On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:40:39 -0500, Rob Jensen <ShutUpRob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:50:29 -0400, Jack Bohn <jackbohn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>Rob Jensen wrote:
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>>>On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:30:02 -0400, David <dimlan17@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>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.
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>>>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.
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>>How badly did the window affect the ratings? Wasn't that the
>>highest rated season of BSG, and also the highest rated sci fi
>>show on the channel?
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>>(Note my qualifier that cut off comments from those who have RAW
>>emotions about another show on the channel.)
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>Let's put it this way: everyone from the show was *begging* the
>audience at Comic-Con to NOT watch the interweb bootlegs for the
>second half of the first season, before the ratings started to rise
>with the increasing critical acclaim. It was hurting their ratings
>*that* much.
People in the industry are always going to complain about bittorrent,
and will exaggerate its effects. Here are some numbers from the first
season:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.tv/browse_frm/thread/2f5991b125d9fdf8/21350190f28568ca?lnk=st&q=#21350190f28568ca
3.1 million watch first episode
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.tv/browse_frm/thread/2d520e40cbc099a7/9f0a439ea98d7df0?lnk=st&q=#9f0a439ea98d7df0
#2 on cable for February '05
And there's an undeniable trend that most shows are helped when the
episodes are leaked to bittorrent. "Dr. Who," "Family Guy," "BSG,"
"Dexter," "Weeds" to name a few all hit record highs after being
leaked.
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