Maybe they also seem to forget TV2 is loaded up with ads. That's not being watched as well? (They're programming is subpar as well; they end up importing American TV shows, mostly old seasons and play them on a loop.)
There was a couple of comedy shows that I did find funny, which was on their NRK TV site, but they are old (I am thinking Bye og Rønning specifically). There is nothing worth watching on it now, unless you like the unintentional humour derived from watching the nightly news. Watching Kristen Gislefoss bumble the weather is a treat.
I think in the end what people say and what reality will be in the future will drive what these stations will be ... probably obsolete and off-the-air. But it takes an vast of vast political will to end this.