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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.
by tallanvor 6y ago
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.
- 5cents 6y agoThe Monty Python-inspired comedians in KLM made at least one story about it https://youtu.be/iaVMO4t_D8c https://youtu.be/iaVMO4t_D8c (length ~1 minute)
- visarga 6y agoThat was hilarious.
- 5cents 6y agoThey won some prices in Montreux, eg. https://tv.nrk.no/serie/montreux/1985/FUHA02008984 https://tv.nrk.no/serie/montreux/1985/FUHA02008984 (in English) -- https://tv.nrk.no/ 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 https://tv.nrk.no/serie/montreux/1994/FKUN46000293