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Originally Posted by Mike L
A common misconception. In fact, the BBC does not receive any tax money. It is funded by a licence fee (payable by TV viewers) and the profit it makes on its commercial activities. The difference between a tax and a licence fee is that the former is mandatory, the latter is not.
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The license fee is a tax on everyone who has a TV. We're getting into semantics, here.
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Originally Posted by Mike L
They have as much incentive to make a profit as any business. The difference is that the profit is not distributed to share-holders, but is used to finance its public service broadcasting obligations.
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Again, I'm going to have to disagree with you here. If the BBC did have the same profit motive, then they would have 20+ episodes in a season (like US networks) instead of 6, 8, or 10.
BTW, that's one thing I love about your tv shows. There are shows being made in the UK that would never have been made in the US. Jekyll had only 6 episodes. Life on Mars stopped at (I think) 16.