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To: Elroy who wrote (220874)	2/25/2007 12:54:38 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

There are commercial networks in the UK, and they do just fine: mediauk.com Most of the folks we met when we lived in the UK have a lot of pride about the BBC (and rightly so- they know how many US viewers love the BBC programs the US imports)

To: Elroy who wrote (220874)	2/25/2007 12:54:56 AM
From: kumar	Respond to of 281500

ITV is a competitor to BBC in the UK, but they dont have the global reach BBC has. regulatory structure in UK - any one who owns a TV pays a tax for the TV every month - the money (or maybe some of it) ends up at the BBC.