Well the way Youtube does it is smarter indeed. Adverts which are localised. You could

also offer alternatives - paid without ads or free with ads. However, I am not sure that solves the issue of rights on a country level which seems to be the actual problem. Localising ads is easy as Google shows - they also show that people will not watch ads longer than 6 seconds long. The Goldfish problem. But still they would need to negotiate the broadcasting rights in every single country unless a global model was set up. I guess it doesn't make sense when you can make more money by selling rights individually per country. Good for them, s**t for us. A new model is required. Similar to the Premier League - the more times they can split up and sell the rights the better for them. Then you have UK customers having to buy BT Sports AND Sky to see most games, while over here we are happily watching 3pm games live....

When you're in a non English speaking country they also insist on subtitling everything first before releasing it. Would make more sense if they released the non subtitled version as soon as ready and made the subtitling available when it was ready.

Posted By: Steve in Holland on October 7th 2017 at 14:21:43

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How can I get hold of Forbidden Games (doc about Fashanu) ? It's available on (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Oct 7, 13:22:58
- try this (NCFC) - John in Texas, Oct 7, 15:26:20
  - Hmmm. Wants me to create account. Is it legit? (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Oct 7, 17:38:32
- If they had an overhaul of permissions, everyone would pay (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 13:45:36
  - Indeed but I think issue is that media rights constructions are antiquated in the current (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Oct 7, 13:58:14
    - Reason it's not available on iTunes in your region is because it's not theirs to sell. (NCFC) - tim berry, Oct 7, 17:06:54
      - I understand that. However it needs to change. (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Oct 7, 17:39:17
      - I couldn't find it on iplayer (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 17:12:03
        
        That's because it's not currently on there. (NCFC) - tim berry, Oct 7, 17:14:11
        
        For me if any industry is upset at downloaders, then they need to take a harsh look (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 17:16:48
    - The way I see it, advertisers can force adverts through streaming (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 14:14:18
      - Well the way Youtube does it is smarter indeed. Adverts which are localised. You could (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Oct 7, 14:21:43
        
        I suppose the best way to moderate ads being remembered (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 14:39:21
        
        I think the underlying thing is, downloaders are the money launders (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 14:43:15
        
        Yeah thing is the most downloaders I know have done so again because of availability.... (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Oct 7, 14:50:26
        
        I have an ongoing list of older films I want to watch, (NCFC) - finkleton, Oct 7, 15:05:54
        
        This is how moved towards paying streaming services (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 15:12:10
        
        The American model :) If I watch the NFL on Gamepass it's a 3.5 hour game, with ads every (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Oct 7, 14:41:58
        
        I take it you've seen that ad for the car with the 2 people singing 'Sweet Caroline' ? (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 14:55:16
        
        Best thing I like about medication ads, is the ones after them for legal advice (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 14:52:40
  - Was looking for White Gold on netflix (Inbetweeners writer). Was on BBC2 (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 13:47:26
- FFS. Same shit on Amazon and Google Play. Must have US billing address. (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Oct 7, 13:35:04
  - Go to TPBproxy where you can download for free? (n/m) (NCFC) - fareastcanary, Oct 7, 13:48:18
    - Don’t need a proxy for TPB here yet. But it’s not on there anyway (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Oct 7, 13:59:10

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