Millennials Unearth an Amazing Hack to Get Free TV: The Antenna

Re:Millennials Unearth an Amazing Hack to Get Free TV: The A... by jankotek on Thursday August 03, 2017 @09:46AM (#14919506)

> Carlos Villalobos, 21, who was selling tube-shaped digital antennas ... says customers often ask if his $20 to $25 products are legal. “They don’t trust me when I say that these are actually free local channels,

In most countries of EU antennas are illegal, you have to pay license fee.

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Re:Millennials Unearth an Amazing Hack to Get Free TV: The A... by disconnected on Thursday August 03, 2017 @10:21AM (#14919800)

This is news to me. I live in Portugal and antennas of all shapes and sizes (analogue, digital, satellite, and so on) are readily available at hardware stores in my country. Buying one never involved any drama: just pick one up, pay for it and you're sorted.

I'd be surprised if it was any different in other EU countries.

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Re:Millennials Unearth an Amazing Hack to Get Free TV: The A... by tym0 on Thursday August 03, 2017 @11:24AM (#14920376)

It's not because you have to pay for a license that antennas are illegal...

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