TV

The Age reports that traditional TV broadcasting is facing it's most serious threat ever from 'on demand' download sites and torrents. I can only think that this is a good thing, people are sick of adverts every five minutes, of Channel 7 not showing Desperate Housewives and other top rating shows during Easter just because it is deemed as a 'non rating' period, of programs being moved around the schedules willy nilly, of programs being dropped after just 2 episodes... If you could download Desperate Housewives from the net (legally) then why the hell would you bother watching it in five minute at a time intervals on Channel 7? It's time for the networks to step up to the plate and improve the 'watchability' of their stations. My guess is though that they are too conservative and too monolithic to do this and will suffer badly as the new information age steams ahead...

Consumers in the US can now download their favourites shows from iTunes - when is this feature going to be made available in the UK or Australia? We wait and wait for a legal solution, meanwhile Australia and the UK head the league table of internet TV piracy. You can't keep a lid on this (as those in the MSM would like to) - give people what they want otherwise they'll get it through illegal methods. The music industry have finally recognised this, now it's time for the TV industry to get real.