[mythtv-users] Boxee/Hulu?

[Nick Rout]

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> On Saturday 21 February 2009 14:19:55 Nick Rout wrote:
>> Hasn't this got way OT now? A huge number of mythtv users aren't all
>> that interested in hulu/boxee as we aren't in the right geographic
>> area to even access them.
>
> Perhaps, but nobody made similar complaints about discussions of
> SchedulesDirect, which has the same geographic limitations.
>
> I think any MythTV user would be interested in content that's available over
> the internet, it ties in perfectly with the "mythical fusion box" that we are
> all striving for.
>
> How long do you think it would be before somebody in the USA set up
> a "repeater" of some sort to distribute the content outside the USA? It's
> already been demonstrated that a lot of folks do not care about obeying the
> terms of license for the material in question.
>
> If revenue can be made by this sort of distribution don't you think the BBC
> would pay attention, and look into similar possibilities with their content?
> Or any other non-USA network?
>
> I think it is topical, at least as much as most material here.

I can see the relevance, its just when these not_quite_on_point
discussions go on so long they seem to swamp the list. No matter, it
_is_ interesting even if not _entirely_ myth related.

The BBC's funding is not advert related, its commercial free, and
trying to add ads to their online, as opposed to broadcast, content
would surely draw fire.

and if their online content was going overseas, the revenue they get
from selling broadcast rights into foreign markets would surely be
compromised.
Yes I have heard of people using US  proxies to access hulu (and UK
proxies for BBC's iPlayer), dunno with what success.

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