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Outline some differences between the Chinese State television and western public service broadcasting.
• Television systems around the world can be divided into three categories: State owned, commercial and public.
• In the West, public broadcasting usually refers to radio and television broadcasters established for the public interest.
• Being neither state nor commercially owned, and rely mainly on license fees or taxes paid for by the listeners.
• Their aim is to protect public interest and meet the demands of the audience at different levels, with education, entertainment and public affairs aimed at the entire population of a country.