Public Service Television

The public service television industry, known in the UK as Public Service Broadcasting, works entirely on money from the government, which it gets from people paying a TV license fee. The BBC is the perhaps the most prominent example of a public service organisation, and as such is prohibited from both entering into sponsorship deals and delivering advertisements to it’s audience. The BBC also shows films as part of it's programming, which it purchases in order to show to the public, particularly at christmas. For other uses of film within public service, see Public Service Films.