Watching TV is the most popular entertainment in UK. About 97 per cent of homes have a colour television set.There are more thhan 520 TV channels in the UK. On average, people spend about three and a half hours each day watching TV.Over 90 per cent of primary and secondary schools use the BBC schols television service. The BBC doesn`t have advertisements while other TV channeis make money from commercials. Alcohol advertising is banned on television before 9 p. m. and cigarette advertisements are banned both on TV and radio.
There are over 820 radio stations in the UK. About 90 per cent of the UK population regularly listen to the radio. The BBC Network Radio serves and audience of 31 million each week transmitting 43,000 hours of programmes each year on its five networks. The BBC World Service transmits programmes in 35 languages worldwide.
As for the UK press, there are 11 daily national newspapers and 11 Sunday national newspapers. Each day about 35-45 million people learn about the news from newspapers.
More than 39 million UK homes use the internet. About 73 per cent of adults "go online" regularly