Regional rights agreements are really slowing down the move of TV to online. Publishers say &quot;well, we already signed these agreements with these TV companies, so we can&#x27;t let this shows be streamed online in those countries&quot;. TV companies say &quot;well, we only got the rights to broadcast on TV, so we can&#x27;t stream the show online in this country&quot;.<p>Hopefully as the popularity of online streaming increases, new contracts will take online streaming into account more. There&#x27;s no real reason to have regional restrictions online, but I&#x27;m sure they&#x27;ll continue as long as the companies want to get more money