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Waiting for the Men: why the delay before US shows air in the UK (or anywhere else)?
The short version is that the TV industry is still based on a model of separation predicated on physical geographical boundaries that ceased to exist once high-speed broadband reached a global tipping point. In other words, TV needs to move with the times. Anything else is just an excuse.
Thu 06 May 2010 at 13:10 ·
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MacDara Conroy 
Wed 08 Sep 2010
at 18:36
Mad Men is starting earlier this time round, but still weeks behind the US. In this connected age, any delay is too long.
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You are reading Waiting for the Men: why the delay before US shows air in the UK (or anywhere else)?, a Microlog entry by MacDara Conroy. It is filed under Sound & Screen, and was published in May 2010.
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