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The growing trend in the international distribution of television shows seems to be airing (or releasing, in case of streaming services) each episode on the same date as (or only a few days after) the country of origin. And in some cases, some channels air certain episode(s) well before the airings in the country of origin.

But, I can't seem to find an article that describes the trend very well (at least in the English Wikipedia). Could someone enlighten me, please? JSH-alive/^{talk/cont/mail} 14:55, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Just an observation. I haven't seen it in a while now, but when this was frequently happening here in Australia, "We're showing it hours after the US" would be screamed at us. The first few times, I thought, why are they emphasising how late we are in getting up to speed? But then I realised "We're showing it only hours after the US", which has the opposite effect, was what normal people would have said. (Stupid media, run by fools who seem to know nothing about how the English language actually works.) -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 23:20, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Multiple countries divided by a common language. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:25, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There's a brief mention at Box set#Television and film: "With the advent of streaming services such as Netflix, a "box set" also describes a series where all episodes are available to watch immediately, as opposed to traditional scheduling". Alansplodge (talk) 17:03, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Alansplodge: That seems to be a different thing from what I'm talking about. JSH-alive/^{talk/cont/mail} 14:33, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On second thoughts, you're right. Alansplodge (talk) 17:08, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]