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Originally Posted by cheekyangus
For now I'm interpreting it as S4C always having non-advertising funding, and the BBC was brought in replace another source. It used to directly funded (in part) by one of the government departments directly, the BBC was replacing this at the very least. I don't know the original proportions for the funding to run the channel.
The World Service used to be funded directly, until relatively recently, by a government department, and the BBC was "asked" to take over funding on top of running it.
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Yes, I think that's what's meant by the article. It's more about the BBC having to fund it now as opposed to the cessation of advertising.