Complex sentence: This paid enough to the BBC-TV distributors, Time-Life Films, to finally pay for the conversion of the "Flying Circus" programmes from PAL to the American NTSC system, and meant the PBS stations could afford the series at last.
Split into simpler sentences: This paid enough to the BBC-TV distributors, Time-Life Films, to finally pay for the conversion of the Flying Circus programmes from PAL to the American NTSC system. This meant the PBS stations could afford the series at last.