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I'd expect that there's a fair amount of local-release content that might not have surviving recordings. Individual episodes of things like local newscasts, pu
by hakfoo 4y ago
I'd expect that there's a fair amount of local-release content that might not have surviving recordings. Individual episodes of things like local newscasts, public affairs shows, those weird weekend "lifestyle" shows where all the guests are local advertisers basically paying for a 10-minute ad spot. There might be a representative episode floating around, but does anyone necessarily have the December 16, 2007 episode of the Channel 83 Action News at Noon? If they do, is it publically accessible, or sitting in some dusty records room at Channel 83, on decaying tape?
- LarryMullins 4y agoYou're probably right about that. But HBO shows? Those are surely all archived by the file sharers the article pretends don't exist.
- SoftTalker 4y agoYou have to be pretty determined and somewhat tech-savvy to find them. For most people, if it doesn't show up in the HBO/Netflix/Amazon/iTunes list, it doesn't exist. There are a lot of shows that were on Netflix years ago that I'd like to see again, but they are gone. However I'm not motivated enough to go figure out how to download them from some pirate site.
- MomoXenosaga 4y agoIn my country there is a government funded institute that records everything that is on TV. It is open for historians. Sadly in the 1960s and 70s tapes were very expensive but from the 80s on if it aired you can find it.