wired.com: The Bit­Tor­rent Ef­fect

fas­zi­nie­ren­der ar­ti­kel auf wired.com über den „Bit­Tor­rent Ef­fect“ und Bit­Tor­rent er­fin­der bram co­hen. man könn­te zu­sam­men­fas­sen mit: „es wird viel pas­sie­ren“.

If en­ough peo­p­le start get­ting their TV on­line, it will dra­sti­cal­ly ch­an­ge the na­tu­re of the me­di­um. Nor­mal­ly, the buzz for a show builds gra­du­al­ly; it ta­kes a few weeks or even a who­le sea­son for a loy­al view­er­ship to lock in. But in a Bit­Tor­ren­ted broad­cast world, things are more vo­la­ti­le. Once a show be­co­mes slight­ly po­pu­lar - or once it has a handful of well-con­nec­ted pro­se­ly­ti­zers - mul­ti­pli­er ef­fects will take over, and it could be­co­me ins­a­nely po­pu­lar over­night. The pass-around ef­fect of blogs, email, and RSS crea­tes a ro­ving, in­stant au­di­ence for a hot show or seg­ment. The who­le con­cept of must-see TV ch­an­ges from be­ing so­me­thing you stop and watch every Thurs­day to so­me­thing you got­ta check out right now, dude. Just click here.

an­de­rer­seits: in deutsch­land gibts ja noch nicht mal TiVo, bis es hier­her schwappt und der spar­gel (ab­tei­lung pa­ta­long) dar­über be­rich­tet wer­den also noch ein paar jah­re ver­ge­hen.