For: nations with TV and internet, who are not cut off from the rest of the world, with a reasonable standard of living, without the State Media policy
Description: Seeing a quarter of his salary disappear on dozens of monthly subscription fees, ranging from TV and radio to a subscription to the entire catalog of Webflix just for the Great Bigtopian Bake-off, your brother calls you and begs you to do something about excessive entertainment fees. Some of your cabinet members are present in your office during the call and can't help but overhear his cries before the line quiets down.
Option 1: The minister of Economy breaks the awkward silence: "Tell him that he has to pick and choose. It's on him to pay only for what he actually watches - there's no way he needs everything. Stop coddling your family members, or they'll come to you with every little issue! Too harsh? Well, it's that, or you can pass a law about consolidating streaming services into one national service of which you control the price, whether the Foxneys of this world like it or not."
Effect: new TV productions look cheaper and cheaper the more you reduce the price of @@ANIMAL@@ TV
Option 2: Your minister of Media looks up from his Twitcher feed. "Funny, that's exactly what got us to this situation. People were fed up with the few channels they had, and the free market jumped to fill demand. Nobody should ever need more than just our national TV and radio coverage anyway. It tells everybody what they need to know, when they need to know. These commercial channels can go take a hike! People have better things to do than watch TV all day, every day. We should have ended this cacophony of media a long time ago - allow only our trusted public media!"
Effect: "Good morning @@NAME@@" is the best - and only - thing on TV
Option 3: Your niece, glued to the TV in your office, chimes in. "I need all of these! How else do you want me to keep up with my D-Dramas?" Your aide wrestles the remote from her while filling you in on the abbreviation ("Daguoan Drama") and changes the channel to 24/7 news and politics, befitting of a national leader. "I thought family was important? You can pay for some services and we'll share passwords."
Effect: the new season of Cephalopod Game looks like a school play after its production company lost half of its subscribers