Re:TV detector vans once prowled the streets of England
by tallanvor on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @04:27AM
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Norway recently switched from a system where you paid a set fee if you owned a TV to a system where you pay based on your income and it's part of your tax form. The reasoning behind the change was that basically everyone either has a TV or internet, and since the channels are available online, everyone has access.
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Re:TV detector vans once prowled the streets of England
by 5cents on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @07:15AM
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The Monty Python-inspired comedians in KLM made at least one story about it https://youtu.be/iaVMO4t_D8c (length ~1 minute)
Re:TV detector vans once prowled the streets of England
by visarga on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @08:42AM
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That was hilarious.
Re:TV detector vans once prowled the streets of England
by 5cents on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @06:35AM
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They won some prices in Montreux, eg. https://tv.nrk.no/serie/montreux/1985/FUHA02008984 (in English) -- https://tv.nrk.no/ has lots of stuff freely available (as public funded productions should be...)
Their Montreux show about the winter olympics on Lillehammer is also hilarious: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/montreux/1994/FKUN46000293