This post is not available in your region Anyone else sick of not being able to see a bunch of things on the internet because their IP number isn't registered in the U.S.? How does this make business sense for anyone? Who benefits from me not being able to watch a few short TV clips because I am in Europe? Aren't TV networks shooting themselves in the foot by blocking a potential global market? Someone please explain (not the copyright laws, I know those; explain the business rationale.)
3 comments Why would people in Britain watch The Wire on BBC2 (starting only now) when they could have watched from the beginning via iTunes or Hulu ages ago? Would the BBC pay for the rights if this was the case?
Who will buy the ads? Only globalised corporations?
By erecting artificial walls, what were once geographically separated markets are being maintained. More markets to sell into = more money. It's more efficient to re-sell to local distributors and let them market the product and sell advertising. No work, mo' money.
Here is a case where the scale of operations is still much smaller than the potential audience. The first business model that can capture a global audience and sell to that global audience will be rapidly copied. The Olympics/World Cup are the only proto-examples I can think of to date but even these are redistributed from a central body. | | |
| I think the real question is, why would anyone EVER watch BBC 2? | | |
| How about "To Hell with Cleverness"? | | |
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