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Re:The rise and fall of a Halifax man's illegal TV streaming... by qingcharles on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @11:38AM (#39756889)
When we started TheBox it was down to pressure from the rest of the world wanting to see British TV shows and not having a legal way to see 95% of them: https://torrentfreak.com/major-tv-torrent-site-thebox-bz-cal...

It took a minute, but the BBC themselves finally came through: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BritBox

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Re:The rise and fall of a Halifax man's illegal TV streaming... by LegibleCrimson on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @12:16PM (#39757287)
No channel 4 content still sucks. I have no legal avenue to even pay to watch the Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off episodes, unless I move to the UK.

I'm pirating something that I would gladly pay for if they'd just let me. I'm not going to do a VPN; that would be more work than piracy in the first place (and besides, Channel 4 demands a UK address and even a UK credit card). It's downright ridiculous.

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Re:The rise and fall of a Halifax man's illegal TV streaming... by qingcharles on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @01:06PM (#39769333)
Damn. And Channel 4 always seemed like they were the smarter guys in the room, too.
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