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Sunday 19 November 2006, by Anonymous : The BBC is not funded through the ’taxpayer’ in the usual sense. In the UK each household has to purchase a licence in order to own a TV. Torchwood is made using funds generated in this manner. BBC3 is not a subscription channel. However, you need special equipment in order to view it, so generally the only people able to view are those people who additionally subscribe to satellite or cable. There is also a service called Freeview which allows you to buy the necessary equipment independently of a subscription package. However this service does not cover the whole of the country. This means that many licence payers are not able to view the programme until it is repeated on BBC2 some days later. The government plans to shut down non-digital television transmissions over the next few years and in order to encourage people to switch, the BBC has adopted a policy of showing lots of its new drama and comedy on the digital channels first. Those of us who live in short term lease rented accomodation without Freeview coverage are not impressed. These comments are an anwser to this article : "Serenity" Movie among The Real Weapons Against Illegal Downloads
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