TV PIRATES
New figures show a surge in the numbers of people using
the internet to watch unauthorised copies of television
programmes. While Americon drama series are the most
popular, millions of people are also downloading the British
programme Top Gear.
Visits to web sites offering illegal access to music and video
have nearly doubled over the last year, and increasirigly it’s
television and films which are being sought out
The media measurement firm Big Champagne has
compiled a top ten of illegal downloads. lt’s dominated by
American drama series, with 55 million people downloading episodes of Heroes in the first half of this year. But the BBC’s Top Gear is also amongst the most pirated programmes, with hundreds of thousonds of people, many in the United States, downloading each episode of the recent series.
Despite the apparent surge in piracy, the researchers say television should not suffer as much damage to its revenues as the music business has faced.
Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC News
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