Taskmaster pays homage to a comedy icon this week when the five contestants face the baffling Gregulator. Richard Ayoade threatens to destroy the set, Nina C...

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[–] 6 points 1 day ago (6 children)

British TV show, put on TV for free, uploaded to Youtube and then Geoblocked.

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  • [–] 1 point 21 hours ago (4 children)

    whait, what? what whait taskmaster on youtube is geoblocked in some regions? that's a shame, haven't heard that before :(

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 12 hours ago (1 child)

    whait, what? what whait taskmaster on youtube is geoblocked in some regions? that’s a shame, haven’t heard that before :(

    See https://www.polsy.org.uk/stuff/ytrestrict.cgi?agreed=on&ytid=kozNkiTzzQE

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  • [–] 2 points 21 hours ago (1 child)

    Yeah, fair enough, I should have clarified that it was Geoblocked in the UK, but since it is Feddit UK I thought I didn't need to mention it.

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  • [–] 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

    tbt I took it as feddit UK because that is where TM originated but your point is also understandable.

    but no it baffles me even more that it is geoblocked in the UK. that does seem like a downside of TV first productions, that there is probably something in the contracts stating that. but on the other hand i expected it to be available on iplayer or something similar as that is properly geoblocked outside the UK

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