Originally posted by vszulc
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Hey now, where else would I watch my SGU?!? 
Bittorrent is sortof dying, though not in the way you want it to. It's being replaced by newer and other forms of p2p technology, and unfortunately for the networks there's not a whole lot they can do to stop it. One of these days they might realize that fighting against privacy is nothing but a grand waste of money.
(Just think of the hundreds of millions of dollars that went into developing the Blueray piracy preotection, that got cracked a while ago)
Besides the fact that it's hard to compete with free (But far from impossible), the industry can only blame itself for the success of p2p services like bittorrent. If you produce shows that don't grab the viewers (like SGU for example) is it so weird that people choose to watch a pirated version for free?
(People have never had a problem with paying for shows they percieve to have quality. Whether through cable or DVDs).
Bittorrent is sortof dying, though not in the way you want it to. It's being replaced by newer and other forms of p2p technology, and unfortunately for the networks there's not a whole lot they can do to stop it. One of these days they might realize that fighting against privacy is nothing but a grand waste of money.
(Just think of the hundreds of millions of dollars that went into developing the Blueray piracy preotection, that got cracked a while ago)
Besides the fact that it's hard to compete with free (But far from impossible), the industry can only blame itself for the success of p2p services like bittorrent. If you produce shows that don't grab the viewers (like SGU for example) is it so weird that people choose to watch a pirated version for free?
(People have never had a problem with paying for shows they percieve to have quality. Whether through cable or DVDs).
If you spend years fighting online distribution, instead of developing an easy, cheap and intuitive alternative that give people what they want, is it so strange that they gravitate to piracy and p2p?
The studios have absolutely NO excuses. They had a headstart compared to music labels, watched them try to fight piracy for over 10 years with no results, and went right ahead and made the exact same mistakes...
Yeah well, I work in the media industry, a writer to be more precise, and have been waiting for many years for the digital wonderland that was supposed to revolutionize my industry, with all its new forms of revenue and so on, it never panned out, and probably never really will. So forgive me if I take your ideas with a healthy dose of scepticism.
Until somebody figures out how to actually make $$ out of online advertisements and online viewing (Besides Google), then it might be relevant. Until that day it's nothing but wishful thinking.
And besides that, I doubt that SGU, with its high production costs and old viewership would be terribly interesting for Comcast in that regard. If ANYTHING I'd expect them to place the focus on a different kind of television shows. Instead of a couple of expensive blockbuster shows that has to appeal to everybody, you'll get many shows each of whom will appeal to a specific demographic. We'll see TV shows that are more akin to web-based shows like Sanctuary: Low production costs, shows that are geared to a smaller but dedicated fanbase, and where you can sell adds for a smaller, specifically targeted demographic.
In regards to the future of television and television-like shows, productions like SGU is a dinosaur.
The studios have absolutely NO excuses. They had a headstart compared to music labels, watched them try to fight piracy for over 10 years with no results, and went right ahead and made the exact same mistakes...
Yeah well, I work in the media industry, a writer to be more precise, and have been waiting for many years for the digital wonderland that was supposed to revolutionize my industry, with all its new forms of revenue and so on, it never panned out, and probably never really will. So forgive me if I take your ideas with a healthy dose of scepticism.
Until somebody figures out how to actually make $$ out of online advertisements and online viewing (Besides Google), then it might be relevant. Until that day it's nothing but wishful thinking.
And besides that, I doubt that SGU, with its high production costs and old viewership would be terribly interesting for Comcast in that regard. If ANYTHING I'd expect them to place the focus on a different kind of television shows. Instead of a couple of expensive blockbuster shows that has to appeal to everybody, you'll get many shows each of whom will appeal to a specific demographic. We'll see TV shows that are more akin to web-based shows like Sanctuary: Low production costs, shows that are geared to a smaller but dedicated fanbase, and where you can sell adds for a smaller, specifically targeted demographic.
In regards to the future of television and television-like shows, productions like SGU is a dinosaur.
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