It's like, people outside Korea have to pay for GOM because GOM can't secure ads with foreign countries yet. People outside the USA/Canada have to pay for JTV for the same reason, otherwise they lose money.

dtz

5834 Posts

February 13 2011 06:09 GMT

#43

I used to have that all the time but i think in recent times ( past 3 months or so), i haven't had that message.

I think if the stream is categorized under gaming or something, you won't get such message.

If you see this message it means the stream probably isnt marked as a gaming stream

JTV has stated that these restrictions were removed from all gaming streams. Contact the streamer and let them know this to get it fixed and you should be able to watch it with no problem.

Ah ok didn't see raelcun's post before. Problem solved.

Wargizmo

Australia1237 Posts

February 13 2011 06:25 GMT

#44

On February 13 2011 15:05 jalstar wrote:
It's like, people outside Korea have to pay for GOM because GOM can't secure ads with foreign countries yet. People outside the USA/Canada have to pay for JTV for the same reason, otherwise they lose money.

Except that GOM is the one who is paying for and running the tournament, not just the stream. If JTV were actually running high level tournaments I'd be more happy to give them money.

Sodien

21 Posts

February 13 2011 06:32 GMT

#45

While i think it's fine to charge for streaming. I couldn't justify buying jtv premium as curently it often lags when watching streams and it seems to be a common problem amongst european countries.

-miDnight-

Taiwan455 Posts

February 13 2011 06:36 GMT

#46

This happen when there are too many people watch the stream, unless the streamer have a decent number follower.

Rialz

Brazil177 Posts

February 13 2011 07:08 GMT

#47

On February 13 2011 12:44 iCCup.Raelcun wrote:
If you see this message it means the stream probably isnt marked as a gaming stream

JTV has stated that these restrictions were removed from all gaming streams. Contact the streamer and let them know this to get it fixed and you should be able to watch it with no problem.

I wouldn't question them helping /supporting eSports or anything but isn't that kind of stupid since anyone could mark their stream as "gaming" stream and not get their viewers charged for watching?

Or is there some kind of stream police around?

Froadac

United States6733 Posts

February 13 2011 07:11 GMT

#48

Although ten bucks seems excessive for hte average dood, it does make sense that brazillian ads would bring in much less revenue on average.

Sorkoas

549 Posts

February 13 2011 07:18 GMT

#49

If the stream account has premium there's no limit either. Seems Raelcun got the answer to this though. Just saying if it would be non-gaming related.

tuestresfat

2555 Posts

February 13 2011 08:00 GMT

#50

hopefully nothing happens to canada ><!!

crun

Poland30 Posts

February 13 2011 08:12 GMT

#51

Yes, I have had this issue before many times. Thats why I preffer own3d. At least glhf.tv worked fine yesterday.

SummerZerg

United States82 Posts

February 13 2011 08:17 GMT

#52

mod edit- don't spam your channel.

SDream

Brazil896 Posts

February 13 2011 11:12 GMT

#53

They should ban the ones using ad-block.

Barbiero

Brazil5259 Posts

February 13 2011 22:58 GMT

#54

important edit at OP, thanks to Raelcun for pointing it out.

We gamers are safe as long as the streamers mark their stream as "gaming".

Bluetea

United States185 Posts

February 14 2011 02:52 GMT

#55

On February 13 2011 12:09 aka_star wrote:
Money makes the world go round :-] better to give the money to justin than banks imo

You either don't know what a bank is or you don't understand how they function.

flyersa

Germany141 Posts

February 15 2011 08:50 GMT

#56

is it me or is justin.tv on a marketing run, most seem to stream now on justin or?

The_Dark

South Africa222 Posts

February 15 2011 08:58 GMT

#57

yeah, watching slayers.cella stream for about 1 minute, then bam, got nailed with this.

rapier7

United States46 Posts

February 15 2011 13:50 GMT

#58

The entitlement complex some of you have is just incredible. Bandwidth for multiuser video streaming ain't cheap.

vdek

United States267 Posts

February 15 2011 14:07 GMT

#59

Justin.TV doesn't make any money from advertisements in your country. It isn't a free service to run yah know.

vinlin

United States5 Posts

February 15 2011 14:16 GMT

#60

Hey everyone - Kevin from Justin.tv here. We have in fact removed all country restrictions from our gaming content, so please PM me if anyone sees this again. I'd really appreciate you guys helping spread the word that our intention is that we never restrict viewership for gaming as we're really investing a lot of time and effort into making JTV awesome for gamers.

Again - if you do see this on a gaming channel please PM me with the channel and country you're viewing from and we'll make sure to fix it.