They still sell quite a lot of content abroad - because they have to.
They have more than a few top-earners (not just in front of the camera) all of whom will be under pressure to "prove their worth". The only way to do that, as far as the thick twat politicians are concerned is the tun a profit. (Rather than say, produce artistic or investigative excellence). Whether we like it or not, blowing smoke up the rags arse is a proven profit-maker.
Everybody wans to keep their job. If BBC execs don't turn a profit, the Tories, for example, will happily replace the top mam with a proven Tory who will gladly do their bidding. In fact, they already have.
When people on the Media Discussion thread keep calling for the BBC to be dismantled and sold off, they're playing right into the greedy hands of the same breed of politicians who have made water supply, train services and energy supply worse but somehow more expensive and will soon argir the only way to "save the NHS" is by selling bits of it off..
As the old saying goes, people who know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
The BBC are a shower of shit when it comes to denigrating City and glorifying the red clubs. Jealousy plays a part on a personal level but there's more at play than spite and bias.
