GSBC
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| Statutory Corporation | |
| Industry | Mass media Public Broadcasting Television Radio Digital media |
| Predecessor | Gristol-Serkonos Radio Service |
| Founded | July 11, 1932 in Pontiac-Bernadotte, Gristol-Serkonos |
| Headquarters | GSBC Broadcast Centre, Pontiac-Bernadotte , |
Areas served | National; available on terrestrial and cable systems in Belfrasian border communities; available internationally via Internet Satellite Radio, Shortwave Radio and on TV. |
| Products | Television, Radio, Digital media |
| Revenue | ₵344.4 billion (NS$ 2.3 billion) (2019) |
| Divisions | GSBC Television GSBC Radio GSBC Sport GSBC Online GSBC Gristol GSBC Serkonos GSBC World Service GSBC Productions GSBC Kids |
The Gristol-Serkonos Broadcasting Corporation (GSBC) is a federal statutory corporation operating as the national public service broadcaster for both radio and television in Gristol-Serkonos. While some local stations existed before GSBC, it is currently is the oldest existing corporation in the country. The GSBC was established in 1932. It operates five radio networks, the English-language GSBC Radio One and GSBC Music, the Kanienʼkéha-language GSBC Radio-Tékeni, the Nordic-language GSBC Radio-Tre, GSBC Radio International, an international radio service broadcasting on shortwave radio. GSBC operates one national broadcast television network, GSBC 1, along with five specialty satellite/cable television networks GSBC News Network, GSBC 2, GSBC 3, GSBC 4, and GSBC Sport.
Introduced in the 1950 amendment of GSBC Operations Charter, majority of its television broadcasting is in English language. However, GSBC television networks are allowed to have programming blocks in Kanienʼkéha, Enyaman, Omiat, Hugonaut, Hellenic and Nordic through their GSBC's local affiliate stations. GSBC is also the sole remaining corporation that offers programming to communities not covered by the Gristol-Serkonos' Over the Air Digital Conversion.
Corporation
Mandate
Under its current operating charter, the GSBC Operations Charter of 2000, the GSBC is mandated to "provide radio, internet and television services incorporating a wide range of programming that informs, enlightens and entertains."
Programming produced by GSBC must be:
- be predominantly and distinctively Gristo-Serkonan
- reflective of the current and distinct Gristo-Serkonan audiences
- reflect the multicultural and multiracial nature of Gristol-Serkonos
Management
As a federal statutory corporation, the GSBC operates at an arms-length from the government in its day-to-day operations. The corporation is governed by the GSBC Operations Charter of 2000 under a board of directors and its directly responsible to Parliament under the Office of National Heritage. Management of the corporation is in the hands of the president, appointed by the Monarchs of the Kingdom of Gristol and the Duchy of Serkonos under the advise of the Chancellor.
Financing
For the fiscal year of 2019, the GSBC received a total of ₵344.4 billion (NS$2.3 billion) from all revenue sources including government funding via taxpayers, subscription fees, advertising revenue, and real estate.
Services
News
GSBC News is the largest broadcast newsgathering operation in Gristol-Serkonos, providing services to GSBC Radio networks as well as the GSBC News Network, local supper-hour newscasts, GSBC News Online, as well as in-flight entertainment for RGS, the flag airline of Gristol-Serkonos. As part of its operations charter, GSBC is required to present news in Anglic, Nordic, Kanienʼkéha languages. GSBC News also covers local and international weather, using weather data provided by the Gristo-Serkonan Meteorological Office.
Television
As part of the country's Over the Air Digital Conversion, all of GSBC's television channels transitioned from analogue to digital terrestrial channels in 2016. Despite the transition, some analogue stations operated by GSBC remain operational for communities not covered by the digital conversion mandate.
- GSBC 1 is the flagship network of GSBC, broadcasting mainstream entertainment, comedy, drama, documentaries, films, news, sport, and some children's programmes. GSBC 1 also broadcasts news programmes simulcast from the GSBC News Channel. The main news bulletins are followed by local news. These are provided by production centres in Gristol, Serkonos and a further 16 regional and sub-regional centres covering the Gristo-Serkonan Crown Lands. The centres also produce local news magazine programming.
- GSBC 2 is home to more specialist programming, comedy, documentaries, dramas, children's programming, minority interest programmes. Its important feature of the schedule is The World Tonight, an hour-long news and current affairs program known for its humour and frivolity in its closing segments. Gristol and Serkonos have slight differences in the programming.
- GSBC 3 primarily features programming geared towards 16-34 year olds, with new comedy sketch shows and sitcoms, as well as programs related to LGBTQ+, music, fashion and documentaries.
- GSBC 4
- GSBC Sport
- GSBC News Network is a 24-hour specialty news channel operated by GSBC's news service covering news and sport across Gristol-Serkonos and around the world. GSBC News Channel was merged with GSBC World News into a single networked news channel in 2019, with opt-outs for both domestic and international versions.
- GSBC Parliamentary Channel is the corporation's dedicated politics channel, covering the both councils of Parliament, and the devolved administrations of the Diet of the Kingdom of Gristol and the League of Serkonos' Grand Council of the Seven Nations. It also covers international politics, airing foreign legislative proceedings.
Radio
- GSBC Radio 1
- GSBC Radio 2
- GSBC Radio 3
International Broadcasting
The GSBC World Service is the international broadcaster owned and operated by GSBC. It broadcasts radio news, speech and discussions in more than X languages to many parts of the world through analogue and digital shortwave platforms, internet streaming, social media, podcasts, satellite, digital audio broadcasting, FM and medium wave relays. The international version of GSBC News Network broadcasts in six language feeds; Anglic, Audonic, Latin, Ludic, Rezese, and Tsurushimese languages. GSBC Radio International is also operated by the World Service, broadcasting in shortwave radio. It distributes in Anglic, Audonic, Latin, Ludic, Rezese, and Tsurushimese languages.
Children's Programming
Merchandise
Online
GSBC's online presence includes a comprehensive news website and archive. GSBC also operates the streaming service GSBC Player in which Gristo-Serkonan residents can access for free with a paid subscription option for residents outside Gristol-Serkonos.
Former Services
- RGSAF Radio and Television Service: Operated by the Royal Gristo-Serkonan Armed Forces, GSBC provided programming for the RGSAF Radio and Television Service. It is intended for RGSAF personnel and RGSN ships deployed overseas. The network was not available domestically within Gristol-Serkonos. It broadcasted in three languages, Anglic, Kanienʼkéha, and Nordic.
- As part of the overall downsizing of the armed forces in 2010, the broadcast service ceased operations in 2011.