulator. It also made it illegal to use other people's Wi-Fi broadband connections without their permission. |
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Indigenized |
It is when locals have taken something from the outside and made it their own. Like the TV show 'The Office'. Originally, it was British, but now there is an American version of it as well. |
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Genre |
a class or category of something |
