Re: [Swprograms] OT: International bbc.com to have advertising

[Mike Barraclough <softbulletin1@xxxxxxxxx>]

BBC World is the television channel. 

"BBC World is owned and operated by BBC World Ltd, a
member of the BBC's commercial group of companies and
is funded by subscription and advertising revenues."

http://www.bbcworld.com/Pages/About.aspx

Except this doesn't fully fund it, it loses money and
has got a long term loan from BBC Worldwide which is
where the argument about subsidising it from money
that could be used to reduce the domestic licence fee
comes in. 

You are funding it but it's not got enough
subscribers. You can also choose whether to subscribe
to it whereas if I don't pay my licence fee I need to
watch out for a knock on the door, indeed they harass
people who don't have a television set on the grounds
that they fail to see how you can manage without one!

BBC World Service is not officially available on
medium wave in the UK, though in some parts of the
country you can pick it up, but it is available in the
UK on digital terrestrial radio, online and via
digital televion (satellite, cable and broadband). 

It's funded by the UK Commonwealth and Foreign Office,
which is taxpayers money. Whether it's aims include
the preservation of the Queen's English in its purest
form is an interesting question as is which form of
English that actually means :)

Mike
--- Joe Buch <josephbuch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Mike,
> 
> I amy be confused, but when the article refers to
> BBC World, are they
> not talking about the TV channel as distinguished
> from the BBC World
> Service radio stream(s).
> 
> Somewhere in the back of my head I have the idea
> that BBCWS is funded
> by the Foreign Office in order to project a proper
> image of the UK to
> the world and preserve the Queen's English in its
> pure form.  Am I
> mistaken?  I also thought BBCWS was available in the
> UK via Medium Wave
> transmitters.  I have heard same while in France and
> Italy.
> 
> I subscribe to BBCWS as part of my satellite
> direct-broadcast radio
> service.  I pay $13 per month for it and about 170
> other channels.  I
> know that BBC charges my local public radio station
> about $10,000 per
> year for access to BBC news programs. Some of that
> is my money.
> 
> So I am actually paying more for BBC than if I lived
> in the UK and had
> a colour TV set.  And I only get to watch a half
> hour of BBC World TV
> news and old situation comedies via my public TV
> station to which I
> also send money.
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
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