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<blockquote data-quote="Downzy" data-source="post: 60102" data-attributes="member: 10837">Yeah, there seems to be a bit of media in regards to this topic recently.&nbsp; I was reading an article on the APC Magazine website (<a href="http://www.apcstart.com/site/dwarne/2006/05/99/a-third-of-us-tv-pirates-survey" target="_blank">http://www.apcstart.com/site/dwarne/2006/05/99/a-third-of-us-tv-pirates-survey</a>)I thought this was an interesting quote given that Channel 9 seem to be trying very hard to stop anyone making data avaiable...&quot;In Australia, Channel 9 has been progressive in this respect though, recently unveiling a â€œcatchup TVâ€ download service for episodes of McLeodâ€™s Daughters. Channel 9, is of course, part of the PBL, which is the media conglomerate that owns APC Magazine and is a stakeholder in NineMSNâ€¦ but before you claim â€œBias!â€, Iâ€™m not spruiking for 9 just because theyâ€™re in the same group.Theyâ€™re also one of the only TV stations in Australia to make a free electronic program guide available onlineâ€¦ if other TV stations would stop being obstinate, Windows Media Center wouldnâ€™t have been such a dismal failure in Australia and people could easily watch TV when it suited them without having to subscribe to a third party EPG like IceTV.&quot;...very intersting indeedCheers,Downzy</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Downzy, post: 60102, member: 10837"] Yeah, there seems to be a bit of media in regards to this topic recently. I was reading an article on the APC Magazine website ([url]http://www.apcstart.com/site/dwarne/2006/05/99/a-third-of-us-tv-pirates-survey[/url]) I thought this was an interesting quote given that Channel 9 seem to be trying very hard to stop anyone making data avaiable... "In Australia, Channel 9 has been progressive in this respect though, recently unveiling a â€œcatchup TVâ€ download service for episodes of McLeodâ€™s Daughters. Channel 9, is of course, part of the PBL, which is the media conglomerate that owns APC Magazine and is a stakeholder in NineMSNâ€¦ but before you claim â€œBias!â€, Iâ€™m not spruiking for 9 just because theyâ€™re in the same group. Theyâ€™re also one of the only TV stations in Australia to make a free electronic program guide available onlineâ€¦ if other TV stations would stop being obstinate, Windows Media Center wouldnâ€™t have been such a dismal failure in Australia and people could easily watch TV when it suited them without having to subscribe to a third party EPG like IceTV." ...very intersting indeed Cheers, Downzy [/QUOTE]

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