Personally I'd rather have the Beeb acting as a public broadcaster than leave it to the private media who frankly have shown themselves to be irresponsible when it comes to disseminating info and creativity to the country.
Looking at what's been available all across the 100 or so channels I have access to recently I'm afraid the Beeb still wins hands down and because ALL political parties accuse the BBC of bias on a very regular basis I think they are still doing a good job.