Made-For-Torrents Sci-Fi Drama "Pioneer One" Debuts

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday June 20, 2010 @03:32AM from the it's-tv-jim-but-not-as-we-know-it dept.

QuantumG writes "The first episode of the new science fiction drama Pioneer One has debuted and it looks like a hit. The pilot was shot for just $6,000, raised through the micro-funding platform Kickstarter, and the production is being supported through donations on the show's website. Donations can be made on a sliding scale with 'bonus' rewards for each level, such as an MP3 of the opening theme and deleted scenes. The show is being distributed through file-sharing systems such as BitTorrent and LimeWire thanks to VODO, the group that also helped produce it. Is this the future of television?"

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Re:Simple answer by klingens · 2010-06-20 03:50 · Score: 5, Interesting

There are a lot of talented, professional people working for free: Linux programmers, Debian developers, Gnome developers....
And don't say they get paid lots of money for it: they certainly didn't get any money when they started.
Are you saying there is less free talent available in the AV arts than in programming?