BBC 1
| BBC One | |
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| Launched | 2 November 1936 |
| Owned by | BBC |
| Picture format |
16:9 576i (SDTV) 16:9 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audience share | 24.78% (August 2016, BARB) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Broadcast area | United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies |
| Formerly called |
BBC Television Service (2 November 1936 – 8 October 1960) BBC TV (8 October 1960 – 20 April 1964) BBC1 (20 April 1964 – 3 October 1997) |
| Sister channel(s) |
BBC Two BBC Four BBC News BBC Parliament CBBC CBeebies |
| Website | bbc |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview | Channel 1 Channel 101 (HD) |
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Digitenne (Netherlands) |
Channel 19 |
| Satellite | |
| Freesat | Channel 101 (SD: England; HD: Sco/Wal/NI) Channel 108 (SD: Sco/Wal/NI; HD: England) Channels 950–967, 972, 973, 976, 978 (regional variations) |
| Sky (UK) | Channel 101 (SD: England; HD: Sco/Wal/NI) Channel 115 (HD: England) Channel 141 (SD: Sco/Wal/NI) Channels 951–968, 976–979 (regional variations) |
| Sky (Ireland) | Channel 141 (SD/HD) Channel 215 (SD) |
| Astra 2E | 10773 H 22000 5/6 10788 V 22000 5/6 10803 H 22000 5/6 10818 V 22000 5/6 10847 V 23000 2/3 (HD) |
| Astra 2F | 11024 H 23000 2/3 (HD) |
| BFBS | Channel 1 Channel 11 (Delayed) |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media (UK) | Channel 101 Channel 108 (HD) Channels 851, 861–864 (regional variations) |
| Virgin Media (Ireland) | Channel 108 Channel 139 (HD) |
| Ziggo (Netherlands) | Channel 61 (HD) (England) Channel 952 (SD) (London) |
| Numericable (Belgium) | Channel 30/79 (London) Channel 107 (HD England) |
| Naxoo (Switzerland) | Channel 213 |
| UPC Switzerland | Channel 155 |
| WightFibre | Channel 1 |
| Telenet Digital TV (Belgium) | Channel 120 (London) Channel 62 (HD England) |
| IPTV | |
| Belgacom TV (Belgium) | Channel 67 (Brussels) Channel 23 (Flanders) Channel 213 (Wallonia) |
| KPN (Netherlands) | Channel 23 |
| Telfort (Netherlands) | Channel 23 |
| XS4ALL (Netherlands) | Channel 23 |
| Streaming media | |
| BBC iPlayer | Watch live (UK only) |
| TVPlayer | Watch Live (UK only) |
| Horizon Go |
Watch live (Ireland only) Horizon.tv (Netherlands only) Watch live (Switzerland only) |
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution. It was renamed BBC TV in 1960, using this name until the launch of sister channel BBC2 in 1964, whereupon the BBC TV channel became known as BBC1, with the current spelling adopted in 1997.
The channel's annual budget for 2012–13 is £1.14 billion. The channel is funded by the television licence fee together with the BBC's other domestic television stations, and therefore shows uninterrupted programming without commercial advertising. It is currently the most watched television channel in the United Kingdom, ahead of its traditional rival for ratings leadership, ITV.
As of June 2013[update] the channel controller for BBC One is Charlotte Moore, who succeeded Danny Cohen initially as an Acting Controller from May 2013.
The BBC began its own regular television programming from the basement of Broadcasting House, London, on 22 August 1932. The BBC Television Service officially began regular broadcasts on 2 November 1936 from a converted wing of the Alexandra Palace in London On 1 September 1939, two days before Britain declared war on Germany, the station was taken off air with little warning, with one of the last programmes to be shown before the suspension of the service being a Mickey Mouse cartoon; the government was concerned that the VHF transmissions would act as a beacon to enemy aircraft homing in on London. BBC Television returned on 7 June 1946 at 15:00. Jasmine Bligh, one of the original announcers, made the first announcement, saying, 'Good afternoon everybody. How are you? Do you remember me, Jasmine Bligh?'. The Mickey Mouse cartoon of 1939 was repeated twenty minutes later.
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