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Agreed and based on what I've read the funding package that the UK government gives them plus the TV tax (that each UK citizen has to pay with the purchase of a

by xufi 10y ago

Agreed and based on what I've read the funding package that the UK government gives them plus the TV tax (that each UK citizen has to pay with the purchase of a TV) sure helps them stay afloat

jdietrich 10y ago
We pay a TV license annually, not a one-off tax. The BBC receives no government funding, which helps ensure its impartiality. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_Un...
- capote 10y ago
  I think many other countries have a TV 'tax' as well. I had to pay one living in Germany just for owning a computer. Makes for great public media in many cases.
  - xufi 10y ago
    Do you think taxes like this will go away at some point? or will it always be there in some form?
    - d_j_b 10y ago
      Some right-wingers in the UK (e.g. the ones advocating withdrawing from the EU) would like to see it abolished (and the BBC diminished)
      - capote 10y ago
        What a bummer considering the BBC is one of the greatest.
        xufi 10y ago
        Yep, their world news coverage is pretty good but I especialy love their documentaries. They just blow me away
        eru 10y ago
        Yeah, but they are spending a lot on soap operas as well... Those could very well be provided by the private market.
      - matthewmacleod 10y ago
        The BBC is consistently attacked by both right- and left-wing activists in the UK, which gives me at least a little confidence that they are trying to be balanced :)
- xufi 10y ago
  Oh I see, perhaps I was wrong on that. A freind of mine in the UK said this. Must've got that wrong.
- areyousure 10y ago
  I don't understand your second sentence. The Wikipedia article you link to states "The money received is first paid into the Government's Consolidated Fund. It is subsequently included in the 'vote' for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in that year's Appropriation Act, and passed back to the BBC for the running of the BBC's own services (free from commercial advertisements)." How do you see this as "no government funding"?
DanBC 10y ago
> the funding package that the UK government What funding package is that? Did you mean EU grants? > that each UK citizen has to pay with the purchase of a TV) The licence fee is payable if you are in the UK and watch live TV as it's broadcast. "live", "TV", and "broadcast" are defined in statute and statutory instruments.

by xufi 10y ago

Agreed and based on what I've read the funding package that the UK government gives them plus the TV tax (that each UK citizen has to pay with the purchase of a TV) sure helps them stay afloat

jdietrich 10y ago

We pay a TV license annually, not a one-off tax. The BBC receives no government funding, which helps ensure its impartiality. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_Un...

capote 10y ago
I think many other countries have a TV 'tax' as well. I had to pay one living in Germany just for owning a computer. Makes for great public media in many cases.
- xufi 10y ago
  Do you think taxes like this will go away at some point? or will it always be there in some form?
  - d_j_b 10y ago
    Some right-wingers in the UK (e.g. the ones advocating withdrawing from the EU) would like to see it abolished (and the BBC diminished)
    - capote 10y ago
      What a bummer considering the BBC is one of the greatest.
      - xufi 10y ago
        Yep, their world news coverage is pretty good but I especialy love their documentaries. They just blow me away
        eru 10y ago
        Yeah, but they are spending a lot on soap operas as well... Those could very well be provided by the private market.
    - matthewmacleod 10y ago
      The BBC is consistently attacked by both right- and left-wing activists in the UK, which gives me at least a little confidence that they are trying to be balanced :)
xufi 10y ago
Oh I see, perhaps I was wrong on that. A freind of mine in the UK said this. Must've got that wrong.
areyousure 10y ago
I don't understand your second sentence. The Wikipedia article you link to states "The money received is first paid into the Government's Consolidated Fund. It is subsequently included in the 'vote' for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in that year's Appropriation Act, and passed back to the BBC for the running of the BBC's own services (free from commercial advertisements)." How do you see this as "no government funding"?

DanBC 10y ago

> the funding package that the UK government What funding package is that? Did you mean EU grants? > that each UK citizen has to pay with the purchase of a TV) The licence fee is payable if you are in the UK and watch live TV as it's broadcast. "live", "TV", and "broadcast" are defined in statute and statutory instruments.