> In Britain we also pay a relatively small (a great deal less than a > satellite, cable or newspaper subscription) 'licence fee' to have a TV > in the house capable of broadcast reception. This is how the BBC (both > radio and TV) is funded; the licence fee is not a tax, so it is not > under direct government control, thus largely separating the funding of > our public broadcaster - still one of the best in the world in my view - > from political influence except when the BBC's Royal Charter comes up > for review.
[Completely and utterly OT now] Same here, more or less. Would be nice if I could subscribe to the BBC - I quite enjoyed their programming during my brief stays in Britain. Which reminds me: I quite fancy the series "Coupling", which is, IIRC a BBC production. It will most likely never be released in Austria. Dubbed, maybe. I borrowed the DVDs of two seasons from a friend. However, there's at least one other season I have not seen. Should I - have to buy the DVDs (for 19 pounds), just for watching it once? just torrent it? forget about it? > There are problems with the mechanism, As evident in Austria, where the ruling government has found a way around the political independence and has lifted the "no commercials" rule to fill the country's coffers. :) C. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
