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Title: Good news for Yanks
Post by: Cyberus on December 21, 2006, 08:16:36 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6194929.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6194929.stm)

I assume this means that, as well as being legally available, these shows will also be more readily available...
Title: Re: Good news for Yanks
Post by: guest3217 on December 21, 2006, 08:36:09 AM
Free views of Doctor Who?

Nice Brits...nice Brits!
Title: Re: Good news for Yanks
Post by: odin on December 21, 2006, 02:51:43 PM
Free? No such thing.

'The titles will be protected by digital rights management software to prevent the programmes being traded illegally on the internet'
Title: Re: Good news for Yanks
Post by: sdyates on December 21, 2006, 04:06:25 PM
Well, I must say the best show ever, besides Stargate, has tobe The IT Group on Channel IV!

Awesome... I hear season 2 starts this january!
Title: Re: Good news for Yanks
Post by: weirdami on December 21, 2006, 05:32:01 PM
@odin

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'The titles will be protected by digital rights management software to prevent the programmes being traded illegally on the internet'


They aren't making them public domain, obviously.
Title: Re: Good news for Yanks
Post by: weirdami on December 21, 2006, 05:34:15 PM
@Cyberus

The business model of the "new millenium" is to start doing illegal stuff by manufacturing and selling or trading other peoples property. Then, you make a deal with them to become legitimate because otherwise you'll continue to steal from them. In the "old millenium", that was called extortion.
Title: Re: Good news for Yanks
Post by: weirdami on December 21, 2006, 05:46:18 PM
@Wizard

Free views! :-D Well, they mention Little Britain and that's free enough on BBC America and the new Doctor Who has been on Scifi channel for a year and now is on BBC America. Pretty much everything is on DVD, so availability isn't a problem. It'll be cool if it's free, but if it's for pay, they should have done it through iTunes. I don't see people downloading yet another program just to view stuff they just paid for. At least with iTunes, you can put the stuff on your video iPod and watch it on your TV.
Title: Re: Good news for Yanks
Post by: persia on January 05, 2007, 06:28:23 PM
I watched Torchwood on my Cowon A2 personal media player, looks much better on a 4 inch screen than a 32 inch one, but it still sucks.
Title: Re: Good news for Yanks
Post by: Linchpin on January 05, 2007, 07:52:49 PM
Never liked that either...