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Post #289,155
by static
7/16/07 9:03:55 PM
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New What Matthew said.
Remember that the US doesn't have a government funded TV network. The Brits do. This is how it's paid for.

Interestingly, Australia tried the TV License idea when TV first came about, too, and for the same reason: to pay for the national broadcaster. I don't recall why it didn't survive, but I think the size of our country might have had something to do with it.

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Post #289,161
by boxley
7/16/07 9:43:39 PM
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New we have 2, one is called PBS, public broadcasting system
but in a typical american fashion we dont give them much beyond office space and signal, the rest is by subscription and donations. The other is called VOA and is aimed at governments that we dont like funded by state department.
thanx,
bill
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Post #289,164
by static
7/16/07 9:51:27 PM
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New That's not really the same.
I've heard stories about PBS' funding drives. Australia's [link|http://www.abc.net.au/|ABC] does not run on donations or subscriptions. Most, if not all, of it's income is in the Federal budget. The BBC is funded similarly.

VOA is in a separate class. The BBC has a "World Service" and even our ABC has "Radio Australia" which does the same sort of thing.

Wade.

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And leave me here to bleed
 
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Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please



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     From the "What the? Department" - (folkert) - (15) - July 16, 2007, 02:42:55 PM EDT
         (I think it's the BBC tax...) -NT - (Another Scott) - July 16, 2007, 02:43:20 PM EDT
         It's called the TV license - (warmachine) - July 16, 2007, 03:10:39 PM EDT
         What Matthew said. - (static) - (2) - July 16, 2007, 09:03:55 PM EDT
             we have 2, one is called PBS, public broadcasting system - (boxley) - (1) - July 16, 2007, 09:43:39 PM EDT
                 That's not really the same. - (static) - July 16, 2007, 09:51:27 PM EDT
         Most "What the...?" here, IMO, is that you didn't know this. - (CRConrad) - (9) - July 17, 2007, 02:21:48 AM EDT
             Fa! I've known about that for near unto 40 years . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (8) - July 17, 2007, 03:42:55 AM EDT
                 You think counting in furlongs per fortnight is a good idea. -NT - (CRConrad) - (7) - July 17, 2007, 06:20:12 AM EDT
                     maybe so but at least it aint french -NT - (boxley) - July 17, 2007, 08:35:17 AM EDT
                     So... where is the Metric equivalent of... - (folkert) - (5) - July 17, 2007, 10:22:48 AM EDT
                         Well, the decades and centuries are based on 10 . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - July 17, 2007, 10:35:43 AM EDT
                         There's more inertia than most people realize. - (static) - (3) - July 17, 2007, 08:42:12 PM EDT
                             The metrification nuts were once powerful here . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - July 17, 2007, 09:06:08 PM EDT
                                 That, I don't know. - (static) - July 17, 2007, 09:18:16 PM EDT
                                 Because Australian spoons are, of course, made to fit... - (CRConrad) - July 18, 2007, 01:44:13 AM EDT

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