While doing mostly nothing last evening, I found myself pondering some unanswerable questions. First, why is it that technology allows me to watch Chinese TV in acceptable quality and yet I can't even get a signal from my local CBS or NBC affiliates? Second, how on earth do you read a scroll of Chinese-language characters? I would think that trying to do so would make your head hurt.
One of the other questions I was pondering was just how many private pirated TV networks are out there. I personally don't know of any, but I would think that there must be some. Organize a group of people around a common interest, say sports or movies. Let's say, since it's basketball season, the NBA. You'd need the local feeds from each NBA market, plus ESPN and NBA TV. Figure around 30 sources. You set up shop in China or some other country that has little respect for intellectual property and stream the feeds. If your local feed suppliers are fans and would otherwise subscribe, your costs there could be very low. The question is how many subscribers you could get while still keeping your site below the radar. I would think that it would be enough - worldwide - that you could make a decent little profit. So I bet there are already networks out there.
This is all conjecture, of course, and I don't condone that sort of thing. Besides, my internet connection is barely stable enough to use espn.com's NBA scoreboard.
On to the results. I managed to win my contest last night, avoiding lousy performances by Steve Nash and Al Thornton as well as David West's suspension. Good times.
Monday results: 1 contest entered (1 - 10 player); 1 cash; amount risked: $1.00; amount won: $5.00; net: $4.00; ROI: +400.0%
Yeah, that will look good on the monthly ROI chart.
One of the other questions I was pondering was just how many private pirated TV networks are out there. I personally don't know of any, but I would think that there must be some. Organize a group of people around a common interest, say sports or movies. Let's say, since it's basketball season, the NBA. You'd need the local feeds from each NBA market, plus ESPN and NBA TV. Figure around 30 sources. You set up shop in China or some other country that has little respect for intellectual property and stream the feeds. If your local feed suppliers are fans and would otherwise subscribe, your costs there could be very low. The question is how many subscribers you could get while still keeping your site below the radar. I would think that it would be enough - worldwide - that you could make a decent little profit. So I bet there are already networks out there.
This is all conjecture, of course, and I don't condone that sort of thing. Besides, my internet connection is barely stable enough to use espn.com's NBA scoreboard.
On to the results. I managed to win my contest last night, avoiding lousy performances by Steve Nash and Al Thornton as well as David West's suspension. Good times.
Monday results: 1 contest entered (1 - 10 player); 1 cash; amount risked: $1.00; amount won: $5.00; net: $4.00; ROI: +400.0%
Yeah, that will look good on the monthly ROI chart.
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