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by pmjordan
6588 days ago
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From http://zattoo.com/en/about-zattoo/what-is-zattoo Is Zattoo really legal? Yes. Zattoo acquires the rights to retransmit the channels separately for each country we launch in. It takes a lot of legwork (read: flight miles and sizzling phone lines) to collect the necessary rights to transmit the channels. Unlike the fast food world, the media world doesn’t operate on a global basis, so if we acquire the rights to carry a French TV channel in Switzerland, say, we don’t automatically get the right to carry it also in France or Germany. All of this doesn’t deter us, of course. Chances actually are that we’re talking to a broadcaster somewhere right now, as you are reading this. So stay tuned for more channels in Z-countries and a launch in countries that haven’t been zattooed yet. I guess it's possible that they're lying, but given that the channel lineup varies greatly between countries, I somewhat doubt it. |
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See: http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/organgrinder/2007/08/tv_unfestiv... ...and... http://informitv.com/articles/2008/05/09/zattooclaimscopyrig...
Quote: In a statement the BBC said: “We have not entered into any formal agreements with Zattoo to redistribute BBC channels”. ITV said: “We wouldn’t rule out third party deals, but there aren’t any in place at the moment”. Channel 4 said: “We don’t have any formal arrangements with Zattoo”. Five said: “The inclusion of the Five service on Zattoo has not been authorised or licenced by Five”.