John, I am of the belief that the BBC is owned by the U.K. government in the same sense that the United States Postal Service is owned by the U.S. government. It is a quasi-ownership situation. John Shutt ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 8:14 PM Subject: [opendtv] Re: Digital age 'may mean no TV for poor' [UK] > So, you are of the belief that the BBC is not owned by the government? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.