If Japan's Big Bang manages to inject more competition into the financial-services industry and make it more transparent, the products on offer should become more tempting.

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Of course, similar to the situation that sees Showtime favorites like Dexter available on Netflix in Latin America but not here in the States, it doesn't make it any more likely HBO will suddenly become cord-cutter friendly at home -- this is an international deal only.

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But while it's easy to become an open-source distributor, it's more difficult to become expert enough with the stuff to make a living supporting it.

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