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Public service - Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing and commercial financing. - wikipedia. 

Public limited company - A public limited company (legally abbreviated toPLC) is a type of public company (publicly held company) under United Kingdom company law, some Commonwealth jurisdictions, and theRepublic of Ireland. It is a limited (liability) company whose shares may be freely sold and traded to the public (although a plc may also be privately held, often by another plc), with a minimum share capital of £50,000 and the letters PLC after its name.^[1] Similar companies in the United States are called publicly traded companies. - wikipedia. - SKY

Public company - A public company, publicly traded company, publicly held company, or public limited company (in the United Kingdom) is a limited liability company that offers its securities(stock/shares, bonds/loans, etc.) for sale to the general public, typically through a stock exchange, or through market makers operating in over the counter markets. Public companies, including public limited companies, must be listed on a stock exchange depending on their size and local legislation.

Public companies are not to be confused with Government-owned corporations – also known as publicly owned companies – which are also sometimes called public companies. - NETFLIX.

Statutory corporation -