Matewis: I would love to have a proper TV one day, but I'm going to have to be sneaky about it. Round here you still have to get and pay for TV license if you own a TV. It's not a lot of money, but I don't want to pay those idiots at the national broadcaster a single cent :P
KasperHviid: It's worse in Denmark - here, you have to pay for TV license if you have internet!
Wow, based on the wiki entry it seems that you would even have to pay for a TV license on mobile phones that are capable of receiving TV signals. Dang...
Still, the problem here is the abysmal condition and piss poor programming of the sabc (our national broadcaster), and the fact that I don't want a single cent of my money going towards the salary of the government stooge planted as acting COO of the sabc. Have a listen at his brilliant argument in favour of regulating the media (that mercilessly report on state corruption)
https://youtu.be/gHP6ccaR4e8?t=491