New Battlestar Galactica webclip banned through regional lockout
As a long-time Battlestar Galactica fan, I was really enticed by a NY Times story I found on Techmeme today.
From the story:
The Sci Fi Channel, which broadcasts the series, has created online mini-episodes…each just a few minutes long and viewable on devices ranging from iPods to laptops to desktops to full-size television sets, feature characters from the television show. And they have the same dark feel of broadcast episodes of “Galactica,” a post-apocalyptic survival tale of humans on the run after their home planets have been destroyed.
The mini-episodes will go online, one at a time, on Tuesday and Thursday nights until “Galactica’s” season premiere on Oct. 6.
And…
The channel is hedging its bets by releasing a one-hour recap, called “The Story So Far,” summarizing the show to date. It will appear in September on several NBC Universal television channels (Sci Fi, USA, Sleuth, Bravo, Universal HD) and will be available free on the SciFi.com Web site, on iTunes, on YouTube.com, on Yahoo.com, on United Air Lines flights and at Universal theme parks.
I immediately clicked through and tried to start up the first episode, but all I got in the video player was the picture shown above. The system of Regional Lockout actually locks out Europe (or only the Netherlands?) and maybe other regions as well. Too bad!
Fortunately Sci Fi channel will release a one hour “The Story So Far” recap even through YouTube.com. I bet the webclips will become available through a videohosting service as well. Maybe Dabble will assist me?
Edit (7/9/06): The first webisode is already appearing all over YouTube. Some have already been taken down. Hope this one stays.
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posted Sep 6, 03:49 pm on Sep 06, 2006 |
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