Ten to stream Homeland shortly after US broadcast
Ten is to stream the first episode of the third series of Homeland just three hours after it airs on the east coast of the US and minutes after it goes out on the west coast.
The drama – starring Clare Danes as a CIA officer with biploar disorder tracking a soldier who she believes may be a terrorist – is one of Ten’s best performing US franchises.
It airs on Sunday evening US time, which is Monday lunchtime in Australia.
It will be streamed on Ten’s catchup TV service tenplay from 2.15pm eastern and made available nationally, meaning it will be available in Adelaide at 1.45pm and Perth as 12.15pm. The stream is the earliest that Ten’s rights to the series allow.
It will then air on Ten at 8.30pm on Monday.
The move appears to be a one off rather than for the whole series. It comes as all of the Australian TV networks begin to get serious about their catchup TV services.
The strategy of fast-tracking US content – also championed by Foxtel – is in part to overcome piracy. However, in the case of Homeland, the episode has already leaked.
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Yes! Finally SOMEONE gets it right with fast tracking content.
Play the show minutes after it has broadcast in the US, and then repeat it again at prime time in Australia. And have it on Free To Air. This is WINNING
Why would I go and hunt for illegal downloads now, when its on air and its free, pretty much the same time as when it premieres in the USA.
I dont know why its taken till Sept 2013 for the networks to show common sense, but well done channel 10, leading the way here. Lets hope they do this for all future shows and avoid the leakage of audiences to internet
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agreed.
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“Illegal downloads.”
They’re not illegal, they’re a breach of copyright – very different. If they were illegal it would be a police matter, as it stands, it’s a civil matter.
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A fact, I think you’re confusing criminal and civil matters. Both are breaches of the law.
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saw this episode over 3 weeks ago , come on guys try and keep up
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You would go and hunt for illegal downloads so you could have watched it three weeks ago!
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I saw this episode like two years ago! Come on, Channel 10, keep up-to-date please but I am a technofile and I like being seen ahead of everyone else and I will not wait any longer than I have to. This is why I demand to see my favourite TV shows even months before they even go into production. It’s called progress!
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Then let me worship at your feet old news.
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@Encyclic!
You’re the one who’s confused – if it was a breach of criminal law, the police would be obliged to get involved.
They’re not.
But Hollywood lobbyists would love to change that so Australian state resources are wasted enforcing copyright, not rights holders’ resources, as is currently the case.
Illegal remains the incorrect term.
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