While I agree with your point at large, sometimes it's simply not feasible for local TV networks to air shows you might be interested in. I know this, since I l

While I agree with your point at large, sometimes it's simply not feasible for local TV networks to air shows you might be interested in. I know this, since I live in Norway (population less than 5 million) and I tend to enjoy Japanese TV-shows. There is no way any Norwegian networks will consider it profitable to air Japanese TV unsubbed here, and even the expanded market if they spent money on getting it subbed would still render it far less profitable than regular American shows (which are basically no-cost), simply because of the huge cultural collide. As for Battlestar galactica that aired here about 2 years after it started airing in the US. If not downright offensive, that's pretty much a joke for anyone seriously interested in scifi. What the TV industry should do is embrace the fact that the internet has turned about every single person on the planet global, and that whoever interested, no matter where they live, should be able to get (for pay if it needs to be) access to TV-programming across the internet. Just one legal option instead of getting your stuff trough usenet, BT or even more obscure P2P networks.