Comments on: Doctor Who goes back in time to beat TV pirates

By: albert

albert — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 22:50:28 +0000

It’s not called “beating” pirates, it’s called giving the customers the bloody product they want instead of treating them like idiots.

By: Aaahh!!! Real Zombies!

Aaahh!!! Real Zombies! — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 06:41:06 +0000

Finally! Great work ABC, Thanks in advance!

By: ABC is free anyway

ABC is free anyway — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 02:27:01 +0000

ABC in Australia is a Government funded broadcaster, so the arguments about denying revenue to producers are a little spurious as they do not show ads (except for their own shows) next to these shows (which in the case of the BBC produced Doctor Who, is paid for by a fee paid by UK Television owners). They do sell DVDs and other Doctor Who merchandise in ABC shops, so perhaps this is the revenue that is being denied, but as they’re only talking about streaming the content, I don’t see that it would make much difference to those who want to have a copy to watch anytime.
I don’t see how it hurts anyone if I download an episode of Doctor Who from a torrent, when for slightly more effort I could have recorded it from the free to air broadcast anyway, which as a tax payer in Australia I am paying for.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:19:28 +0000

This is just beating the torrent websites to it and stealing their traffic. Hopefully the extra traffic/ads revenue for the TV stations make them back the extra £££ they’ll have to pay to air the shows immediately. If so I reckon it will have an impact on TV piracy. Doubt we’ll see many channels taking the risk however.

By: Taylor Trask

Taylor Trask — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:28:16 +0000

This is truly a GLOBAL show, and should be treated as such. The BBC finally figured this out when they began airing it in America the same day as in the UK, and then selling it on iTunes the day later. I guarantee you this is why it was the #1 show on iTunes last year.

Australia’s move only continues the refining of this strategy. This strategy will continue to shape future content delivery as more properties become global.

By: /b

/b — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:46:50 +0000

this isn’t beating the pirates, it’s giving them something they’ve been clamoring for.

By: KtuSux

KtuSux — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:17:31 +0000

Will I be able to watch even if show is not shown in my country?

By: Stefan

Stefan — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:35:29 +0000

Someone is finally showing some common sense and tries to adapt instead of imposing outdated business models to the customers.

By: cientifico

cientifico — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:51:14 +0000

Is a step. In spain or germany, you can only download from piratebay.com. There is no one that wants to sell this things to other markets than the ones mentioned on the article.

By: Brenna Lyons

Brenna Lyons — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:25:54 +0000

Good move. Wish it was available on Amazon that quickly. That’s where I purchase them, and I’d love to be able to see them just after UK release.