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Impatient TV viewers turn to BitTorrent
CNET News.com: Impatient TV viewers turn to BitTorrent.
Some Australians are turning to file-sharing networks for new episodes of their favorite American television shows.According to a new report, the popularity in Australia of one peer-to-peer application--BitTorrent--is driven in part by local television networks that have adopted a strategy of being slow to air current episodes of popular TV shows. ...
April 4, 2005 at 11:17 PM in File sharing | Permalink
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I live in India and I love shows like The Apprentice, Numb3rs and Desperate Housewives. I do not get them in India (except for The Apprentice which lags by one season).
For me these torrent sites are a boon, and I don;t think the producers should mind much. They would not have made much money frm me anyways :)
Posted by: Abisurd | Apr 21, 2005 10:31:54 PM
