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[paulster]

BBC manage without subscription - a yearly licence fee is sufficient - and results in the best radio and TV in the world. Subscription tv is a curse.

They do get some £ by selling those shows to other networks... or you could pay to get BBC (I can with my cable operator ).

This is all very true. Whilst the BBC in the UK operates via the licence fee, they still have a very lucrative business selling shows and programming to other networks globally. The licence fee alone would not produce the same breadth and quality of programming.

That said, you still can't beat the Beeb. It's one of the things I really miss when I'm the other side of the pond.

[toby10]

Good god! Our government in the TV/entertainment business? No thanks.

[Gingernut63]

Good god! Our government in the TV/entertainment business? No thanks.

The ABC in Australia is very similar to the BBC; it provides the quality I look for in TV programs, some sourced from the BBC. The ABC while funded by Government, has it's own charter and operates independently. Without the ABC providing a quality alternative then all that would available is the dreaded reality programs that are destroying free to air at the moment, and crappy Australian and US sitcoms/soap .

It works very well, but if the ABC disappeared then TV for me would be out the window.

[Mnyb]

to work, a pulic service TV should operate under it's own charter and not under controll by the goverment, you see when it go wrong just tune in the weird channels on your cable TV.

men with mustach and khaki uniforms reading the news

[DaveWr]

to work, a pulic service TV should operate under it's own charter and not under controll by the goverment, you see when it go wrong just tune in the weird channels on your cable TV.

men with mustach and khaki uniforms reading the news

The BBC is changing, ex Tory party chairman heads it up. Budget frozen for 6 years. We Brits like to wreck what we have.

[Gingernut63]

The BBC is changing, ex Tory party chairman heads it up. Budget frozen for 6 years. We Brits like to wreck what we have.

Don't worry, the right wing Aussies politicians try the same thing with the ABC. It's a constant battle .

[toby10]

The ABC in Australia is very similar to the BBC; it provides the quality I look for in TV programs, some sourced from the BBC. The ABC while funded by Government, has it's own charter and operates independently. Without the ABC providing a quality alternative then all that would available is the dreaded reality programs that are destroying free to air at the moment, and crappy Australian and US sitcoms/soap .

It works very well, but if the ABC disappeared then TV for me would be out the window.

May work ok for your country, certainly won't work here. Entertainment wise our feds are involved in one national TV network (PBS) and one national radio network (NPR).
They have biased and botched those so badly it is not even funny.

There are local public access ch's and C-Span (fed's public access ch, live congressional votes & debates, committee hearings, etc...) as well as NASA TV.

But from an entertainment aspect let the free market and consumers decide what they want. Obviously, in the US anyway, our feds don't have a clue what it's citizens want.

[AndrewFG]

Good god! Our government in the TV/entertainment business? No thanks.

Spare a thought for the poor Italians. They have had to put up with "BBC" (Berlusconi Broadcasting Corporation) for decades...