Israel had similar fee for many years. (The public television was deeply inspired by the bbc). But here they solved it by a much easier way. * once you got ma

Israel had similar fee for many years. (The public television was deeply inspired by the bbc). But here they solved it by a much easier way. * once you got married, you were automatically assumed to have a TV set. * any tv that was sold were reported to the communication ministry. * a car owner would pay by default. Assumption was all cars would have and use a radio. * to show you don’t have a TV set or it’s not receiving any over-the-air broadcasts you were suppose to wait for random check ups. Once finally someone came, they can decide if you don’t need to pay. But the most interesting story any Israeli know is the “mehikon” (Eraser in Hebrew) and its counterpart (anti-mehikon). Back in the days, the countrie’s manifest at least was socialism. It wasn’t “fair” someone would have a color tv while others can’t. So the communication ministry required the broadcasters to wipe colors. So even color tv was shown as b&w. in order to “fix” that, The anti-mehikon was made. A device to “restore” the faulty tv signal and get the colors back.