| > NRK is only georestricting because the licenses forbids them from not doing it. I would be more inclined to say that they're doing it to be "safe". For example, their immediate neighbour, Sweden, has a selection "Kan ses utomlands"[2] -- which, roughly, means can see outside of the country. Presumably, like elsewhere in the world, not everything NRK is showing is licensed only for Norway. To the original point: The issue isn't that BankId is being used, it's saying you can just watch the originals, in their mother-tongue (person-tongue?). For example, NRK produces some originals, like Vikingane[3] that eventually became Norsemen[4] on Netflix. Clearly, that's been licensed for semi-global (if not global) consumption via Netflix; however, as you can see from the NRK link, you still need to login via BankId to watch it in it's original form. Again: None of this is a problem, per se, but saying that one can just watch original shows - in their original language - isn't congruent at all with reality, these days. [2] - https://www.svt.se/kontakt/anvand-svt-play-utomlands [3] - https://tv.nrk.no/serie/vikingane [4] - https://www.netflix.com/ie/title/80180182 Edit: List formatting fix. |
I think often fiction-type shows like Vikingane has complicated licensing as it is normally produced by some sort of third-party, but other programs like news and the mintioned gameshow is produced in-house and NRK has all the rights. There is a very nice page with an archive of old programs [2], I think most of this should be globally available.
I of course agree in general that geo-restrictions and localized distribution rights are stupid concepts.
[1]: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/nytt-paa-nytt-quiz [2]: https://tv.nrk.no/programmer/nrk-arkivet