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Originally Posted by runlvlzero
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And less government controlled. Except by the FCC. So the British just combine the FCC with their PBS's and make it mandatory.
From what I can tell. That is less free still.
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Actually, the BBC is quite autonomous now, but kind of lumps all public broadcasting into 1 place. I think you have a bigger option in the case of the BBC, as PBS is funded through tax (aside from the ways it generates other revenues, similar to what the BBC does). Tax is mandatory, whereas the license is only mandatory if you want to own a TV and watch broadcasted television. I suppose the only problem with this is that you can't watch stations that don't receive any benefit from the license fee. However, BBC broadcasting there has many of the good shows, plus no ads, so everyone watches it.