Yes, as I was just mentioning to Qayto, the BBC is an interesting case because it's a publicly-owned non-profit required to maintain its independence... but it's funded by a licence fee that the state mandates. So, there are credible objections, but at the same time I think that public service nature is tangible, and has a great value in itself.
I was interested to see what you say about the problem of consolidated control (and all that comes with it) in the media market. I agree, and, not to go off on too much of a tangent, but for me that's the issue with our entire system - fine in theory, but things break down at the top of the system, making it very much not as advertised.