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| Thread ID: 82455 | 2007-08-28 01:47:00 | Downloading TV Episodes. | DRHILL (3490) | PC World Chat |
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| 585356 | 2007-08-28 01:47:00 | This is a response to the PC World article about downloading pirated TV/Movies (from the viewpoint of TV episodes)... I've read/heard articles from different countries (Australia/Canada/England) and they say the same things I'm thinking. That the fans of various TV programs are sick of: (a) waiting 5 months to 3 years before a TV series shows in New Zealand (b) the times the episodes are shown are horrible (Battlestar at 11pm? Alias at 2am?) (c) that channels buy programs up and sit on them for 2/3 years so that the other channels have no opportunity to show them. With more and more channels in NZ you would of thought there be more content (not the same over and over again) I download TV programs because of this. (buying the DVDs afterward of course) What happens when Joost or IPTV becomes the norm in the world? Two simple solutions I see. Either have the TV episodes on a Pay TV channel (e.g. $1.00 per showing) or allowing Itunes to sell the episodes. We're suppose to be living in a free market society.:annoyed: |
DRHILL (3490) | ||
| 585357 | 2007-08-28 02:03:00 | iTunes US already sells on demand TV shows which they have been doing for at least a year, I think the UK iTunes store is the next inline. Our only limitation here is the data cap and available bandwidth. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 585358 | 2007-08-28 02:54:00 | Itunes only sell the episodes after they have been shown on TV. | Steven (7085) | ||
| 585359 | 2007-08-28 02:54:00 | Or the one thing that annoys me the most is when they finally do start showing a program and then stop it after 3 or 4 episodes :angry The latest example is 30 Rock that was on TV3. They will probably eventually show the rest of the season at some crazy hour but why should I wait??? |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 585360 | 2007-08-28 02:56:00 | If you buy the whole series of something like CSI, you can watch it before it airs. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 585361 | 2007-08-28 03:35:00 | If you buy the whole series of something like CSI, you can watch it before it airs. Proof please | Steven (7085) | ||
| 585362 | 2007-08-28 03:50:00 | Check out the iTunes US store TV download section. Unfortunately we can't buy shows from it in NZ. AFAIK, you can buy the entire season's worth of a particular show at any stage during the season and download to watch it. You could always ask SurferJoe to verify for you since he is Stateside. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 585363 | 2007-08-28 05:32:00 | Apple states that you can download the episodes the day after they air even when you buy the whole season. www.apple.com |
Steven (7085) | ||
| 585364 | 2007-08-28 05:51:00 | Apple states that you can download the episodes the day after they air even when you buy the whole season. www.apple.com That is probably at the request of the networks who don't want to loose the ad revenue, I am sure Apple would have preferred to make the whole series available and down loadable from the time you purchase it. I was under the impression that when you bought the whole series you could download it in one big serving.... obviously not. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 585365 | 2007-08-28 05:55:00 | Apple states that you can download the episodes the day after they air even when you buy the whole season. www.apple.com It certainly hasn't stopped anyone from buying TV shows considering Apple has sold over 50 million of them since they first became available. |
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