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We'll give you Hulu if you give us the BBC iPlayer. ;-) A bit more seriously, even when/if they do bring it to other countries I'm doubtful the entire catalog
by rufo 17y ago
We'll give you Hulu if you give us the BBC iPlayer. ;-)
A bit more seriously, even when/if they do bring it to other countries I'm doubtful the entire catalog would be opened up - it would likely be on a show-by-show, country-by-country basis as they clear the rights, and I wouldn't be surprised if they added country-specific shows that the US can't watch as well.
- electromagnetic 17y agoThe sad thing is you're likely correct. The even sadder thing is that foreign markets don't really have a good bargaining chip. There isn't going to be any "I'll give you this, if you give us that" going on when negotiations start up, because the US imports virtually no show. It doesn't help that any show that is imported has to be 'americanized'. At least I can get most of my favorite shows here through other means. I thankfully stopped watching broadcast television almost five years ago now, and I have little interest in discussing television in the workplace (when you work with electricity or on roofs, it's generally a bad idea to get distracted with something with as trivial importance as last nights TV). So I'm usually good to wait till a DVD release, and if I'm not I can usually wait a day for it to get online (usually before any syndicated show premieres on Canadian TV).