Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry, the license fee is not that high (my son pays it now since he studies in the UK). And don't forget that a lot of those great PBS programs in the US in fact come from the BBC...I was an ardent supporter of PBS when I lived in the US, and have over the years given money to the local PBS stations in Gainesville, Tampa and Philadelphia (that was our local station when we lived in NJ, and I still have a couple of WHYY mugs to prove it...). The only exception was Buffalo in 1983, but that year our income was such that we were eligible for food stamps, so I did not feel too guilty about freeloading on WBUR or whatever the station was called. BBC is the UK's greatest national treasure, much more important than all the great museums and buildings put together. It is the best example of what "soft power" means in today's post-imperial world. I really hope that the Tory government which in all likelihood will take over next June will not f**k it up. Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Oct 23, 2009, at 6:48 PM, lrzeitlin at aol.com wrote: > Steve writes: > ""The lack of commercials interrupting programs is one of the things > I love > about the BBC. I have cable and the number, and duration, of the ad > breaks > on the majority of channels really annoys me. > > BBC4 is a wonderful channel IMHO." > > - - - - - - - > > Steve, > Did you forget that you have to pay a pretty hefty license fee in > the UK to watch BBC? At least the US commercial broadcast channels > are still free, paid for by those hated commercials. PBS, the > equivalent of BBC4 can be watched free and without commercials. Here > in NYC we get 2 free PBS stations, broadcasting 6 channels of video. > That's more on PBS alone than I got from all of BBC in Wales. > Larry Z > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >