In Tokyo, they hire an army of people to canvas houses and apartments and collect a modest fee (about 10-20 dollars) per household to support public TV. The general population just pays, but many expats make up some excuse or feign ignorance until they go away.
If Ireland really needs the TV license revenue, they will have to start charging per head, rather than per device. Per device sales, just mean that companies will stop selling neat things in your country and the black/grey market will thrive, at the expense of consumers.
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In Tokyo, they hire an army of people to canvas houses and apartments and collect a modest fee (about 10-20 dollars) per household to support public TV. The general population just pays, but many expats make up some excuse or feign ignorance until they go away.
If Ireland really needs the TV license revenue, they will have to start charging per head, rather than per device. Per device sales, just mean that companies will stop selling neat things in your country and the black/grey market will thrive, at the expense of consumers.
Irish TV licenses are charged per address, at least for domestic TVs: http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/consumer-affair...
Certainly that's how it's done in the UK: one TV licence covers up to 7 (I think) TVs at one domestic address.