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Regards,
Old3eyes
old3eyes: Yes but On Demand is still showing the stuff that has already been shown here. I suspect that the OP and myself want to see stuff that is shown in the US and UK within a month of it being shown there not 6 ~ 24 months if ever here..
It seems like a big jump in the business model to offer recent U.S shows at the same time here. Most likely the whole rights auction/negotiation cycle revolves around the concept of regional/local seasons and local programme planning based on that. No reason it can't be done tho.
jonb: Against the terms and conditions doesn not equal illegal though..
I would be very keen on setting up a netflix account using VPN, just haven't got around to sorting it out yet. maybe when the Copyright bill comes into force...
nigelj: I'm not too fussed about the US/NZ delay (although it is irritating), what is the most annoying is that Australia & New Zealand can't keep stuff in-sync and it does lead to some quite crazy situations such as:
NCIS:
Season 7 started airing ~Feb 2010 (although I missed all bar the first episode (which I watched in Australia) due to moving back to NZ)
Season 8 started airing in NZ three weeks ago minus a Season 7 DVD release prior to the start (which really stuffs up continuity).
A Region 4 DVD was released in Australia for Season 7 last week (I think), which can easily be imported into NZ, MightyApe shows a couple more weeks for an NZ release. The Region 4 DVD for Season 8 is due to be released in Australia in about a month I think.
So, in a few weeks, I could easily & cheaply import Season 7 & 8 from Australia legally (although I can't resell it until I apply for a classification label) and do TV3 out of advertising audience.
Same is going to happen for Nikita (UK Blu-ray release in September, playable in NZ/AU well before TV2 will get finished with the current season), same happened for Scrubs Season 9 (about a 3-4 month delay at least from the Australia DVD release).
Now, if only TVNZ/Mediaworks/Sky/Others would put their heads together w/ content owners and create a Hulu type site for NZ. Hulu US is US$10(NZ$12)/mo (not sure if it's with or without advertising) I'd be happy to pay a good $15-$20 NZD/mo for an NZ type service. The only problem is the latency in getting it to air.
TV2's defence is published at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=125051397575953 where they claim they delay some shows to save us from hiatuses that US networks have, I like hiatuses as long as they tell people about them, surely they can commission cheap NZ content (mini-movies, comedy type shows etc) as fillers.
I can understand BSA requirements, but these days distributors should be producing content with censorship requirements in US/UK/AU/NZ in mind (anyway, I hear the Networks/Censors in the US are pretty strict anyway, just listen to DVD commentaries).
My 2cents anyway...
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PaulBrislen: What's the best/simplest/safest way to set up a VPN to the US so I can pay Netflix and be pseudo-legal?
any easy to use services out there?
freitasm: Just to note that you can rent Dr Who episodes on their Facebook page now (incl New Zealand).
simon14:freitasm: Just to note that you can rent Dr Who episodes on their Facebook page now (incl New Zealand).
One tv show, via facebook.... only available for rent???
What's the point...
crackrdbycracku:simon14:freitasm: Just to note that you can rent Dr Who episodes on their Facebook page now (incl New Zealand).
One tv show, via facebook.... only available for rent???
What's the point...
Also what is the legal status of setting up a VPN to get content from somewhere like NetFlix? I guess it isn't actually pirating and you are paying for it.
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