Even though I know the media companies have been after The Pirate Bay for some time, I have to wonder if the pirating of "Annie" was the last straw in AMPAS pressuring the Swedish authorities. As I said on FB at the time, that someone pirated "Annie" didn't surprise me. What did surprise me was that anyone wanted to see it.
--Dave Sikula On Tuesday, December 9, 2014 2:44:33 PM UTC-8, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > > In semi-related news, Swedish police (whom thanks to the late Jim Henson I > assume all sound like a certain Muppet chef) have raided The Pirate Bay > offices, and the site is presently offline. So instead of having 10,000 > different places for people to download media, people only have 9,999. > > On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> And among those things they're doing to piss off viewers is adding more >> commercials to streaming and VOD--if Warners sells their Chuck Lorre >> sitcoms and "Broke Girls" to Netflix for streaming commercial-free and if >> people are watching those shows that way, even if they can see "Big Bang" >> reruns six times a day between their local station and TBS, it should say >> something to the parent network to go that route (and while I'm at it, Les, >> once HBOGo opens up officially to non-cable subscribers, you better have >> Showtime Anytime open up to non-cable subscribers, too). >> >> Mark Jeffries >> Saints Spotlight Editor >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> >> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Jon Delfin <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> We've had problems with run-over for a couple of years; now, the >>> networks don't even know when their programs start. Since September, CBS >>> has told the folks at Tribune that send information to my DVR that "Person >>> of Interest" starts at 10:01, which is not the case. Now ABC has fallen >>> into the same hole, and I had to visit On Demand to see the first minute of >>> last night's "Castle." The networks should be doing everything they can >>> *not* to piss off their viewers. >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 4:54 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected] >>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>>> The network model takes away from itself. By refusing to embrace new >>>> technology (they think an app solves everything) they are shooting >>>> themselves in the foot. And CBS is actually better than most at posting >>>> content online... they are the least worst at it.Fox, with its two week >>>> delay in posting content online, is the worst. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 1:44 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected] >>>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Of course, what Poltrack wanted us to notice is that only 10 percent >>>>> of Netflix users watch or have watched "Orange is the New Black" or >>>>> "House >>>>> of Cards" and that Netflix's only arguable hit was the extra season of >>>>> "Arrested Development"--and not notice that they're watching current >>>>> scripted TV commercial-free on Netflix. Perhaps Poltrack should be >>>>> telling >>>>> Les that he should be selling the shows that CBS owns to Netflix instead >>>>> of >>>>> one summer series to Amazon. >>>>> >>>>> Mark Jeffries >>>>> Saints Spotlight Editor >>>>> [email protected] <javascript:> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 2:43 PM, <[email protected] <javascript:>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ---- Joe Hass <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >>>>>> > Their research shows that Netflix users watch significantly less >>>>>> regular >>>>>> > television. For the first time in 2015, traditional TV will get >>>>>> less ad >>>>>> > dollars than the year before. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Money quote from Todd Juenger of Bernstein Research: “The ratings >>>>>> have just >>>>>> > disappeared. You have audiences leaving ad-supported television for >>>>>> > non-ad-supported television, and I don’t think that they are coming >>>>>> back.” >>>>>> >>>>>> Stifle creativity in the name of the almighty dollar and that's gonna >>>>>> happen! >>>>>> >>>>>> ~D >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> -- >>>>>> TV or Not TV .... 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