Who are the major players in terms of news providers in the UK and what exactly do they own?
BBC:
The BBC (British Broadcasting Company) was founded in 18 October 1922 and owns £5.086 billion, the BBC broadcasts news related to the worlds major issues, politics, business and technology mostly. The BBC serves worldwide by television, radio as well as online, another example of an worldwide server is 'The Guardian'. The major players for BBC news are Lord Patten of Barnes (Chairman, BBC Trust) and Lord Hall of Birkenhead (Director-General).
Channel 4:
Channel 4 was launched in November 2 1982 owned by Channel Four Television Corporation. The channel was established to provide a fourth television service to the United Kingdom in addition to the television licence-funded BBC's two services and the single commercial broadcasting network, ITV. Channel Four has sister channels such as Film4, E4, More4, 4Music etc, the channel also has a time-shift services called Channel four plus one.
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