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Replies: 13 - Last Post: 10-Feb-2008 07:18 Last Post By: Quailia
American Television in Amsterdam
Dear Friends,
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You won't get any American television stations in Amsterdam; apart from boring business channels like CNBC, or news channels like CNN, they're just not available.Last Carriage -- Independent Travel
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Can't you get most of the series directly off the internet now, direct from the network websites?*http://anyportinastorm.proboards.com*
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thanks for the tips guys! I will see if I can find the episodes online, and have someone record them at home just in case:)
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Because of issues to do with copyright, broadcasting right and protecting revenue, you cannot normally download commercial programs outside the country it is aired, even if you can do so within. They do it by checking your internet address (of your service provider), and if it is located outside US, they won't allow you to download. Popular programs are valuable export commodity for program makers and they want to protect their market.
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#4, of course it's not legal but it's very well possible to download any tv programme you can think of, using bit torrents. Often only hours after it was aired in the US.
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first few answers very helpful, thanks, last few judgmental and off-topic.
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Actually I thought that post #5 was very helpful and not at all off-topic.Award-winning riverside hotel-restaurant near Ronda, Andalucia
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Thanks tony_b. I think OP wants to hear positive angelic words only and is not too happy about me pointing out it's only ONE week, and he might better spend it actually seeing something of the place he's visiting. It sounds like he's on an obligatory business trip to some place he hates. Or like a true, almost neurotic addiction to tv.
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Agree with Tony.
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with a week in one palce you should forget about the tv, bro. smoke a joint or tow see some old buildings and fall a sleep
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My business class hotel in The Hague has most of the satellite channels you can see in this TV Guide:
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Both are on regular Dutch channels but I would imagine at least a season behind.
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