the British Broadcasting Corporation: an organization that broadcasts television and radio programmes and is owned by the British government. It does not have advertising and is paid for by the licence fee (=money paid every year by people who own a television). 英國廣播公司(英國政府所屬制作廣播和電視節目的機構。它不播放廣告,由電視用戶支付費用)
[C]an arrangement under which a television or radio company is allowed to broadcast in a particular area of the country, or a railway company is allowed to operate trains in a particular area (允許電視或廣播公司在特定地區播放,或允許鐵路公司的火車在特定地區運行的)特許,特權
win/lose a franchise:
His company won the London weekday franchise. 他的公司獲得了工作日在倫敦播映的特權。