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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
They also charge a tax to TV owners. Some of the money to create shows is coming directly from viewers rather than advertisers. (Usually, I think that's the more civilized version. But it's worth noting that there's still a cost: US viewers get stuck with interruptions; UK viewers pay cash, which avoids those.)
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Yes, as mentioned above, £145.50 at the moment, which is about £12.13/$20 per month. And yes, it's effectively a tax on owning a television. Technically, it's a licence for the ownership of a means of watching broadcast TV.
But of course, US viewers often choose to pay for satellite or cable TV, which probably comes to as much or more, and they
still get the adverts!