Trivia question is unfair to everyone except North America FOX viewers

richardaca969 wrote:

LPNintendoITA wrote:
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Fox should have thought about that before they decided to prevent anyone outside the U.S being able to watch it online. I'd sit through the adverts happily given the choice. But no, it can be AGES before it airs abroad. So, in summation, * 'em.

The problem is that US advertisers are not all that keen to pay for non-US viewers, either because they don't exist in other countries or because they're doing local promotions or it'd just be complicated to mention pricing etc. It's why when I find a site that DOES stream to other countries, they often have ad breaks consisting of the same ad played every single time (often twice in a row), because they simply don't have more than one or two ads flagged as playable in my country.

The other reason is the crusty old distribution and licensing systems are geared towards staggered release (because in the past it meant they could print fewer copies and just move them around), and because different companies have licensing rights in different areas. The systems really haven't caught up to the digital age yet.

I'm not trying to say that this is a good thing, of course. It sucks, but I know why it happens.