ABC will offer ad-supported TV downloads

evilbuddha · Joined: 26 May 2003 Posts: 1040 Points: 100001600 Country:

ABC, the network that shows Lost and Desperate Housewives, is to make shows available to download free this year.

The downloads will be interspersed with advertising, meaning that viewers of the downloads will get 15 minutes of content interspersed with 5 minute ad-breaks, as they currently get on the TV.

Article from bit-tech.net.

laddr · Joined: 31 May 2003 Posts: 649 Points: 1124 Country:

Now this is a model i could live with and love

Cant justify paying a dollar an episode when I am used to getting it free if i just watched the night before Smile

evilbuddha · Joined: 26 May 2003 Posts: 1040 Points: 100001600 Country:

Yeah, I wouldn't mind it either. As long as there is no stupid DRM crap on it at all. I want to be able to skip the ads if i could.

Dweller · Joined: 26 May 2003 Posts: 901 Points: 1327 Country:

* Dweller looks into his crystal ball

* Dweller sees this stuff LOADED with DRM

* Dweller sees people cracking it within a month.

* Dweller just goes back to Torrent TV where he can download stuff on his own terms Wink

If you guys want an invite to bitmetv.org let me know. TONS of great shows uncluding same day stuff.

vdeogmer · Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 338 Points: 1185 Country:

Giant leap forward in the right direction, not for me yet though.

Edit: Found this on digg, looks like a fantastic idea, near the bottom of the article.

evilbuddha · Joined: 26 May 2003 Posts: 1040 Points: 100001600 Country:

Fox will put TV reruns on the Internet

Now fox is following in ABC's footstep. Are the TV peeps finally learning to adapt with the change in technology?

Porkuleez · Joined: 03 Jun 2003 Posts: 262 Points: 1048 Country:

http://www.hbo.com/hboondemand/index.html

Im not sure if this is the same thing but I like the looks of it.

I realize this is only good for people with hbo and a DVR already, which I luckily have Smile

This is sposed to kick in for me locally soon if not already, I will report back when/if I try it.

This setup takes the PC tottally out of the equation so its differant for that reason, its also differant cuz its hbo so theres no commercials to worry about anyways... you just gotta pay em out right to get an hbo subsrciption.

dark_omen · Joined: 26 May 2003 Posts: 617 Points: 1388 Country:

ah thats nice, if theres anything we miss on tv here its american channels, we only have cnn and even with extensive cable packages you dont get any american channels, so this would be a nice solution

evilbuddha · Joined: 26 May 2003 Posts: 1040 Points: 100001600 Country:

PBS considers putting shows online

The Public Broadcasting System is considering making its television shows available on the Internet or portable devices like MP3 players, its new president and chief executive officer said on Monday.
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PBS is also weighing whether to partner with technology companies, in the same way that Walt Disney Co. has teamed up with Apple Computer Inc. to sell episodes of some of its ABC television network series on iTunes for downloading to iPods, CEO Paula Kerger said.

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