A recent profile in the Los Angeles Dog Trainer Times on the steady growth of BBC America describes how some programmes or creators affiliated with the BBC become successful enough to attract higher bidders from other newtorks, most notably the Ricky Gervais series Extras, but it doesn’t mention the sacrifice of Spooks to A&E (where it runs under a different name and with about 10 minutes of cuts per episode).
Nor is there any mention of the lack of music programming. Hardly a surprise, considering that America is so hostile to it.