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Owned by BBC (UK public broadcaster), which also runs BBC.

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Owner

Listed owner

BBC (UK public broadcaster), which also runs BBC.

From Prism's own ownership list, last reviewed 2 September 2026.

What Prism's research found

The BBC is established by a Royal Charter and operates as a public service broadcaster in the United Kingdom.

Money

Funding

The BBC is primarily funded through a mandatory annual television licence fee paid by UK households, supplemented by commercial activities.

Revenue model

State-affiliated

The corporation is predominantly financed by a government-collected statutory licence fee, alongside commercial subsidiaries.

Policies

What the article's page linked to, from the disclosures NewsGuard and The Trust Project look for.

  • Owner and funding: not linked from the page
  • Corrections: not linked from the page
  • Ethics or standards
  • Editors and staff: not linked from the page
  • Contact

A dash means the page had no such link. The policy may still exist elsewhere on the site.

Website

Address
bbc.com
Registered
15 July 1989
Registrar
Tucows Domains Inc.
Registrant country
—
Hosted by
Fastly, Inc., United States

Served through a CDN, so the server behind it is hidden.

Leaning and reliability

Political leaning

Center

AllSides rates the BBC as having a Center bias, while Media Bias/Fact Check notes it as least biased with a slight lean to the right.

Reliability

High

Media Bias/Fact Check rates the BBC as mostly factual based on generally reliable sourcing.

Ratings like these are other people's opinions, not Prism's. Follow the sources and judge for yourself.

From Prism's research on this outlet, done 8 October 2026 and approved 8 October 2026. This is Prism's read of the sources it found, and registry records are often hidden. Follow the citations and judge for yourself.

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