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by Leynos 5486 days ago
The TV Licencing system in Britain is quite widely publicized, but it isn't unique. See:

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Television_li...

For example, France, Germany and Japan all have a flat rate licence fee to pay for their national broadcasters. Greece goes one step further and includes a surcharge on domestic electricity bills for this purpose.