MBC

From NSWiki
Jump to: navigation, search
Morstaybishlian Broadcasting Corporation
Formerly called Morstopackia Broadcasting Company
Type Statutory corporation with a Royal charter
Industry Mass media
Founder(s) Vernon Rothgerus
Headquarters Sani Bursil, Staynes, Great Morstaybishlia
Area served Worldwide
Products
Services
  • Television
  • Radio
  • Online
Revenue Increase8.97 billion (2017/18)
Operating income Decrease♅42.2 million (2017/18)
Net income Decrease133.8 million (2017/18)
Total assets Decrease314 billion (2017/18)
Owner(s) Public owned
Employees 31,045

The Morstaybishlian Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) is a Morstaybishlian public service broadcaster. Its headquarters are at Centre Broadcast Studios in Verhana, Sani Bursil, and is one of the world's oldest national broadcasting organisations and the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees. It employs over 31,045 staff in total, 26,552 of whom are in public sector broadcasting. The total number of staff is 53,233 when part-time, flexible, and fixed-contract staff are included.

The MBC is established under a Royal Charter and operates under its Agreement with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Its work is funded principally by an annual television licence fee which is charged to all Morst households, companies and organisations using any type of equipment to receive or record live television broadcasts and PrimPlayer catch-up. The fee is set by the Morstaybishlian Government, agreed by Parliament, and used to fund the MBC's radio, TV, and online services covering the nations and Overseas Territories of Great Morstaybishlia.

From its inception, through the Depression after the Great War and through the Auroran Imperial War (where its broadcasts helped to unite the nation, to the 21st century, the MBC has played a prominent role in [[Great Morstaybishlia#Culture|Morstaybishlian culture.