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Awesome. It seems that BBC makes subtitles for all content. In my country (Spain) public TV is just rubbish.

nothrabannosir 10y ago
It's also a lot cheaper, I imagine. BBC costs ±£145/household/year. Is it possible to determine the public cost of RTVE?
- marvel_boy 10y ago
  Let say UK population is 65M so 65 * 145 makes a grand total of £9425.000.000. Forget to calculate the cost of rubbish TVE, the government does not allow it, even we pay for it.
  - timthorn 10y ago
    The fee is per household, not person - however, there's no need to estimate the funding as the accounts are public: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/reports/pdf/BBC-FS-2016.pdf http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/reports/... The actual total income in 2015/16 was £4,805M, with £3,735M coming from the licence fee.
    - open-source-ux 10y ago
      For comparison, annual cost of a TV licence in other countries - Denmark: €332 (approx $360) - France: €136 (approx $145) - Germany: €215 (approx $230) - Italy: €100 (approx $230) - Ireland: €160 (approx $107) - Norway: €298 (approx $321) - Sweden: €247 (approx $266) - Switzerland: €439 (approx $473)
  - icebraining 10y ago
    Forget to calculate the cost of rubbish TVE, the government does not allow it, even we pay for it. How so? Their budgets are public[1]. It's a total of around 975M€/year, 920M€ of which come from direct and indirect taxes. There are about 18.35M households in Spain[2], so it costs ~50€/household/year. [1] http://economia.elpais.com/economia/2016/07/21/actualidad/1469117078_324663.html http://economia.elpais.com/economia/2016/07/21/actualidad/14... [2] http://www.ine.es/inebaseDYN/ech30274/ech_inicio.htm http://www.ine.es/inebaseDYN/ech30274/ech_inicio.htm
- the_unknown 10y ago
  $125/household - that's an amazing deal. We're blessed with some high-quality programming from the CBC here in Canada but would happily bump in a contribution to add BBC to the mix.
  - vinay427 10y ago
    I'm not quite sure how you got that number, as £145 ≈ $181 USD. In any case, here in a US border city I get free access to CBC and PBS which is rather convenient. As I understand it, those on the other side of the river get access to both stations as well, so the local affiliates target both countries. BBC America and BBC World News are only available through cable providers, as far as I recall, though they seem to be included in many cable packages (as is CBC and obviously PBS).
    - timthorn 10y ago
      As a pedantic note, BBC America shows British TV including programmes from non-BBC stations.

It's also a lot cheaper, I imagine. BBC costs ±£145/household/year. Is it possible to determine the public cost of RTVE?

marvel_boy 10y ago
Let say UK population is 65M so 65 * 145 makes a grand total of £9425.000.000. Forget to calculate the cost of rubbish TVE, the government does not allow it, even we pay for it.
- timthorn 10y ago
  The fee is per household, not person - however, there's no need to estimate the funding as the accounts are public: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/reports/pdf/BBC-FS-2016.pdf http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/reports/... The actual total income in 2015/16 was £4,805M, with £3,735M coming from the licence fee.
  - open-source-ux 10y ago
    For comparison, annual cost of a TV licence in other countries - Denmark: €332 (approx $360) - France: €136 (approx $145) - Germany: €215 (approx $230) - Italy: €100 (approx $230) - Ireland: €160 (approx $107) - Norway: €298 (approx $321) - Sweden: €247 (approx $266) - Switzerland: €439 (approx $473)
- icebraining 10y ago
  Forget to calculate the cost of rubbish TVE, the government does not allow it, even we pay for it. How so? Their budgets are public[1]. It's a total of around 975M€/year, 920M€ of which come from direct and indirect taxes. There are about 18.35M households in Spain[2], so it costs ~50€/household/year. [1] http://economia.elpais.com/economia/2016/07/21/actualidad/1469117078_324663.html http://economia.elpais.com/economia/2016/07/21/actualidad/14... [2] http://www.ine.es/inebaseDYN/ech30274/ech_inicio.htm http://www.ine.es/inebaseDYN/ech30274/ech_inicio.htm
the_unknown 10y ago
$125/household - that's an amazing deal. We're blessed with some high-quality programming from the CBC here in Canada but would happily bump in a contribution to add BBC to the mix.
- vinay427 10y ago
  I'm not quite sure how you got that number, as £145 ≈ $181 USD. In any case, here in a US border city I get free access to CBC and PBS which is rather convenient. As I understand it, those on the other side of the river get access to both stations as well, so the local affiliates target both countries. BBC America and BBC World News are only available through cable providers, as far as I recall, though they seem to be included in many cable packages (as is CBC and obviously PBS).
  - timthorn 10y ago
    As a pedantic note, BBC America shows British TV including programmes from non-BBC stations.