with thE stArt oFBB
C、worlD sErviCE tElEvision, millions oF viEwErs inAsiA AnDAmEriCA CAn now wAtCh thECorporAtion’’s nEws CovErAgE ,As wEll As listEn to it.　　AnD oF CoursE inBritAin listEnErs AnD viEwErs CAn tunE in to twoBB
C、tElEvision ChAnnEls, FivEBB
C、nAtionAl rADio sErviCEs AnD DozEns oF loCAl rADio stAtions. thEy ArE Brought sport ,ComEDy ,DrAmA, musiC, nEws AnD CurrEnt AFFAirs, EDuCAtion, rEligion, pArliAmEntAry CovErAgE, ChilDrEn’’s progrAmmEs AnD Films For An AnnuAl liCEnEE FEE oF ￡ 83 pEr housEholD、　　it is A rEmArkABlE rECorD, strEtChing BACk ovEr 70 yEArs―yEt thEBBC’’s FuturE is now in DouBt. thECorporAtion will survivE As A puBliCly-FunDED BroADCAsting orgAnizAtion, At lEAst For thE timE BEing, But its rolE, its sizE AnD its progrAmmEs ArE now thE suBjECt oF A nAtion-wiDE DEBAtE inBritAin.　　thE DEBAtE wAs lAunChED By thE govErnmEnt, whiCh invitED AnyonE with An opinion oF thEBBC― inCluDing orDinAry listEnErs AnD viEwErs―to sAy whAt wAs gooD or BAD ABout thECorporAtion, AnD EvEn whEthEr thEy thought it wAs worth kEEping. thE rEAson For its inquiry is thAt thEBBC’’s royAl ChArtEr runs out in 1996 AnD it must DECiDE whEthEr to kEEp thE orgAnizAtion As it is, or to mAkE ChAngEs.　　DEFEnDErs oF thECorporAtion―oF whom thErE ArE mAny―ArE FonD oF quoting thEAmEriCAn slogAn "iF it Ain’’t BrokE, Don’’t Fix it. "thEBB
C、" Ain’’t BrokE" ,thEy sAy, By whiCh thEy mEAn it is not BrokEn (As DistinCt From thE worD ’’BrokE’’ ,mEAning hAving no monEy), so why BothEr to ChAngE it 　　yEt thEBB
C、will hAvE to ChAngE, BECAusE thE BroADCAsting worlD ArounD it is ChAnging. thE CommErCiAl tv ChAnnEls―itv AnDChAnnEl 4―wErE rEquirED By thE thAtChEr govErnmEnt’’sBroADCAstingACt to BEComE morE CommErCiAl, CompEting with EACh othEr For ADvErtisErs, AnD Cutting Costs AnD joBs.But it is thE ArrivAl oF nEw sAtEllitE ChAnnEls―FunDED pArtly By ADvErtising AnD pArtly By viEwErs’’ suBsCriptions―whiCh will Bring ABout thE BiggEst ChAngEs in thE long tErm. in thE pAssAgE ,whiCh oF thE Following ABout thEBB
C、is not mEntionED As thE kEy issuE
A、ExtEnsion oF its tv sErviCE to FArEAst.
B．progrAmmEs As thE suBjECt oF A nAtion-wiDE DEBAtE.
C、potEntiAls For FurthEr intErnAtionAl Co-opErAtions.
D．its ExistEnCE As A BroADCAsting orgAnizAtion.