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p2pnet news | TV:- “We’ve got a big announcement for the fans of our show!” says the CBC, going on >>>
On March 24th after the broadcast of Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister (airs March 23rd at 7 pm on CBC Television) we’ll be the 1st major broadcaster in North America to release a high quality, DRM-free copy of a primetime show using BitTorrent technology. We’ll also be distributing a version you can put in your iPod.
The show will completely free (and legal) for you to download, share & burn to your heart’s desire.
Nope, we’re not lying.
Blogs Michael Geist, Canada research chair in internet and e-commerce law at the University of Ottawa >>>
This development is important not only because it shows that Canada’s public broadcaster is increasingly willing to experiment with alternative forms of distribution, but also because it may help crystallize the net neutrality issue in Canada.
The CBC’s mandate, as provided in the Broadcasting Act, requires it to make its programming “available throughout Canada by the most appropriate and efficient means.”
Using BitTorrent allows the CBC to meet its statutory mandate, yet with ISPs such as Rogers engaging in non-transparent traffic shaping, millions of Canadians may be unable to fully access programming funded by tax dollars.
If the CBC experiment is successful, look for more broadcasters to do the same and for the CRTC to face mounting pressure to address net neutrality concerns.
What’s Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister about?
It’s the, “successor to a program established by Magna International Inc. in 1995 to provide a national forum for young Canadians to put forth innovative proposals for a more prosperous country,” says the CBC.
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Also See:
CBC - CBC to BitTorrent Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister, March 19, 2008
Michael Geist - CBC To Release Program DRM-Free Via BitTorrent, March 18, 2008
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