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Post by Blade Runner on Nov 21, 2004 15:36:14 GMT -5
A letter from Ronald D. Moore and David Eick
It's come to our attention that many of you out there are so eager to see our show that you've decided to jump the line and get the episodes via the internet ahead of everyone patiently waiting in the US and Canada for the show to premiere in January. First of all, we're flattered and happy that you're so excited to see the new season of Battlestar Galactica and appreciate the support. However, beyond the fact that getting episodes over the internet is illegal it's also potentially very damaging to the show itself. You see, we need RATINGS which means we need eyeballs in front of TV screens that advertisers can measure. The more episodes get downloaded and digitally copied and passed along and copied again and passed along and copied yet again and passed along yet again, it creates a dangerous situation where a lot of people are watching and enjoying Galactica, but not seeing it when it counts -- namely on the air.
Please understand that in order to get picked up for a second season, we need good ratings in January, not silent, uncounted viewing in November. The more you copy the show and pass it along to your friends now, the more it potentially impacts our total audience in January. So while we admire your resourcefulness and appreciate your appetite for Galactica, we implore you to please refrain from downloading the episodes or sharing them in any way.
Thank you.
Ronald D. Moore & David Eick
Executive Producers
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Post by Blade Runner on Nov 21, 2004 15:39:04 GMT -5
I'm not sure if it will make any difference at all, the second half of Stargte SG-1 is aired here in the UK an month before Sci-fi air it in the US. It does not seem to have any effect on the viewing figures whatsoever.
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Post by Blade Runner on Nov 21, 2004 21:27:24 GMT -5
As far as I know (from some sniffers) Sky One have already asked for another season  |
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Post by Conundrum on Nov 22, 2004 7:11:16 GMT -5
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Post by Darth Marley on Nov 26, 2004 10:56:01 GMT -5
Hopefully this will lead to some changes in the SciFi scheduling practices.
There is absolutely no good reason for BSG and SG:A to trail smaller markets by a period of months!
Whoever is sticking to this plan at SFC needs to be fired!
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Post by Blade Runner on Nov 26, 2004 11:07:32 GMT -5
Hopefully this will lead to some changes in the SciFi scheduling practices. There is absolutely no good reason for BSG and SG:A to trail smaller markets by a period of months! Whoever is sticking to this plan at SFC needs to be fired! SG-1 and SG:A are normally 2 months in front of Sky at the beginning of teh season, but for some daft reason Scifi have a 3 month break in the middle, whereas Sky continue broadcasting the whole thing in one go. |
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Post by Blade Runner on Nov 30, 2004 5:00:23 GMT -5
I have some figures here form a very popular download site
Top latest shows
1: StarGate: Atlantis - 111 - The Eye - part 2 (5255 times)
2: Joey - 108 - Joey and the Dream Girl (1) (5063 times)
3: StarGate: Atlantis - 112 - The Defiant One (4587 times)
4: Joey - 109 - Joey and the Dream Girl (2) (4533 times)
5: Joey - 110 - Joey and the Big Audition (4286 times)
6: Star Trek: Enterprise - 404 - Borderland - part 1/3 (4239 times)
7: Star Trek: Enterprise - 407 - The Forge - part 1/3 (4201 times)
8: Star Trek: Enterprise - 406 - The Augments - part 3/3 (4146 times)
9: Star Trek: Enterprise - 405 - Cold Station 12 - part 2/3 (4096 times)
10: StarGate: Atlantis - 113 - Hot Zone (3952 times)
11: Smallville - 408 - Spell (3582 times)
12: Smallville - 409 - Bound (3519 times)
13: Smallville - 407 - Jinx (3510 times)
14: Star Trek: Enterprise - 408 - Awakening - part 2/3 (3209 times)
15: Battlestar Galactica - 103 - Bastille Day (3207 times)
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Post by loserpatrol on Nov 30, 2004 16:39:05 GMT -5
what site might that be?
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Post by Blade Runner on Nov 30, 2004 16:44:02 GMT -5
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Post by Helo on Nov 30, 2004 16:48:42 GMT -5
Thats preety good dont forget smallville and enterprise have been going a few seasons joeys doing well of the back of friends it would seem and atlantis has been a huge hit in the US so for a program ony airing here in the uk I beielve thats a decent place to be.
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Post by daggot on Nov 30, 2004 18:03:48 GMT -5
The issue raised here, is over legality. I'm not so sure that the DMCA covers TV show episodes. My question would be, what's the difference with DVR's? What would the difference be if I used VHS to tape the episode and then shared the tape with all of my friends?
Answer: There is no difference, and as long as TV is available in a Public medium, I believe that it is fair game. EVEN under the DMCA( which is a load of crap IMHO).
Seriously, if you want to point fingers and complain...then it should have been aired in the UK and the US at the SAME TIME.
In all honesty, as soon as I can get my hands on the mini-series DVD's, I'll buy them. I'll also buy the series DVD's once they are available. I'm doing the same thing for Enterprise. I think highly of both series and Would gladly pay money to help in merchandise sales and ratings as it were.
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Post by ady86245 on Nov 30, 2004 18:53:08 GMT -5
Just to clarify: The post in this particular case is more to do with "eyeballs watching screens" than legality/piracy. Normally, US series are shown before anywhere else gets them. However this isn't an issue for American networks, as they use their own domestic ratings to decide whether a show is successful. The problem is that because we got it first, this time it's Americans who are downloading - and the producers are worried this will affect the American ratings. With analogue VCRs the quality of the each copy degrades - this isn't the case with digital copies. Perversely, it's easier to share a perfect digital copy with (potentially) millions using Kazaa than it is to copy an inferior VHS tape & share it with your mates.  |
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Post by loserpatrol on Nov 30, 2004 21:57:15 GMT -5
im more curious as to how you got the numbers than the actual site. oh, ive got some good news. the series will run for at least 4 seasons. i know this because i just returned from 2009 via muh time machine. Einstein was mostly right about that E=mc 2 stuff. heh, i also know who the next president will be. hint: i'll be back!  |
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Post by Blade Runner on Dec 1, 2004 9:23:02 GMT -5
im more curious as to how you got the numbers than the actual site. They post it on their Front page  |
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Post by Spassvogel on Dec 2, 2004 0:15:07 GMT -5
I'm in the US and I'm downloading the eps the same day they air (because of the time dfference, I can watch them before I go to bed that night)
That said, I'm still going to watch the show when it airs here simply because with the PAL to NTSC conversion, the shows are slightly faster and the voices are pitched slightly higher. It's kinda annoying at times.
I just re-watched the mini series again (which was sourced from Sci Fi channel) and the voices were "normal" and it made a definite difference.
So I'll watch them all again when they air. I hope all the other downloaders will do the same. Even though it aired first on Sky One, there is still US money tied into the production, and I'm sure they're going to be very irritated if nobody watches the thing over here.
Spass
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