If you are an Australian resident you'll know all too well that we have limited free online streaming available. Throughout the rest of the world bandwidth is plentiful enough to offer a variety of legal streaming services so that you can watch your favorite TV shows after you have missed them.
So far the only Australian channel to have taken the leap into free streaming is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and their iView interface has set a high standard. They keep anything that shows on the ABC up there for a couple of weeks and loading is fast considering the high quality of the video.
You can still catch a fantastic BB4 documentary "The Great Contemporary Art Bubble", which explains the facade behind exorbitantly priced pieces that have sold in the last decade. I have never taken an interest in the modern art world but stories like Damien Hirst's crystal skull being sold for 100 million US dollars penetrated the mass media and I remember being shocked to find out that the artist selling this work was still alive and had set the price himself! Art critic Ben Lewis spent a year documenting what had caused this explosion in the value of contemporary art, and how its availability led to it being treated like a commodity, prone to speculation and market manipulation.
Its a really fun watch and it will help you to understand why some art has been getting sold for more money than you and everyone you know will ever make. Plus Lewis is a likable character that drives a hilarious electric car.
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