Seeds of Change

The British Broadcasting Corporation - with a roster of eight network television services and a remit to increase television program spending by £450 million (US$700 million) over the next two years - is recognized the world over as a behemoth. BBC1 and BBC2, the two main terrestrial TV channels, form the root of the Beeb's TV enterprise. The more recent offshoots are BBC4, BBC Choice, News 24, BBC Parliament and kids' stations CBeebies and cBBC. But, none of them could function as well as they do without support from the U.K. pubcaster's other branches, particularly broadcasters BBC Scotland, BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Wales.