Comments on: Vongo to Canada: get lost (updated) http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/01/03/vongo-to-canada-get-lost/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:29:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: rick davison http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/01/03/vongo-to-canada-get-lost/#comment-233925 rick davison Sun, 04 Mar 2007 15:15:13 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=103#comment-233925 I agree,that there are a great many laws on broadcasting,yet the chinese on the other side of the world are providing what the US waves under our noses,but plays keep away,they drag us to war,involve us in their world police contravercies yet were not good enough to share,their intertainment. To add insult to injury they tell us how ill placed we and the rest of the world are ill placed geographicaly,thanks US,but last time I checked we belonged to north-america just like you,stop using us as a side kick..I'm insulted but not surprised. God bless Canada.(the real home of the free.) I agree,that there are a great many laws on broadcasting,yet the chinese on the other side of the world are providing what the US waves under our noses,but plays keep away,they drag us to war,involve us in their world police contravercies yet were not good enough to share,their intertainment. To add insult to injury they tell us how ill placed we and the rest of the world are ill placed geographicaly,thanks US,but last time I checked we belonged to north-america just like you,stop using us as a side kick..I’m insulted but not surprised. God bless Canada.(the real home of the free.)

]]> By: Search Engine Watch Blog: January 8, 2006 - January 14, 2006 Archives http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/01/03/vongo-to-canada-get-lost/#comment-83202 Search Engine Watch Blog: January 8, 2006 - January 14, 2006 Archives Thu, 09 Nov 2006 01:34:29 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=103#comment-83202 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Postscript from Gary: Danny is right. It would be nice if, at the least, Vongo and other "U.S. only services" like MovieLink, would offer some info about their service to those visiting their sites from outside the U.S. PaidContent's Staci Kramer, who also has a great post about Vongo, told me that Starz, the owner of Vongo, does not have distribution rights outside the U.S. "If they couldn't promise geo-coding, the service wouldn't be live," she told me. Staci also pointed out this post that includes a reply from Vongo about the organizatioin of the way the site is organized soon so those outside the U.S. can at least learn about the service. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] Postscript from Gary: Danny is right. It would be nice if, at the least, Vongo and other “U.S. only services” like MovieLink, would offer some info about their service to those visiting their sites from outside the U.S. PaidContent’s Staci Kramer, who also has a great post about Vongo, told me that Starz, the owner of Vongo, does not have distribution rights outside the U.S. “If they couldn’t promise geo-coding, the service wouldn’t be live,” she told me. Staci also pointed out this post that includes a reply from Vongo about the organizatioin of the way the site is organized soon so those outside the U.S. can at least learn about the service. [...]

]]> By: Mike http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/01/03/vongo-to-canada-get-lost/#comment-60730 Mike Wed, 04 Oct 2006 04:07:06 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=103#comment-60730 Heyas After viewing a commercial about this service, I though, yeah baby! If I had a library of unlimited content at my disposal, I’d never leave the house again ;-) So with that thought in mind, I tap out Vongo’s site, and to my amazement, they give me the geographic heave ho. Sheash guys have a heart, eh! But seriously I’m getting used to this, if you go to showtime’s web site for new show info, you get the same treatment. Fortunately, you can use an anonymous surf client to get past their Canuck scanner, and all their info is at your fingertips :-) Heyas

After viewing a commercial about this service, I though, yeah baby!
If I had a library of unlimited content at my disposal, I’d never leave the house again ;-)
So with that thought in mind, I tap out Vongo’s site, and to my amazement, they give me the geographic heave ho. Sheash guys have a heart, eh!

But seriously I’m getting used to this, if you go to showtime’s web site for new show info, you get the same treatment. Fortunately, you can use an anonymous surf client to get past their Canuck scanner, and all their info is at your fingertips :-)

]]> By: Michael http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/01/03/vongo-to-canada-get-lost/#comment-489 Michael Tue, 21 Feb 2006 01:47:30 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=103#comment-489 The offending page was NOT killed. I just saw it too, and googled. And found you. What an incredibly AMERICAN thing to do. No wonder everyone, and I mean everyone worldwide, hates them. The offending page was NOT killed. I just saw it too, and googled. And found you.

What an incredibly AMERICAN thing to do. No wonder everyone, and I mean everyone worldwide, hates them.

]]> By: Stuart MacDonald http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/01/03/vongo-to-canada-get-lost/#comment-84 Stuart MacDonald Wed, 04 Jan 2006 02:31:16 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=103#comment-84 Looks like they've killed the offending page, too. When you enter Vongo.com, it seems they've redirected inbound Canadian IPs to the Starz homepage. I can't seem to go any further, but still better and done quickly, too. Nice work, Alesya...if you were in my PR department you'd be getting an "atta boy" for sure. - Stuart Looks like they’ve killed the offending page, too. When you enter Vongo.com, it seems they’ve redirected inbound Canadian IPs to the Starz homepage. I can’t seem to go any further, but still better and done quickly, too. Nice work, Alesya…if you were in my PR department you’d be getting an “atta boy” for sure.

- Stuart

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