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I'm not sure if this has been commented here before (it probably has), but these guys really deserves some credits. NRK (aka The Norwegian Broadcasting Corpora
by judofyr 17y ago
I'm not sure if this has been commented here before (it probably has), but these guys really deserves some credits.
NRK (aka The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) is a radio and television broadcasting company, owned by the government. There are no ads, instead every household with a television receiver has to pay a mandatory annual license fee.
They've started nrkbeta.no, a company blog where the tech guys posts about things inside NRK and other, generally tech news/thoughts. So when Dagbladet (news paper) launched a gorgeous new video player on db.no, NRKbeta blogged about it and agreed that it was something NRK could learn from.
They've served TV-series (where they have the full copyrights) through BitTorrent and is now running their own tracker. No DRM what so ever (see quote). They've asked developers on what they want from their API (still not finished though), and the users how nrk.no should look like.
In short: They're some fucking awesome guys, who really believes in the great openness of the internet!
(Oh, and we're just around 4-5 million people spread across ~385,000 km2. We could need some more…)
- DenisM 17y agoIf like me you're suddnely curious about immigration rules in Norway, there is a good website here: http://www.udi.no/templates/Tema.aspx?id=9352 http://www.udi.no/templates/Tema.aspx?id=9352 I see that you can get "Work Permit" (the analogue to H1B) if you have an employment offer from within the country. Then you can get "Settlment Permit" (~ greencard) if you were on "work permit" for 3 years. To get citizenship you have to be inside the country for 7 years. The downside is that you have to give up all your other citizenships (which is pretty much a deal-breaker). Few things are not clear: 1. How much time does it take to process these documents? In US this is typically months or years, actually stretching the timeline quite a bit. 2. Does one have to remain in Norway to keep "Settlment permit", or does it "automatically" expire after 6 months of absence like the green card?
- ks 17y ago1. 3-7 months depending on nationality and type of work. http://www.udi.no/templates/Page.aspx?id=9245 http://www.udi.no/templates/Page.aspx?id=9245 2. http://www.udi.no/templates/Tema.aspx?id=7429 http://www.udi.no/templates/Tema.aspx?id=7429
- DenisM 17y ago> 2. http://www.udi.no/templates/Tema.aspx?id=7429 http://www.udi.no/templates/Tema.aspx?id=7429 This seems state requirement to obtain permit, not to keep it after it's obtained. Hence myq uestion.