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silent_jay · 03-19-2008, 11:33 AM

Good to see CBC is trying something new, I see this as a good thing in the long run and hopefully more broadcasters will follow suit.

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We've got a big announcement for the fans of our show! On March 24th after the broadcast of Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister (airs March 23rd at 7 pm on CBC Television) we’ll be the 1st major broadcaster in North America to release a high quality, DRM-free copy of a primetime show using BitTorrent technology. We’ll also be distributing a version you can put in your iPod.

The show will completely free (and legal) for you to download, share & burn to your heart’s desire.

Nope, we’re not lying.

This year’s show really began online. CBC was the first Canadian broadcaster to use YouTube to cast our show where our results were:

* 144 people auditioned
* 500+ videos (video responses made this the largest online political debate in Canadian history)
* 270,000+ views
* 2500 comments

Facebook was big too with over 7500 members joining 50 groups about the show. We also created a dozen behind-the-scenes Podcasts showcasing our 10 semi-finalists who were hand picked from our YouTube search.

It’s fitting that our final show be distributed online too. (Special thanks to BoingBoing for planting this idea in our fearless leader’s head by running this story.)

We hope that you watch the show this Sunday and enjoy it enough that you’d like a copy. Simply head back to the official show site (cbc.ca/nextprimeminister) on Monday morning where we’ll have BitTorrent files ready for you to download, along with some instructions on how to do so.

Do you think this is a good idea/bad idea? Would you like to see more shows distributed this way? Leave a comment & let us know what you think

http://www.cbc.ca/nextprimeminister/...ime_minis.html

aberkok · 03-19-2008, 08:51 PM

I think they should do this, but they shouldn't act like it wasn't going to happen anyway. I get an aging hipster vibe when I hear this sort of talk: "Hey kids... check it out! We're putting our show on the internet for download to your computer using the latest TECHNOLOGY!"

Willravel · 03-19-2008, 08:58 PM

Go Canada!

BTW, that's way more original than American Idol.

Hain · 03-23-2008, 03:25 AM

Finally.

silent_jay · 03-24-2008, 03:38 PM

Here's the link for anyone interested, they even did an mp4 for those who want to put it on their Ipod, how nice.
http://www.cbc.ca/nextprimeminister/..._great_pr.html

Hain · 03-25-2008, 01:16 AM

Well I am downloading it for the sake of downloading it. See what it is about.

silent_jay · 03-25-2008, 07:05 AM

That's what I did as well even though I watched it on CBC. It was an interesting show Augi, even if they had former PM's Martin ans Campbell as judges.

03-19-2008, 08:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
aberkok “Wrong is right.” Location: toronto	I think they should do this, but they shouldn't act like it wasn't going to happen anyway. I get an aging hipster vibe when I hear this sort of talk: "Hey kids... check it out! We're putting our show on the internet for download to your computer using the latest TECHNOLOGY!" __________________ !check out my new blog! http://arkanamusic.wordpress.com Warden Gentiles: "It? Perfectly innocent. But I can see how, if our roles were reversed, I might have you beaten with a pillowcase full of batteries."

03-24-2008, 03:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
silent_jay Her Jay Location: Ontario for now....	Here's the link for anyone interested, they even did an mp4 for those who want to put it on their Ipod, how nice. http://www.cbc.ca/nextprimeminister/..._great_pr.html __________________ Absence makes the heart grow fonder

03-25-2008, 07:05 AM	#7 (permalink)
silent_jay Her Jay Location: Ontario for now....	That's what I did as well even though I watched it on CBC. It was an interesting show Augi, even if they had former PM's Martin ans Campbell as judges. __________________ Absence makes the heart grow fonder

03-19-2008, 08:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	Go Canada! BTW, that's way more original than American Idol.

03-23-2008, 03:25 AM	#4 (permalink)
Hain has a plan Location: middle of Whywouldanyonebethere	Finally.

03-25-2008, 01:16 AM	#6 (permalink)
Hain has a plan Location: middle of Whywouldanyonebethere	Well I am downloading it for the sake of downloading it. See what it is about.