On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:30:02 -0400, David <dimlan17@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Skeptics of the NBC-DirecTV deal say that it could backfire if
>impatient fans turn to the Internet to download illegal copies of
>“Friday Night Lights” before it appears on NBC. The Web site Silicon
>Alley Insider called the deal “a big win for BitTorrent,” referring to
>a popular file-sharing program. Executives played down the risk of
>that.
My suspicion is that Comcast and NBC Uni are going to have to rethink
the exclusive window. It seems that SOME idiot at NBC Uni forgets
about how badly the long window between the initial airing of season 1
eps of Battlestar Galactica in the UK affected the ratings for the
show here in the US two months later.
Why NBC Uni and Comcast didn't take the BSG situation under
consideration is beyond me -- but frankly, the exclusive window should
only be two weeks or the show should just be made VOD-only and/or
PPV-only across all the major cable and sat systems nationwide for,
say, 99-cents per episode.
-- Rob
--
LORELAI: I am so done with plans. I am never, ever making one again.
It never works. I spend the day obsessing over why it didn't work
and what I could've done differently. I'm analyzing all my shortcomings
when all I really need to be doing is vowing to never, ever make a plan
ever again, which I'm doing now, having once again been the innocent
victim of my own stupid plans. God, I need some coffee.
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