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The executive board is responsible for the operational management of the BBC. Directors from across the bbc contribute to the leadership of the organization as part of an executive team. and last but in no way least is the Media regulators, government responsibility for broadcasting and creative industries in the whole of the uk lies with the department for culture media and sport (DCMS), theres also OFCOM is the independent regulator and competition is authority for the UK communications industries with responsibilities across Television,radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services.  Now is the BBC successful? well they haven't been around for 90+ years for nothing they are probably the biggest company in the entire UK, from the year 2013-2014 they made a total of £5.006 billion pounds in that one year alone this is doubly impressive as they are publicly owned , recently the bbc have been under fire from the press regarding Jeremey clarkson and His show 'Top Gear' its all come about because Jeremy clarkson  was already under a lot of scrutiny from the bbc as he already caused a commotion the previous year, so when all this came about the bbc was under fire heavily from the press about what they were going to do about as they were already getting complaints, but the problem is The show Top Gear is definitely one of the Channels biggest money makers and losing jeremy Clarkson would result in the number of viewers the show gets to drop rapidly. 

Some argue that the licence fee is outdated and should be scrapped; others that it should stay but be distributed beyond the BBC. It's right that these issues are debated and that we engage with the counter-views. I think there are four basic tests for the BBC's funding mechanism: universality and social value, great programmes at an affordable price, creative sector investment, and independence. The BBC licence fee should be replaced by a broadcasting levy on all households with additional “subscription” payments a possibility, an influential committee of MPs has found. Personally BBCs competition are channels that 1-4 because these are the channels that are the original competitors and also are the main channels from the same region. It wouldn't make sense to match BBC and say FOX together because they have different audiences and shows. BBC provide us with Eastenders whereas BBC rivals ITV provide us with coronation street. Both channels have their own news program, own chat shows and more. ITV Are commonly known for being favoured however BBC are a much wider spread.The BBC have found new technology called the stage box... Stagebox is a revolutionary new internet-based technology designed to reduce the number of wired connections and therefore the cost of high definition multi-camera productions.