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...Office is one of several shows that should help BBC America become profitable within the next 18 months. The British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) launched BBCA five years ago to liven up the Beeb's image in the U.S., export more British culture and, since it runs ads, turn a profit. BBCA is the Beeb's low-rent cousin...
...license fee" of nearly $200 a year to fund the BBC, which adds up to a $4.5 billion annual subsidy. Americans would probably dump their sets in the Boston harbor if Washington forced them to spend that kind of money for PBS. But by and large, Brits love their Beeb; 93% tune in at least once a week. Audience satisfaction, which started at 6.4 (out of 10) when it was first measured in 2000, peaked at 7.1 this year...
Part of the hostility may come down to sour grapes. Last year the Beeb's for-profit operations, which are separate legal entities, brought in revenues of $1.9 billion--35% higher than in 2000--and returned $249 million to the BBC's not-for-profit side. That's remarkable, considering that during the same period, many of the world's major media firms struggled with slumping ad revenues, large debt loads and expensive mergers that blew up. But the Beeb more than muddled through, and one of its biggest success stories is right here in America...
...pressure to persuade a lukewarm public about the need for war, and the dossier was continually redrafted. And Blair, it turns out, was also anxious to learn what Kelly's views were about WMD and what Kelly might say to the M.P.s. is the BBC vindicated? Nope. Despite the Beeb's public defense of Gilligan's story, an internal e-mail from Gilligan's boss talked about his strong but "flawed" reporting. And a bbc colleague who also interviewed Kelly complained her bosses had tried to dragoon her into corroborating Gilligan's story, which she felt attributed to Kelly things...
Buyers will have plenty to listen to. By December, the number of digital stations in Britain will shoot from 24 to 310; 11 will belong to the state-owned BBC. On March 11 the Beeb will launch its first, new national music service in 32 years, the all-digital 6 Music, described as a station produced by and for music enthusiasts - in other words, a no-Britney Spears zone. Meanwhile, Capital Radio, a commercial station, is joining forces with Disney to create Capital Disney, a digital station aimed at the under-16 set (read, Britney welcome...