From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

John Beamish wrote:
> Doubt it.  I've never seen the begging and pleading on BBC that is a
> hallmark of PBS and NPR.
>


That's coz you ain't the gov.....were you the minister for arts etc.....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6201935.stm

"The culture secretary and chancellor have agreed a below-inflation
rise for the TV licence fee, the BBC has learnt.

The agreement reached by Tessa Jowell and Gordon Brown has not yet been
approved by Tony Blair.

Under the plan, the fee would rise by 3% next year and the year after, and
2% for the following three years. The Retail Price Index is currently 3.9%.

The decision would mean the licence fee rising to œ135.45 next year from
its current level of œ131.50.

By 2012, the cost of a TV licence could be as low as œ148.05 or as high as œ151.

The level of increase is unclear for year six, because of the uncertainty
over the financial cost of the changeover from analogue to digital TV.

The BBC, which had asked for an increase of 1.8% above inflation for seven
years, said discussions continued and it awaited an announcement in the new
year. "

Adam

> On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:32:18 -0500, Mark  wrote:
>
>> "Tony Williams"  wrote in message
>> news:458af83b{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Too, I imagine on a per capita basis
>> (i.e. if their were only 60M of us, it'd probably $200 a head as
>> well), we
>> pay a similar amount indirectly via the grants given to PBS by the
>> government.
>>
>>
>

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