Robert McKechnie of TenTel reckons increasing landline prices are subsidising the cost of broadband and premium TV.
This is premium TV, but it gives you the same thrill that you got from 70s exploitation movies".
"The way in which an episodic game is structured," Parkin observes, "is very similar to prestige, premium TV".
"Showtime, for instance, was created in 1976 to give Viacom International's Northern California cable systems a premium TV service".
Cohen says BitTorrent Live could even help conventional broadcasters and studios distribute their premium TV and movie content more efficiently.
"As an industry we must be more transparent about our pricing and help the consumer to make informed choices by separating charges for landline, broadband and premium TV".
In a few weeks, the regulator is due to announce its decision on whether Sky should be forced to charge its competitors less for its premium TV content.
Set-top boxes are available internationally, including the UK, which also illegally allow streaming access to thousands of premium TV channels.
Along with a new website, Samsung has launched Media Hub, an application that lets consumers access premium TV and movie content.
Now, because of our broadband appetites and the global availability of premium TV from other lands (legally viewed or not), we tend to get more huffy about remakes.
Premium TV, a subsidiary of the struggling cable company ntl, has just placed its chief executive officer on gardening leave and announced a fresh wave of staff redundancies.
