Not to sound like the whiny whipper-snapper I am, but why do we have to wait? If there were a technical reason for it, that would be one thing, but I have not been convinced that arbitrary restrictions are a good thing.
The one-week delay to keep it in a similar time slot (e.g. Saturday night) makes sense, but not the months that often lapse between shows being aired in different countries. Even if there's re-editing that needs to happen (especially for season N of a show that will be re-aired abroad), why not invest the time/money before the initial release to make sure that it's ready to go in short order after the original, rather than sacrifice market share to the pirates?
Not to sound like the whiny whipper-snapper I am, but why do we have to wait? If there were a technical reason for it, that would be one thing, but I have not been convinced that arbitrary restrictions are a good thing.
The one-week delay to keep it in a similar time slot (e.g. Saturday night) makes sense, but not the months that often lapse between shows being aired in different countries. Even if there's re-editing that needs to happen (especially for season N of a show that will be re-aired abroad), why not invest the time/money before the initial release to make sure that it's ready to go in short order after the original, rather than sacrifice market share to the pirates?