What if Aardman Animations was owned by BBC?

Many of fans of animation and people from Britain may exactly aware about the certain animation house known as Aardman, notable as one of the pioneers of making animations by mostly use of stop-motion, not to mention of creating the most beloved works such as TBD. Today, the company had expanded of focusing other technique of animations in the terms of entertainment and advertisement. Of course that studio is currently being independently operated. So in this case here, we could imagine if Aardman would eventually be owned by other companies. Perhaps like BBC would be a local choice, right?