Thursday, April 30, 2015
This story about a U.K. court ordering Popcorn Time blocked has been knocking around in my brain for a couple of days now. When stuff knocks around in my head for days, chances are it will end up in written form, right here. So here we go.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
HBO without cable coming in 2015Peter Kafka reports at Recode: [HBO CEO Richard] Plepler said the company will go “beyond the wall” and launch a “stand alone, over the top” version of HBO in the US next year, and would work with “current partners,” and may work with others as well. But he wouldn’t …Monday, August 26, 2013
Kevin Spacey knows what viewers wantActor Kevin Spacey, speaking at the James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival: Clearly the success of the Netflix model – releasing the entire season of House Of Cards at once – has proved one thing: the audience wants control. They …Friday, May 3, 2013
Netflix launch reduces BitTorrent useJoe Hanlon of TechRadar: Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos says that there is a correlation between the Netflix launching in a country and BitTorrent traffic slowing down in the same region. If you stream it, they will pay.Tuesday, April 2, 2013
HBO exec laments piracy of low-quality editions of ‘Game of Thrones’HBO programming president Michael Lombardo, speaking to Entertainment Weekly's James Hibberd: The production values of this show are so incredible. So I’m hoping that in the purloined different generation of cuts that …Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Antigua responds to US gambling ban with government-backed infringement planThe Carribean nation Antigua and Barbuda and the World Trade Organization say a US ban on online gambling is costing jobs and “billions of dollars.” The WTO has approved a plan to allow infringement of US-based copyright …Monday, November 26, 2012
The Release Windows ArchaismFrédéric Filloux at Monday Note: As for the TV shows such as Homeland and others hits, there is not justification whatsoever to preserve this calendar archaism. They should be made universally available from the day when they are aired on TV, period. Or customers will …Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Ernesto at TorrentFreak:
It’s clear that HBO (and others) prefer exclusiveness over piracy, which is a dangerous game. They might make decent money in the long run by selling subscriptions. However, this limited availability also breeds pirates, and one has to wonder how easy it is to convert …