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‘Lost’ finale breaks download records for TV show

May 29, 2010 Australia, Internet, Media & Advertising

According to Torrent Freak, the ‘Lost’ finale is on track to receive more downloads than any other TV episode in history with over 900,000 downloads within the first day. They also recorded over 100,000 active clients on the torrent at the same time which is also some sort of record.

According to their stats 15% of downloads came from Australia where the free to air TV screening of the finale was delayed until several days after it was shown in the US. Clearly this indicates that when people can easily obtain their entertainment over the Internet they would rather watch the show as soon as it becomes available than wait until a time deemed convenient by their local TV station. If the TV programmers are surprised by this then they are somewhat out of touch with reality.

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