Re:Netflix is now worth more than $100B
by vitorgrs on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @03:34AM
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Always found that interesting in Europe. In Brazil, you don't pay for "public-broadcast" (as we call here, open TV). But could you tell me more about private channels on public TV?
In Germany you have to get a TV License for every household that owns a TV. That money is used to fund public broadcasters like ARD, WDR, etc. Now, you can watch the privately funded TV stations from the same TV ofc, but they don't receive money from the Govt. Instead they are funded by ads, etc.
Re:Netflix is now worth more than $100B
by dobecker on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @04:40AM
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This is outdated. It doesnt matter if you have a TV at all, every household has to pay
Re:Netflix is now worth more than $100B
by Freak_NL on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @05:14AM
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> In Brazil, you don't pay for "public-broadcast" […]
Are you sure the public broadcasters (e.g., EBC) aren't financed by tax-payer money? In the Netherlands there is no separate fee for public broadcasting, but we all pay for our public, free-to-air television and radio via taxes.
For the US which is used to pay triple digit sums a month for basic TV yes, but for Europeans? No way. For Germans, for example, it's the (mandatory) public-broadcast fee of 18€/month/household and maybe 20-30€ if you really really want pay TV (add another 30-40€ for the premium sports but these can be streamed all over the net). So basically the delta between public TV only (which covers private channels, too! Lots of stations here are OTA) and pay-TV is Netflix+Spotify+maaaybe one additional service, that's it.