[admars]

tv show downloading doesn't just effect sales of DVDs. When the show airs in UK, viewing figures will be down as people have downloaded it, thus a loss in advertising revenue etc, which could ultimately stop certain shows being shown over here.

For example Breaking Bad, season 1 was on FXUK, season 2 on Five (shown at stupid o clock consecutive nights at Christmas which wouldn't have helped viewing figures) but 3 and 4 no air date. Maybe viewing figures were really low so no network wants to buy it, but maybe they're low because the interested audience already downloaded it. Then you could argue ppl maybe downloaded it because they were fed up of waiting.

Shows like Dexter and True Blood air nearly a year after US, but some, like Lost was on a day or 2 later, so I'd imagine many ppl who had sky were happy to wait.