Some of the TV industry doesn't quite get it
I've missed the past few weeks of BSG (Battlestar Galactica) and I really wanted to get caught up to the present. I went to hulu.com and there they were! Well, on closer examination, the most recent couple of episodes were there, and the previous new episodes had an icon with a subtext that said "Watch on SciFI.com"
No problem really. I do like hulu's interface quite a bit, but I'm not so hard to please. On clicking the icon, I get a 404 error from SciFi.com. Huh?? Seems they pulled all but the more recent couple of episodes. Why?
It's not just them either. Other networks have done the same, and prefer to allow you to see only the most recent shows. It took years for the Networks to figure out that we wanted the option to watch full length shows via computer. How long will it take them to figure out we'd like to see a whole season?
Maybe it's the economic times. They don't give hard drives away after all! Oh wait, I have several good unused drives laying around that I'd be willing to donate. They'd hole more than a whole season of a few shows.
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