Financial highlights
  1998
£m
1997
£m
Change
%
Sales
Operating profit
Profit before interest and tax
BBC cash flow
409
(7)
14
75
354
5
7
53
16
(239)
105
42

Sales in 1998 by business
1 Publishing
2 Programme distribution
3 Channels
63%
31%
6%

Sales in 1998 by region
1 UK
2 Americas
3 Rest of world
67%
11%
22%