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cphoffman42

67 posts since
Mar 20, 2007

15. Sep 10, 2007 2:12 PM

in response to: stevelee

Re: UK gov't calls for Mac OS X BBC iPlayer

Slightly off topic - anyone else terribly irritated with the commercials on BBC America? For those of you not in the US, they basically show the BBC shows, but add in about 33% commercials (so, a 30 minute episode of Coupling turns into 40 minutes). It's like they are trying to make up for the lack of commercials in the UK...

Back on topic - we can only hope that this development will lead to the same shows being availalble eventually in the US, albeit with a shocking level of commercials.

andrewc

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Sep 29, 2004

16. Sep 10, 2007 2:20 PM

in response to: cphoffman42

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At least BBC America doesn't cut content (I think). A&E butchers Spooks (MI-5) by cutting almost 15 minutes of content to take ~57 minute episodes down to about 45 minutes. If you have ever watched Spooks, you know that a lot can happen in 15 minutes on that show.

Biallystock

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Aug 22, 2007

17. Sep 10, 2007 2:35 PM

in response to: seanmcg

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tomtom

886 posts since
Jan 6, 2006

18. Sep 10, 2007 3:36 PM

in response to: DVA_Airwolf

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alexis

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Mar 15, 2006

19. Sep 10, 2007 4:02 PM

in response to: mrbach

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tomtom

886 posts since
Jan 6, 2006

20. Sep 10, 2007 4:13 PM

in response to: alexis

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Whatever it is, it smells like the "additional fee" being charged by Vodaphone to use the Sumsung Sync service.

Zwilnik

10 posts since
Mar 31, 2005

21. Sep 10, 2007 6:54 PM

in response to: kagharaht

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LOL... Well at least its being done.

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Not quite. They only have to report the status of it to Ofcom every 6 months. As they're waiting for Apple to support Microsoft's proprietary DRM so they can do 'rental' shows that time out, rather than actually do the job properly and write their own system. All that'll happen is Ofcom will get a "nope, not done it yet" from them every 6 months.

Frost7

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Feb 9, 2005

22. Sep 10, 2007 6:57 PM

in response to: DVA_Airwolf

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Did you know that 92% of Americans don't have a Passport?

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If you Brits had almost half a continent to roam free without needing a passport, you probably wouldn't have very many issued either.

Size matters.

kingarthur

99 posts since
Oct 5, 2004

23. Sep 10, 2007 9:18 PM

in response to: stevelee

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Did you know that 92% of Americans don't have a Passport?

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I'd believe that a sizeable number of those folks are wating on their application to go through. (There's a sign of hope when the check clears. There may be only 6 more months to wait.)

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Not to mention it is extremely expensive now. Plus payment is only cash via money order. Not many people can afford that.

On the other hand I am extemely upset at Direct TV. They got a license with Deutsche Welle which is the German equivelant of the BBC. Since they've done that DW has blocked all U.S. addresses from viewing their free web content.

sandbag1

811 posts since
Jan 28, 2002

24. Sep 10, 2007 9:35 PM

in response to: mrbach

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aestival

247 posts since
Oct 4, 2004

25. Sep 11, 2007 8:51 AM

in response to: Frost7

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aestival

247 posts since
Oct 4, 2004

26. Sep 11, 2007 8:56 AM

in response to: sandbag1

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(Canadians spell like Brits BTW)

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Then why did you spell it "license"?

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Because they're wrong about Canadians always spelling the British way -- we Canadians have our own written language, which is generally closer to British in spelling, but closer to American in vocabulary (though we do call the letter 'z' "zed"). Luckily for the world, our system of English is dying out slowly, leaving a population of people who can generally handle both international (UK) and US dialects. Of course, it would have been easier for everyone else to just switch to Canadian, the Esperanto of English dialects

Peter Cohen

4,204 posts since
Feb 5, 2003

27. Sep 11, 2007 10:33 AM

in response to: aestival

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Canadians are so adorable. They have their own money, their own flag, their own ways of spelling. Why, if you didn't know any better, you'd think they had their own country!

Jim Dalrymple

225 posts since
Feb 16, 2004

28. Sep 11, 2007 1:57 PM

in response to: Peter Cohen

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Canadians are funny little people.

BadDude

18 posts since
Dec 19, 2004

29. Sep 11, 2007 8:48 PM

in response to: schoonerman

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Isn't licence a noun and license a verb? You license somebody to do something, and you give them a licence. Just what I think.

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