The Top Ten Most Pirated TV Shows
2005-02-20 18:19:34
The popularity of downloading TV shows continues to grow everyday. With no legal choices in site, and the ever improving quality of the downloads, no end to this trend is in site. Recent reports indicate that most this downloading doesn’t occur here in the states but instead over the pond in the U.K.1. 24
2. Stargate Atlantis
3. The Simpsons
4. Enterprise
5. Stargate SG-1
6. The O.C.
7. Smallville
8. Desperate Housewives
9. Battlestar Galactica
10. Lost In fact only 7.3% of all TV downloads occur in the States. The biggest reason popularity is so much higher in the EU and Australia is because these shows often don’t air on regular TV their for months or even years after it airs here in the states. And if it does air at all its often on expensive subscriptions stations.
Stations should only expect this trend to rise. "I don't think TV companies have quite missed the boat yet but it's certainly getting close to that point.” said David Price of web monitoring firm Envisional. The top 10 most downloaded TV shows are as follows;