The Performing Rights Society (PRS) collects royalties for music artists, and it generally does a good job. Except when it pushed YouTube to the limit a couple of months ago and got music videos booted off the online video site. But things now look set to change for the better, and about time too.

Stuck In The Past

The music industry has not shown its best side in trying to evolve to include new digital forms of media. Instead of encouraging the fledging businesses, it has chosen to stamp on them. Its reward for such a heavy-handed and short-term approach? Piracy increasing in popularity year-on-year.

What’s truly bizarre is that it never seems to learn from its mistakes. After stifling rather than using Napster and those early file-sharing services, the music industry is now continuing to make the same basic errors. And this is even extending to the world of music videos.

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Carrier Synopsis

Carrier is a 10-hour documentary series chronicling 6 months about the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz as it travels to the Middle East and then back to America.

The documentary not only shows the high stakes involved in the daily business of an aircraft carrier, but also follows a variety of crew members and their personal issues.

Carrier is not only an Emmy-winning series, but also the first documentary shot on an aircraft carrier on active duty over an entire mission.

Watch Carrier online

• Watch Carrier on Amazon Video on Demand (US, all episodes, $1.99 per episode)
• Watch full episodes of Carrier on iTunes (US link, all episodes, $1.99 per episode)
• Watch Carrier on Hulu (US, all episodes)
• Watch Carrier on PBS’s website (US, all episodes)
• Watch Carrier on Fancast (US, all episodes)
• Search for Carrier episodes
• Find Carrier torrents
• See if you can stream this on Netflix

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Mental Synopsis

Mental is a medical drama TV series produced by Fox Network debuting in May of 2009.

Mental follows the character of Dr. Jack Gallagher (played by Chris Vance) who is an unorthodox psychiatrist and the head of Mental Health Services at an Los Angeles hospital. Due to his mysterious ability Gallagher is able to penetrate the mind of his patients and help them with sometimes dubious treatments. This practice leads to frequent clashes with his boss Dr. Nora Skoff (played by Annabella Sciorra).

Fox has commissioned 13 episodes of Mental and after the premiere airs on FOX US network Mental will debut in 35 countries around the world.

(This post will be updated with available links when Mental premiere airs)

• Watch Mental on Fox on Demand (US residents only)
• Search for Mental Episodes
• Find Mental Torrents
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To hear that YouTube is the most popular, most visited, and most content-filled online video site on the Web is hardly surprising. However, to hear that 20 hours of video is uploaded to the Google-owned site every minute is surprising. And to hear YouTube still wants more is nothing less than a shock.

YouTube Stick

YouTube has been getting rather a lot of stick of late. Mainly because it’s facing stiff competition from Hulu, the (at present) U.S.-only online video service. While Hulu deals exclusively in premium content, YouTube made its name, and continues to do so, with user-generated content. You know, videos of babies gurgling or dogs riding skateboards.

The problem for YouTube is that while legally-obtained content from media companies and TV networks is fully-monetizable and consequently profitable, UGC generally isn’t. Mainly due to the risk of copyright infringements occurring. And seeing as 96 percent of YouTube videos are currently estimated to be UGC, this is a problem.

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Tremors: The Series Synopsis

A spin-off of the popular Tremors film series, Tremors: The Series continues the saga of man versus graboids — giant, man-eating, wormlike creatures that live under the ground.

Tremors: The Series picks up where Tremors 3: Back to Perfection left off and follows the residents of Perfection, Nevada, as they attempt to live with a graboid.

The residents of Perfection must not only deal with dangerous creatures, but also the disastrous consequences of mad scientists and government experiments.

Watch Tremors: The Series online

• Watch Tremors: The Series on Amazon Video on Demand (US, all seasons, $1.99 per episode)
• Watch full episodes of Tremors: The Series on iTunes (US link, all seasons, $1.99 per episode)
• Watch Tremors: The Series on Hulu (US, select episodes only)
• Watch Tremors: The Series on Fancast (US, select episodes only)
• Watch Tremors: The Series on AOL (US, select episodes only)
• Search for Tremors: The Series episodes
• Find Tremors: The Series torrents
• See if you can stream this on Netflix

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The Starter Wife Synopsis

The Starter Wife is a comedy series produced by USA Network that debuted in May 2007.

The Starter Wife is based on a bestselling novel by the same name written by Gigi Levangie Grazer. The story centers on Molly Kagan (played by Debra Messing) who is married to a big shot Hollywood executive. He leaves her for a younger woman and through her divorce she is forced to start anew.

The Starter Wife debuted as a mini series (consisting out of six one hour episodes). When it was renewed for second season 10 episodes were filmed. The Starter Wife was nominated for 10 Emmy Awards while Messing’s portrayal of Molly Kagan earned her a Golden Globe nomination. The series was canceled in February of 2009.

• Watch The Starter Wife on USA Network (US residents,recent episodes only)
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• Watch The Starter Wife on Amazon on Demand (US residents, $1.99/episode)
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Simon & Simon Synopsis

Simon & Simon stars Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker as brothers who are polar opposites but work together as detectives.

Rick Simon (Raney) is a street-smart Vietnam vet and A.J. Simon (Parker) is a book-smart college graduate. Thus, their methods in solving the case of the week differ dramatically.

Simon & Simon aired alongside the equally popular Magnum, P.I., which with the show crossed over on several occasions.

Watch Simon & Simon online

• Watch Simon & Simon on Hulu (US, Seasons 1 – 3)
• Watch Simon & Simon on Fancast (US, Seasons 1 – 3)
• Watch Simon & Simon on AOL (US, Seasons 1 – 3)
• Search for Simon & Simon episodes
• Find Simon & Simon torrents
• See if you can stream this on Netflix

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