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Netflix hits upon revolutionary new concept: Live TV channels (www.avclub.com)

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[–] Carighan@piefed.world 14 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

This has a funny secondary effect in that in some countries they would definitely need to get a broadcasting license then, when so far they got around it, being a video-on-demand service falling under the same laws as rental places for VHS tapes and such.

[–] Jako302@feddit.org 3 points 4 hours ago

Getting a broadcasting license isn't all that difficult if you are just an entertainment channel. Big German twitch streamers had that problem and while its not cheap, a license costs pretty much nothing compared to all the licensing costs Netflix has.