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- FoolsRun, on 10/12/2007, -4/+25@chedabob
"The Office" is a British show. The American ripoff is... an American ripoff.
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M - heaintheavy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Shaddup ya smegheads.
- solsuknjerk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Wish Top Gear was part of that lineup, oh well back to downloading it from torrent sites.
- M2Ys4U, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Crap, US only. Bah, thanks BBC.
Let's just hope the Beeb hurries up with its own web player... - phatfish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5*Someone* didn't read the headline...
- meatmcguffin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Property of Channel4
- daven1986, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6a poor one at that
- bruenig, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4ktorrent will work on mac
- danglerman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6I hope they offer the old "The Office" episodes
- boffy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Seriously its not fair that us Brits who pay for the shows in the first place won't get this service. Very odd.
- meatmcguffin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2foreplay:
Don't be so self-centered! What makes you assume that the 'were' in nistanni's comment meant people from anywhere other than the UK?
Hell, even his profile says he's from Scotland - krinthekuz, on 09/16/2008, -0/+2is this commercial content crippled by DRM though? will we have to use some silly proprietary player? if it does either, then there's no way i'll use it.
- Domestiques, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2we need a web player!!
- franco313, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Do people actually keep seeding after they download the videos or does azureus have some servers set aside to continue seeding if theres no seeders? Because then what would be the point of using Bit torrent for. Just sharing my thoughts
- nistaani, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2@Kink
Who said its free for the Americans? Read boy!
Anyway - were getting 80% of the BBC archive for free as of next year. June (ish) - Petronski, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@trieste:
"No pricing structure for the BBC content on Zudeo has been revealed."
But there will be one, don't you agree? Do you think all this content is just going to be free? - mrsticks1982, on 10/12/2007, -6/+7List includes Red Dwarf, Strange and Invasion Earth, Little Britain, Doctor Who, Fawlty Towers, Coupling, Keeping Up Appearances, League of Gentlemen and Ideal.
src: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/19/first-big-partner-for-zudeo-bbc/ - lysine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1
the bbc has been exploring ways to distribute their content for a while now. they were working with another company last year:
http://www.quova.com/page.php?id=33&coverage_id=141
they probably realized that bittorrent is the only efficient way to distribute as much content as they need to. if the above article is any indication, they'll probably use windows drm on the distributed files. this is how bittorrent, inc. plans to initially protect their media also:
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,72222-0.html
azureus is still open source, I don't think this is anything to be alarmed about at the moment. - rishdeep, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Should UK users get this free as we pay a TV licence that supports the making of these programs made by the BBC? Or at least get one hell of a discount over the US users?
- trieste, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6194929.stm
This BBC news items says :-
"Hundreds of episodes of BBC programmes will be made available for free on a file-sharing network for the first time, the corporation has announced."
Does not mention sell anywhere... - dAbReAkA, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i guess pretty much the same destiny awaits utorrent..
- meatmcguffin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2In WMA or realplayer format. Fantastic!!!
/sarcasms - dfk789, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i actually like the zudeo stuff,, browse though every now and then and i usually fin something thats worth the short while it is to download. And its not illegal stuff!.....well afaik
- foreplay, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1please tell us your source for this.
I know the bbc wants to open up their old archives of shows but as far as i have read they will only be available to those in the uk.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4225914.stm - Hates, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1FYI, that's Channel 4...
- WaveRunningNakd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Sweet. Just in time for the x-mas episode of Doctor Who.
- joeydoo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@ M2Ys4U
I think they are. They already have a bittorrent based online distribution client. (iplayer I think the name was) They did an extensive testing program for it, which finished a few months ago. It goes nationwide some time in 2007.
I would hazard a guess that is hook up is to create a way for foreign markets to get the shows once they go free for UK licence payers.
If so this is very good. They are getting a way to provide content to all those people who download BBC shows around the world through p2p.
They HAVE to do this so that they don't lose money. - Vlatro, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Don't worry, reseed with the piratebay tracker, and all that pay content is free and universally available anyway. You may have to wait a few days, but that's it.
- CedEx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0All they would need is a single 100% seed to keep it alive. Anymore is just bonus for speed. It beats getting 98%, and then have no 100% seeds.
- MrFrostyUK, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0***** BBC, hate them with their ***** TV license which costs every househould with a telly + aerial in the country £131.50 /year. (thats over $250) I don't care if they're partnering up with Azeureus or whoever.
/Rant - Scatropolis, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5We're a rare breed, people who prefer the original over the Americanized versions.
Good luck out there. - daven1986, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1azureus isn't really that good, just sucks up system resources and runs like a dog. bitcomet is much better.
- blackpearl, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0IT Crowd.....??????
- Cymrubeats, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0The BBC are making a number of awful decisions as of late, well done. No f*cking way do i like the way things are going.....needing about twenty different apps on your comp that do the 'same' job.
- skyhighrockets, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2That's it I'm done with Azureus forever.
What is the best alternative on the mac? - Abjure, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3Ever since they loaded their software up with Zudeo I haven't really liked Azureus as much. Digg if you agree.
- Kink, on 10/12/2007, -14/+1What the hell is BBC doing releasing this to America? WE pay the TV license which IT uses to make these shows, and now the Americans are getting it all for free. What a bunch of crap.
- chedabob, on 10/12/2007, -20/+1WTF?! BRITISH Broadcasting Corporation. The clue is in the name.
What is it with all the bit torrent people selling out?
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