Adult Swim To Offer Streaming Video Option

Julio Capote wrote to mention a press release making the rounds stating that Adult Swim will be allowing viewers to watch shows via streaming video. From the article: "Starting Sept. 16, AdultSwim.com will offer full-length episodes of these and other programs in an initiative Cartoon Network is calling Friday Night Fix. Each week between 11 p.m.-6 a.m. ET, a selection of current and fan-requested shows will be available for free viewing. There also will be previews of episodes scheduled to debut the next Sunday" The official Williams Street announcement is also available.

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Cool!

[FlyByPC]

Cartoons are a lot more interesting (and more intellectually stimulating) than most of what's on TV these days.

Re:Cool!

[Deruwyn]

There are some situations where writers/producers/animators/whateverguys are better able to portray what they see in their head using cartoons and animated series. Some stories should just not be portrayed using Real Living People(tm). One very good example is the animated series Undergrads. There are lots of movies and tv shows about college life out there. Some are very good(ie Animal House, Revenge of the Nerds, American Pie etc.); but they all have this feeling of cheesyness to them that I can never shake off. You know what I mean. Most of these films about College life are usually marketed towards the 1.0-2.0 GPA average crowd who spend all their time Fucking Off like the characters in these movies. Apparently none of these people ever had to spend 150 hours working on a complier assignment that was worth 5% like a lot os us. Fuckers. College is about so much more than drinking and sex. Infact, since I was Canadian AND good looking the drinking+sex parts were the easiest!!! Getting to the point; these movies never seem to cover it all. College is about growing up and finding your place in the world. Inspirational shizznit. Like learning how to do your own Dam! Laundry and cooking. Those are the single most important things I learned there. But They are never covered. Then one day I was busy reminising about College so I flipped on this show called Undergrads. Within minites I am slobbering all over the floor; desiring more after watching the ending credits. Here ends my rant. Laterz to all you Gimpies out there :p

welcome

[42Penguins]

...our new robot chicken overlords?

Re:as Master Shake would say

[kaptainsunshine]

Nice try, but that is not a Shake quote. You can thank the Mooninites for that one.

Streaming video?

[suitepotato]

Yeah, they have obviously missed the fact that much of their content could be done start to finish in Flash starting with Aqua Teen Hunger Force. For much of their lineup, 30fps video is massive overkill. Heck, some of it could be sent out as a flip-book without losing anything and quite possibly improving on it.

Re:Streaming video?

[teknomage1]

Actually, it is done in flash, then exported to video. My friend "animates" Harvey Birdman. Flash is the future of low budget 2d animation for sure. A couple o fshows on Nickolodeon are done in flash as well.

Re:Streaming video?

[ErichTheWebGuy]

If I'm not mistaken, Mucha Lucha, Teen Titans, Kids Next Door, and several other "mainstream" cartoon network shows are produced in Flash as well.

Big Nets pay attention

[divisivemind]

With DVRs nearing commonplace (especially in /. circles), Big networks take heed. We aren't watching your commercials. Provide an online streaming service on-demand with all previous episodes of a show, place ads in the stream, and your in the money. Cartoon network is showing some progressive thinking here and I applaud the initiative.

This is perfect for...

[Orinthe]

This is perfect for me and my roommate--we are college students with our own apartment, and can't afford to get even basic cable service ($52.95/mo?!). We have netflix instead, which is fine for me since I don't watch TV anyway, but she misses her Adult Swim. Internet is a necessity, though, so we have 5Mbps downstream cable internet (more than enough for streaming video). Now we can get the one thing we were missing out on--free and legal!

Thank you, Cartoon Network!

Re:Same episode, day after day

[NuShrike]

This is why I have a TiVo and only watch what I want to watch. The repeats of shows, including SciFi channel, are absolutely great for us DVR people because it helps in the time conflict management.

Besides, Cartoon Network is a mix of lot of anime and adult-themed shows that have a bit more thinking involved than your usual 'adult' realty shows.

Sneaky

[spoonboy42]

I recall watching [adult swim] just this last week and seeing a bump (if you don't know what I'm talking about, it's clear you don't watch AS) listing things that definitely WON'T be coming to Adult Swim in the future. One of those things listed was free streaming video on Friday nights. I only wish I could remember what some of the other items on that list were, as it seems the people at Williams Street are pulling another sneaky maneuver like they did with their famous "Aqua Teen Cancellation".