Kon Wilms wrote: > Not true. The rest of the world often does not > get the shows outright due to censorship/'local' > competition, gets them up to a year or more later > due to dubbing issues, or even longer due to cost. > Youtube, on the other hand, barring local > country-based firewalls Even granting your caveats, which I can certainly agree exist, it's still absolutely false that: "while the viewership of the television networks is restricted to the US alone." As a matter of fact, *if* their 2B number is only for US viewership of the TV shows, *then* their conclusion is even more wrong. (Although 2B daily, just in the US, is a hard number for me to comprehend.) I've watched US network shows in any number of countries, Kon, and I'm talking about on a steady, scheduled basis. Just as you do here. In spite of competition from their own home-grown shows. Bert _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.