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Definition of public service broadcasting noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

public service broadcasting

noun
 
/ˌpʌblɪk ˈsɜːvɪs brɔːdkɑːstɪŋ/
 
/ˌpʌblɪk ˈsɜːrvɪs brɔːdkæstɪŋ/
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  1. radio and television programmes broadcast by organizations such as the BBC in the UK that are independent of government but are financed by public money
    CultureThe aim of public service broadcasting is to make programmes of a high standard that educate, inform and entertain, and the BBC received a royal charter to do this in 1927. Anyone who owns a television in the UK must pay for a television licence, which pays for the service.
    Topics TV, radio and newsc2

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