Topic: Made-For-Torrents Sci-Fi Drama "Pioneer One" Debuts

[sam]

The first episode of the new science fiction drama Pioneer One has debuted and it looks like a hit. The pilot was shot for just $6,000, raised through the micro-funding platform Kickstarter, and the production is being supported through donations on the show's website. Donations can be made on a sliding scale with 'bonus' rewards for each level, such as an mp3 of the opening theme and deleted scenes. The show is being distributed through file-sharing systems such as BitTorrent and LimeWire thanks to VODO, the group who also helped produce it. Is this the future of television?

http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/10/06/20/1350247/Made-For-Torrents-Sci-Fi-Drama-Pioneer-One-Debuts

-- looks quite interesting, I'm downloading the torrent as I write this :-)

[Simon]

Haven't got time to watch it. 

[sam]

shame.

[Simon]

I'm slightly skeptical - is it not good enough for TV?

[sam]

dunno, I'll let you know once I've downloaded it... seems an interesting way to get stuff out there.

[Simon]

As long as you're not paying for extra bandwidth.

[sam]

yeah, I guess so... then again I'd never sign up for a proper internet connection that was limited like that. I need my TB a week... 

[Simon]

  What on earth do you find to download?  I struggle to get to about 10Gb a month!

[sam]

lots of stuff... but at the moment, work and streaming the world cup take up quite a bit.

Also, you have to remember what I do takes 1TB of data a day... so just transfering small files to my laptop takes up a bit when I want to work on them at home.