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The US has (had? I haven't checked in 40 years) rules like that for TV. It killed most of the TV programs for kids that were populate. The programs my parents remember fondly - not possible anymore because they need ads. I remember only public broadcasting kids programs.

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But people pay for TV? Surely, if ads weren't there, the TV production would be funded by the people paying.

TV cannot be paid for. You might be thinking of Cable TV which can be paid for, but regular TV is just public radio waves, which everybody gets. (remember we are talking about the 1960s - things have changed)

Ah. Here in Sweden basically all TV is now cable-based. We apparently still have some wireless stuff, but I haven't seen it in years, so I've basically forgotten how TV used to work, and still works in some parts of the country.

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