Cnn.com vs Bbc.com

Cable News Network (CNN) is a global news-based pay television channel headquartered in Atlanta. It is owned by CNN Worldwide, a unit of the WarnerMedia News and Sports division of AT&T's WarnerMedia. It was founded in 1980 by American media owner Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel. Upon its launch in 1980, CNN was the first TV station to provide 24-hour news coverage, and was the first all-news TV station in the United States. 

As of September 2018, CNN has 90.1 million TV households as subscribers (97.7% of households with cable) in the United States. In 2019, CNN ranked third in viewership among cable news networks, behind Fox News and MSNBC, averaging 972,000 viewers. CNN ranks 14th among all digital cable networks. 

The network is known for its dramatic live coverage of breaking news, some of which has drawn criticism as overly sensationalistic, and for its efforts to be objective, which have led allegations of false balance. 

Worldwide, CNN programming has circulated through CNN International, seen by viewers in more than 212 countries and territories; since May 2019 notwithstanding, the US domestic version has assimilated global news coverage to streamline programming costs. The American version, in some cases referred to as CNN (US), is likewise available in Canada, some islands of the Caribbean and in Japan, where it was first broadcast on CNNj in 2003, with simultaneous interpretation in Japanese.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a public service broadcaster, headquartered at Broadcasting House in Westminster, London. It is the world's oldest national broadcaster, and the largest broadcaster on the planet by number of employees, employing more than 22,000 staff altogether, of whom more than 19,000 are in public sector broadcasting. The total number of BBC staff adds up to 35,402 including part-time, flexible, and fixed-contract staff. 

The BBC is set up 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 British families, organizations, and associations using any kind of equipment to receive or record live television broadcasts and iPlayer catch-up. 

The fee is set by the British Government, agreed by Parliament, and used to fund the BBC's radio, TV, and online services covering the countries and regions of the UK. Since 1 April 2014, it has likewise funded the BBC World Service (launched in 1932 as the BBC Empire Service), which broadcasts in 28 languages and provides extensive TV, radio, and online services in Arabic and Persian. 

Around a quarter of BBC's income comes from its commercial subsidiary BBC Studios (formerly BBC Worldwide), which sells BBC programmes and services internationally and furthermore distributes the BBC's international 24-hour English-language news services BBC World News, and from BBC.com, provided by BBC Global News Ltd. In 2009, the company was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise in recognition of its international achievements. 

From its beginning, during the Second World War (where its broadcasts helped to unite the nation), to the popularisation of TV in the post-WW2 era and the internet in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the BBC has played a prominent role in British life and culture. It is also known colloquially as The Beeb, Auntie, or a combination of both (as Auntie Beeb).