Thanks for clearing that up
I wasn't sure. Still, the British taxpayers are subsidizing the BBC to the tune of about 2.5 billion pounds a year according to that article on the poll numbers. Back when there were only a handful of channels available, it made only a little sense to pay that kind of money to a government-owned network. Now that a lot of people have hundreds of options through satellite channels, it makes even less sense. If the BBC (and PBS) is so great, then it should have no trouble standing on its own without government subsidizies.