http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,191145,00.html

ABC shows online for free starting in may

4/10/2006 10:59:14 AM

they will be streamed and prob not as high quality.

although it would be cool to download the actual files so i wouldn't end up buying the box set for lost

4/10/2006 11:15:51 AM

yeah but at least it's a step in the right direction

4/10/2006 11:23:03 AM

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"they will be streamed and prob not as high quality."

Well no shit, Sherlock.

4/10/2006 11:25:11 AM

fox is next

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2006-04-14T020730Z_01_N13186680_RTRUKOC_0_US-MEDIA-NEWSCORP.xml

4/15/2006 11:49:12 AM

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"The shows will include advertising that cannot be skipped over during viewing."

And this is why people will still pay for downloads.

4/15/2006 12:01:54 PM

fuck that noise
i haven't paid for downloading shows yet

but when i miss an episode of lost
i'll def cue it up yo

4/15/2006 12:15:28 PM

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"being careful to safeguard against piracy"

this amuses me because if it's on the web, it's virtually impossible to do

4/15/2006 3:58:34 PM

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" And this is why people will still pay for downloads."

well yeah, but at least now we have choices.

4/15/2006 8:47:49 PM

too bad shows on abc suck

4/15/2006 8:55:44 PM

a few weeks old, but...

http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=12578619&src=rss/technologyNews

11 million viewers in a month compared to 6 million iTunes downloads in a 9-month period.

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"And this is why people will still pay for downloads"

so apparently only a minority of people

7/1/2006 5:35:12 PM

Yeah, but how much profit did each method make? 6 million itunes video downloads is not huge, but it's still a good high profit revenue source and increasing steadily.

7/1/2006 5:45:02 PM

very good point. i'd love to know.

7/1/2006 6:36:26 PM

this is great news

except everyone who wants access to should have access to ESPN2 HD and ESPN U (needs to be HD) first.

7/1/2006 7:03:25 PM