Piracy a threat to global TV.Internet technology is set to change the way television is distributed across the globe, as more and more viewers prefer to download their favorite shows to their PCs, rather than wait for them to appear on the tube. Research by British Web monitoring See Internet monitoring. company Envision found that pirated pi·rate n. 1. a. One who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without commission from a sovereign nation. b. A ship used for this purpose. 2. One who preys on others; a plunderer. 3. version of popular U.S. shows are available internationally via the Internet, within hours of being aired in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . With TV piracy having increased by 150 percent in one year for some programs, TV fans around the world seem to be having difficulty resisting the temptation to watch their favorite show before their fellow countrymen fellow countryman n → compatriota m fellow countryman fellow irreg n → compatriote m fellow countryman fellow ever get to see it. Though Internet piracy's effect on the television industry hasn't been too severe just yet, it is reported that, software programs like BitTorrent (a peer-to-peer technology which allows for quick downloads of large files) will change the landscape in future years, and advertisers are likely to want to pay less for on-air ad time if fewer people are actually tuning in tuning in, v process in which a therapeutic touch practitioner centers himself or herself so as to be aligned with or “in tune” with a healing energy “frequency,” so that the patient may choose to join the practitioner (tune to the TV. |
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