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Originally Posted by twobits
If this is true (and I am not saying it is not) then why would people not be willing to fund it as a private membership organization? Do they have advertising also? I know some shows already are produced direct to DVD and thus supported only by the people that watch the show (some recent stargates for example).
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I think part of the merit of the BBC, even more so than American PBS (Which in fairness gets a rather large percentage of its programming from the BBC!), is that it provides a forum that allows shows to be produced that can serve every potential audience regardless of any sort of commercial interest. In addition, it would give them a voice that would be independent of those commercial interests.
Now in fairness, the biggest issue with the BBC is that it could, in theory at least, be subject to pressures by the political bodies that fund it (i.e., the British Parliament).
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Bill