AVATAR IN CUBA

Yesterday Cuban state television showed the film 'Avatar.' This of course gives some "entertainment" to the people but it also shows how the Cuban government is heavily involved in TV piracy.

This is not a new occurrence as in the past Cuban TV channels (Cubavisión, Telerebelde, Canal Educativo I and II have presented without license or permission of any type the latest TV series such as Grey's Anatomy, Lost, Desperate Housewife, Law and Order and many other films/series/cartoons/documentaries without permission of any type. It is ironic that the Cuban government persecutes people with clandestine satellite systems and yet it engages in state sponsored piracy.

Most Cubans are witness of how the ICRT (the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television) is crowded with hacked satellite systems.

Why American networks (ABC, NBC, CBS) and even cable channels such as HBO and Showtime are not doing anything about it?


This is a copy of TV Guide from a newspaper in Cuba for Saturday, February 6. The film was shown yesterday in channel Cubavisión at 10:15 pm.