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The BBC model works really well. I now only watch programmes from the commercial channels once I have recorded them (well - except for the IPL!) because having the comparison of programmes without ad breaks (BBC) against those with breaks - even under the time restrictions that operate here - well, why would you sit through all that garbage in real time.
But the knives are out for the BBC. 6 Music looks to be doomed because the commercial broadcasters say it competes, for free, with stuff they are doing, for profit - ie with ads. Except they don't - do the same as 6 Music. Now the Beeb is back-pedalling on its web service because the newspapers don't like them giving stuff away for free (though it is now one of the things I expect in return foir my licence fee - so it isn't free).
AS you might expect this charge is being led by the Murdoch family. The same ones responsible for that paragon of fair reporting, in the USA, Fox News.
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