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It's funded by the license fee. You don't have to pay but then you can't watch live TV.


> It's funded by the license fee.

That was my point. It might not sound like a difference from a tax, but the difference is pretty substantial when we are discussing the control of the company.


Not really? The government still controls the licence fee.




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