Unless they decide to sell to someone like BBC, or quite a few other networks that exist on their own merit quite well with or without USA. You probably have not even heard of most of them. BBC collects 12 pounds a month from each UK household that has a TV, so they have plenty of money to spend as they wish. They call it the UK TV license, I kid you not. We pay it each month.This is on top of any money they make from any other pay channels they offer. So, if the land of Dr. Who, Sherlock and Orphan Black wish to do so, that is completely something they could afford to do. This show still sucks, but USA is not the end all say all, like you all think.
The license is mandatory and if wondering around 190 dollars a year per household, just for the license, which goes to BBC. Then they get any money from their premium offerings too. They have lost of few of their bigger shows lately (after many years of running their times had come) so I really could see them picking it up in conjuction with Virgin Media. Since Virgin Media costs around 30-50 pounds a month, they have a bit of coin too.