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Originally Posted by passingbat
It may not be very significant, but highlighting the greed of shareholders, in media companies that choose restrictive (in terms of viewership reach) exclusive deals with single companies as against wider distribution, can't do any harm and can have an on-going influence. Using the maximising of shareholder profit as an excuse, doesn't help the cause at all.
Sadly, it is illegal downloading that will have the most influence on these companies and make them change, as was the case with the music industry.
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I wasn't disagreeing with you just mentioning these companies are hell bent on profits , it seems the consumer can sometimes be an after thought.
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Originally Posted by Hugh
Wow!
Nearly as many as watched "The Nightmare Neighbour next door" on C5 on Wednesday or "The Clare Balding Show" on BBC2 on Friday.......  |
I'd say those represent pretty good viewing figures for a pay TV channel , it seems to of beat the rest which are available in far more homes , of course if it was available on multiple platforms that figure would be greater still.
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Originally Posted by denphone
If it was available to many more platforms it would increase its audience quite considerably.
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Agreed , maybe at some point that's what will happen , here's hoping.