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From Theinquirer.net

UK Users Are Top TV Pirates (buffy mention)

By Nick Farrell

Monday 21 February 2005, by Webmaster

Avast there Me Duck

UK TV VIEWERS are turning to internet piracy because they are fed up with waiting for their favourite shows to arrive from the US. According to the Web tracking outfit Envisional more than 100,000 British viewers currently download new TV programmes from the BitTorrent network.

We can’t imagine what shows would be worth watching since they canned Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, but according to the survey the shows they can’t wait for are Desperate Housewives and Six Feet Under.

Although it could be months before they show up in the UK, they are on BitTorrent within hours of the programmes being shown in the US.

Of course such things tigger any chance of advertising revenue in the UK. But maybe they should try to make sure they show them a little quicker.


4 Forum messages

  • > UK Users Are Top TV Pirates (buffy mention)

    22 February 2005 03:00, by Anonymous
    With the technology available today, there is absolutley no reason for the shows not to air in the UK the same time they are airing in the U.S. It’s simply greed and politics which keep that from happening. That’s just my opinion...

  • > UK Users Are Top TV Pirates (buffy mention)

    22 February 2005 15:44, by SUSAN
    Yes Desperate to see desperate house wives and the OC.But hay some places dont get it the same time as others so if you know where its ,is its always available on the net.only pitty is the picture Quality isnt as good.I did it with Angel....I got impatient when Angel last season was comming....But not quick enough for me....But I still watched it when it came to the Tv.

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  • > UK Users Are Top TV Pirates (buffy mention)

    22 February 2005 16:53, by Anonymous
    It may be true that more and more people from the UK are downloading from BitTorrent (and I’m one of them), but there are also advantages for the industry because of this. If it wasn’t for BitTorrent, I would have never discovered the brilliance of such shows as Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me, which never aired here, and I consequently purchased them on DVD as soon as they were released (which I will be doing again as soon as Veronica Mars gets a release). I sure I’m not alone in doing this. Instead of constantly complaining about the situation, the industry should devise a way to use BitTorrent to their advantage.

  • > UK Users Are Top TV Pirates (buffy mention)

    23 February 2005 11:23, by Phizzy
    Dead like me WAS aired here, el stupido.