• Successful_Try543@feddit.org
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    Interesting. I didn’t know that the BBC is funded by the government. In Germany, the PSBs (ARD/ZDF) are funded directly via service fees. The government public broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) is no member of the EBU.

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      The BBC is funded by government from funds collected by the BBC from service users in the form of a licence fee. Certain parts of its foreign service are funded directly by government.

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        Ah ok. So in principle the same way like in Germany, except for foreign service which here is a separate broadcaster.