RBS

RBS (the initialism of the former official name, the Royal Broadcasting Service) is a Sierran owned and operated by the Government of Sierra. Founded in 1949 as a public radio broadcaster, it has since expanded to providing public television and online broadcasting. It is one of the largest television networks in Sierra as part of the "Big Five" in Sierran media (the others being EBC, 16ON, MCN, and TNC). The network is headquartered on Flower Street and Western Avenue at the RBS Center in, Gold Coast, Sierra. There are additional offices and production facilities elsewhere throughout the Greater Porciúncula Area, as well as in San Francisco City and San Diego.

Established by as a crown corporation, it is under the administration and purview of the Minister of Culture, and is funded by Parliament and private donations, in addition to receiving profit from commercial advertising on its television channels, although it does exercise a high degree of autonomy, with its own board of directors. The President, who leads the board of directors, is appointed by the Prime Minister. The board of directors are responsible for appointing the Director-General, who is responsible for the day-to-day managerial operations of the company.

Offering programming in several languages including, , Sierra's six other official languages, and four other languages, RBS runs seven sister channels (RBS International, RBS en Español, RBS Arabic, RBS Chinese, RBS Deutsch, RBS Korean, and RBS Vietnamese) and six digital services (RBS.ks, Radio RBS-2, Radio RBS-3, RBS Music, RBS Access, and RBSi) through RBS International Ltd, a wholly owned commercial subsidiary. In Hawaii, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, and Rapa Nui, RBS operates under the name as RBS-Pacific.

The network was founded in 1949 under the Federal Broadcasting and Telecommunications Act, with the government taking over and nationalizing 15 private radio stations throughout Sierra. RBS was created in response to the perceived concern of the encroaching influence of media and broadcasting from other Anglo-American nations. It became Sierra's largest radio broadcaster, and in 1953, RBS expanded its operations to include television, launching RBS News as a major television network.