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That's actually kind of what is happening in the United Kingdom. Television owners are required by law to pay a so called 'TV Licence' which is mostly spent on

That's actually kind of what is happening in the United Kingdom. Television owners are required by law to pay a so called 'TV Licence' which is mostly spent on funding the BBC. I'm not sure whether this is a good thing or not but the fact is that the BBC is simply the best public service broadcaster in the world and they achieve that without any commercials (in the UK) at all.

astrodust 15y ago
You can even volunteer to pay your TV tax for internet streaming.
- mgkimsal 15y ago
  not outside the UK, from what I understand. I'd love to pay a tv tax to get all UK programming. As it stands, we have to use torrents. :/