Re:TV detector vans once prowled the streets of England
by germanier on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @07:17AM
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Most of their content is streamable worldwide. Exception being licensed content for which they only acquire the rights for streaming to Germany. Why would they buy worldwide licenses? Netflix and the others also don't do that – they only get licenses for the local market (of which they have much more of course), travelers are just a byproduct.
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Re:TV detector vans once prowled the streets of England
by flurdy on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @08:01AM
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NRK, the national broadcaster in Norway, let you watch geo-licensed content anywhere in Europe if you are logged in and authenticated with BankId [1][2]. Which is very handy, as before I had to go via VPN which was ok but more of a faff.
* [1] https://nrkbeta.no/2019/12/19/na-kan-du-ta-med-nrk-tv-pa-fer...
Re:TV detector vans once prowled the streets of England
by kwanbix on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @08:13AM
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You cannot access it from abroad. That is what I was told at least since I don't watch German TV. If what you say is right, I doubt, my bad. Still, I am forced to pay something that I have absolutely no use. Is like if I was forced to pay for slaughterhouses if I am vegan (I am not).