BBC

[UK] [informal] Beeb [noun] [U] - abbreviation for British Broadcasting Corporation (= a British organization that broadcasts on television and radio in Britain and is paid for by a charge on everyone who has a television)The BBC faces increasing competition from the commercial channels, cable and satellite TV.The new series is on BBC 1/BBC 2 every Tuesday night.Compare ITV.BBC Pronunciation is the standard way in which middle class speakers of southern British English pronounce words.