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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
I assume that what you are asking in an oblique fashion is why would they not decide to offer commercial TV with advertisements?
Well, of course they could do, but the Beeb have an aversion to advertising, don’t they (unless it’s to advertise their own programmes and services)? To my mind, they should offer both.
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The BBC is forbidden by the terms of its charter to advertise anything on any of its public service channels. It has no aversion; it simply acts within the law.
It advertises exactly the same as anyone else where it operates commercially - as you can see if you tune in to Alibi, Dave, Drama, Eden, Gold, Yesterday or W. All of these are operated by UKTV, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the BBC's commercial arm, BBC Studios.
You might also have noticed that the trend over the last few years has been to get all of these channels off subscription and into free-to-air broadcast on all platforms.