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by samdcbu 1065 days ago
The American version of the BBC: PBS
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PBS is a private company that receives very little funding from the public, and is mostly funded by local stations which in turn are funded through donations.

BBC is funded through an annual Television license fee, and supplemented through international distribution.

While US Public Television (largely PBS affiliates) and BBC have similar goals, fill a similar role. They're very different. Though maybe what you meant was that this is as close to BBC as the US has...