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CNN Now Offers Free Online Video

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the baby-stepping-to-on-demand-internet-tv dept.

Drinian writes "It seems that CNN is now offering its video FREE to the public. Apparently, this is a response to pressure from FOX News who has always offered free video. Is this another nail in the coffin of paid content on the internet?"

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  1. nail in the coffin of... by jdunlevy · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Is this another nail in the coffin of paid content on the internet?
    Why not ask whether it's another nail in the coffin of (non-internet) television?
  2. So what? by tomstdenis · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I still won't watch it.

    You know why?

    "This video has been optimized for windows media player 9."

    Fuck that, release a URL to a .mpg or an AVI using MPEG1 and MAYBE I'd consider watching it.

    Short of that I'll just read news.google.com and watch CNN [among others] when I get home.

    Tom

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