You still need the licence to watch any tv IIRC. Ch 4 was shit when I lived in England. Probably still is. eg Big Brother

Yes, anyone who receives a TV signal, broadcast, satellite or cable, in the UK must by law buy a TV licence; unless exempt through age or disability.

But the money goes to the BBC.

Which was my point.

Anyone can choose to not contribute to the finances of a commercial station by not buying the products of their advertisers; but we cannot choose not to contribute to the BBC; unless we can prove we only use our TV to watch videos and DVDs or play games etc..

Obvious, I'd have thought.

Somebody is paying the bills. If not the government or a sponsor, who?

Not the government. Channel 4 is funded primarily by advertising, with further money coming from programme sponsorship, selling of programmes to other TV companies, video sales and merchandising.

As I have been trying to say, someone is paying for Channel 4 to broadcast the calls to prayer. Who?

I'm not quite sure what you're asking here. Are you saying that a single entity is specifically financing this one programme? I don't think that the way it works on Channel 4.

It's publicly funded.

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It's publicly funded.

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It's self-financing. It receives no public funds. There were plans to give it £14 million in 2007 as it was short of cash but the plane were knocked on the head/

About C4

Channel 4 is a publicly-owned, commercially-funded public service broadcaster. We do not receive any public funding and have a remit to be innovative, experimental and distinctive.

(My emphasis)

It's publicly funded.

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It's self-financing. It receives no public funds. There were plans to give it £14 million in 2007 as it was short of cash but the plane were knocked on the head/

That should have said 'plans' not 'plane'.

I'm not quite sure what you're asking here. Are you saying that a single entity is specifically financing this one programme? I don't think that the way it works on Channel 4.

Already answered in post #28.