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Who runs BBC, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest public service broadcasting alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
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Closest alternative
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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs BBC

BBC bbci.co.uk

The best of the BBC, with the latest news and sport headlines, weather, TV & radio highlights and much more from across the whole of BBC Online.

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What BBC tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

tracker that follows visitors

7 of the 16 alternatives below have fewer, 5 have more.

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Cookie banner
None found
US company
1 tool
  • Visitor analytics

    Counts and follows visits, usually with cookies.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to BBC

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to BBC, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Fewer trackers than BBCNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

17 of the 60 sites closest to BBC match.

  1. 01
    ard.de German No trackers

    ARD.de – TV, Radio, Streams, News, Sport und alles zur ARD | ard.de

    Die ganze ARD: Fernsehen, Livestreams, Radio, Podcasts, Nachrichten, Sport und Kinderkanal. Zudem Infos über den Medienverbund und ARD-Pressemeldungen.

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  2. 02
    TG4 tg4.ie English No trackers

    TG4 | Teilifís Gaeilge

    Irish-language television network

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  3. 03
    Nederlandse Omroep Stichting nos.nl Top 10K Dutch No trackers

    NOS.nl - Nieuws, Sport en Evenementen | Nederlandse Omroep Stichting

    NOS.nl - Nieuws, Sport en Evenementen op Radio, TV en Internet

    Compare Nederlandse Omroep Stichting with BBC →
  4. 04
    npo.nl Dutch No trackers

    De portal van de Publieke Omroep

    Op NPO.nl vind je programma's, documentaires, podcasts en artikelen over één onderwerp van verschillende omroepen op één pagina.

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  5. 05
    tagesschau.de Top 10K German No trackers

    tagesschau.de - die erste Adresse für Nachrichten und Information | tagesschau.de

    tagesschau.de - die erste Adresse für Nachrichten und Information: An 365 Tagen im Jahr, rund um die Uhr aktualisiert - die wichtigsten News des Tages

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  6. 06
    France 24 france24.com Top 10K English No trackers

    France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlines

    Breaking news and world news from France 24 on Business, Sports, Culture. Video news. News from the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa, Middle East, America

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  7. 07
    DR dr.dk Top 10K Danish No trackers

    DR: Nyheder - Breaking - TV - Radio

    Dit Nyhedsoverblik: Breaking news og seneste nyheder - Stream DR’s programmer på DRTV - Hør podcast på DR LYD

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  8. 08
    ORF.at orf.at Top 10K German No trackers

    news.ORF.at

    news.ORF.at: Die aktuellsten Nachrichten auf einen Blick - aus Österreich und der ganzen Welt. In Text, Bild und Video.

    Compare ORF.at with BBC →
  9. 09
    Sveriges Television svt.se Top 10K Swedish No trackers

    SVT Nyheter

    SVT Nyheter med senaste nytt om dagens viktigaste nyheter, live, lokala nyheter, väder, recensioner och sportens målservice.

    Compare Sveriges Television with BBC →
  10. 10
    AOL aol.com Top 1K English No trackers

    News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines - AOL.com

    Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.

    Compare AOL with BBC →
  11. 11
    ZDF zdf.de Top 10K German No trackers

    ZDF Streaming-Portal: Filme, Serien und Dokus online anschauen

    Alle Videos und Livestreams im ZDF anschauen - ständig verfügbar und interaktiv! Entdecke Filme, Serien, Sportevents, Dokumentationen und vieles mehr!

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  12. 12
    RFI rfi.fr Top 10K English No trackers

    RFI - All the news from France, Europe, Africa and the rest of the world.

    Follow any political information, cultural, sporting and live streaming on RFI. The latest information, news and events around the world.

    Compare RFI with BBC →
  13. 13
    NRK.no nrk.no Top 10K Norwegian Bokmål No trackers

    NRK.no – nyheter, tv og radio fra Norge og hele verden

    NRK.no er Norges største tilbud på nett: nyheter fra Norge og verden, lokalnyheter, radio- og tv-program, podcast, vær, helse-, kultur-, underholdning-, humor- og debattstoff.

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  14. 14
    RTVE rtve.es Top 10K Spanish No trackers

    Noticias de última hora, programas y series de televisión - RTVE.es

    Noticias, deportes, actualidad, álbumes, series y programas, y la última hora de España y el mundo.

    Compare RTVE with BBC →
  15. 15
    goal.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Soccer News, Live Scores, Results & Transfers | Goal.com US

    The latest soccer news, live scores, results, rumors, transfers, fixtures, tables and player profiles from around the world, including Premier League.

    Compare goal.com with BBC →
  16. 16
    WDR wdr.de Top 10K German No trackers

    WDR - Nachrichten und Geschichten aus NRW

    Aktuelle Nachrichten aus Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW). Aktuelle News und Reportagen aus Sport, Verbraucher, Kultur und Politik. Außerdem Reportagen aus den großen Städten wie Köln, Düsseldorf oder Dortmund und den Regionen.

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  17. 17
    RSI rsi.ch Italian No trackers

    RSI - RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera

    Il sito della Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana RSI LA1, LA2, Rete Uno, Rete Due, Rete Tre. Un sito web per tutte le trasmissioni radiofoniche e televisive, i programmi TV e radio, i concorsi, gli eventi, gli Archivi, le news, gli approfondimenti, gli audio, i podcast e video sui temi: informazione, cultura, sport, edu, kids, food, meteo.

    Compare RSI with BBC →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles BBC’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones BBC uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what BBC adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 3 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,217
Vector
384-d
Query
36 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to BBC’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

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