As the BBC reels from the departure of its boss and renewed pressure over its funding model , what are the views of the corporation from abroad? 'A giant': what other countries make of the BBC and how their media compareFranceThe BBC is widely admired in France and frequently cited by politicians as a model of public service broadcasting. It aired travel programmes for people who could not afford to travel abroad and it proposed the BBC model of an independent public broadcaster for itself. Photograph: APMost Americans who know the BBC know it through its shows, consumed via BBC America or according to what Netflix and Amazon buy in. The difference between the BBC and the ABC is in the funding model.

Source: The Guardian January 25, 2020 04:52 UTC