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The state imposes a TV tax which it uses to fund BBC. I would call that "state-funded" myself. (The fact that they resell some of the content overseas doesn't
by joshuaheard 12y ago
The state imposes a TV tax which it uses to fund BBC. I would call that "state-funded" myself. (The fact that they resell some of the content overseas doesn't change that.)
- teh_klev 12y agoTV Licensing is not a "tax", you can choose to pay it, or not depending on whether you want to watch/record live broadcast TV, or not. See my comment above: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9117324 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9117324
- joshuaheard 12y agoTax or fee, the money goes to the state which goes to BBC. State funded.