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Old 02-16-2016, 01:39 AM
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NPR and PBS funds are decided by Congress. In the UK, the license fee is capped by government. The BBC is independent of government except by the license.

The BBC funding has always been limited. To suggest that a BBC producer is cradled is nonsense: if he doesn't make it, he gets the sack.

BBC programming quality is high and much cheaper to produce than US television. I remember we mused years ago that the cost of a 30 second spot in the last episode of MASH would have paid for at least two complete BBC costume dramas.

The BBC for more than a decade, has farmed out productions out of house as it is more cost effective. So you can't even say today that a BBC producer even works for the corporation.

Why don't you research the subject a bit more before making unqualified criticisms?

As for the broadcast unions, the ones in the US are far more militant and confrontational.
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