Where finf international versions of fav TV Shows?

andrews_dad

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On amazing Race, they had a man appear that they said was the host of an Asaian Amazing Race. I think there is a biggest loser for Australia. Anyone know where to locate such shows? I am interested in knowing what versions of Biggest Loser, Amazing Race, Survivor, and the Mole are out there and how to watch them...
 
I don't know how things work in all other countries (though I'm pretty sure that UK, Canada and Australia work similar to the US), but American television series are not generally available for online viewing by folks who's evident-ISP is located outside of the United States. Television programs are copyrighted, of course, and broadcasters, including Hulu (for example) and each television network's own websites, are licensed to broadcast programs only to viewers in the specific area that they're licensed to broadcast into, and are required to take whatever measures necessary to ensure that viewers in other areas cannot view such programs from their service.

Of course, this makes sense for American television series, since they are so highly-desired by foreign audiences. ITV (UK) isn't going to pay the producers of Gossip Girl (for example) loads of money, if those viewers were able to watch the program from The CW's website at an earlier date. That's why CW's website blocks foreigners from watching.

It might not make sense for foreign television series, at least not on the surface. We Americans (specifically) tend not to watch foreign television series. We have enough of our own, and generally don't respond well to foreign accents. There are exceptions, however, such as Doctor Who, and so in cases like that it does indeed make sense for (let's say) the BBC to block foreigners (including Americans) from watching Doctor Who on their website, leaving that audience to BBC America to service.

However, given that "we do it to them" (and that in some cases it makes sense for them to "do it to us"), I think you'll find that there won't be any legitimate sources for online viewing of any commercial programming from any of the foreign English-speaking countries. Instead, I suspect the producers of those series will hold out hope that they will be able to sell into the US market someday, somehow, perhaps even though Hulu.

To be clear, though, there are some foreign series on Hulu. If you know the exact names of the foreign series you're looking for, you can look for them there.
 
I have seen many versions of American reality shows. We have Italian versions of Big Brother, Survivor, Next Top Model, and the newest is Italy's Got Talent. These are just a few. Some of the older reality shows that I can't think of names came in British, French, and Spanish versions aired locally. We do get many American shows that come in English, with the option of Italian dubbing. Some game shows have foreign versions too. We have Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader and Millionaire to name a few.

I do hate that I can't watch American programs online. As the above poster stated, I am not allowed access due to my internet location. Would be nice to watch my soap operas, rather than catch it dubbed in Italian and 2 years old. Even YouTube is becoming impossible.
 
Some pretty damning evidence came to light this week, vis a vis YouTube, and how not only was it rife with copyright violation, but that Google not only knew that going into their acquisition, but actually factored the penchant for the typical Internet surfer to engage in illegal activity into their determination of how much the acquisition of YouTube would be worth to Google. Pretty sad.
 

I LOVE Survivor and Amazing Race. Would love to wtach the international versions in the US's "off-season". Even if I could buy them on DVD or for $1 a pop on a service online, I might consider. Anyone know if there is a list of English-speaking versions of Survivor and Amazing?
 






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