The quality of the film should be close to VHS, and will only be available for viewing for one day. Miramax has signed an agreement with SightSound.com to offer feature length movies for download via the Internet.
The average feature film is 500megabytes, will take around 20 minutes to download and will remain on a user's harddrive for 30 days after the download or 24 hours after a viewing. The companies hope that by introducing their own pay-per-view...
It will be charged with studying the online habits of college students as it relates to films and piracy. Once downloaded, viewers have 30 days to watch the film and 24 hours to complete it once viewing begins.
Unsurprisingly this high-tech larceny has a strong sci-fi bent, betraying the geeky culprits, with two Stargate shows, one Star Trek show and Battlestar Galactica in the top 10. And it is The UK which leads the way, accounting for around one fifth...
According to a survey conducted by Envisional, a UK-based internet monitoring company that sells anti-piracy monitoring services, 70 per cent of all illegally downloaded television programmes are transferred using BitTorrent.
In addition to movies, AOL has augmented its on-demand television content with downloadable programming from Fox and Sony, including full episodes of 24, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Charlie's Angels.