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'NBC Nightly News' to Be Shown on Internet
Feltope writes "NBC News said Monday that it would begin making its "NBC Nightly News" broadcast available for free on the Internet starting next week.
Past broadcasts will also be archived at the http://www.nightlynews.msnbc.com/ Web site, the network said.
It's not necessarily news on demand, though. The newscast, aired at 6:30 p.m. on many NBC stations on the East Coast, won't be available on the Web until after 10 p.m. ET.
'Many of our viewers tell me they often miss the broadcast because they're not at home or tending to their busy lives and families," anchor Brian Williams said. "This new service reflects the fact that the pace of our lives has changed.'
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The german Tagesschau, the most popular daily newsshow offers this service for quite a while now. You can see the shows live or from the archive.
By "hardly anybody," do you mean NBC's 9,200,000 viewers ? Or the 24,000,000 combined that watch national evening news on the major networks?
Neither does this. This is the NBC National News. Generally, in most locales, you have 1/2 hour of local news starting before the national news. After the local news program, you have the National News for another 1/2 hour. That's what is being offered for download -- the national news.
BBC News has allowed you to watch the news and various events live or archived on their site for some time now. Unlike CNN (via shitty Real OnePass) it's free too.
...the networks still have distribution agreements with local affiliates.
The networks would LOVE to be able to distribute their content on their own; MSNBC is an example of doing just that, and eventually the day will come when the local stations have to pay for the network feed (some CBS stations already pay for network).
Television is changing, but I don't think it's been changing for the better. The internet doesn't add much to the change, just quickens the pace. The programming is still crap.
I doubt it. NBC provides video for MS only.
However, FOX does it right. I think they use Java.
Actually, your a bit behind the times.
http://www.nakednews.com/
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I've seen stuff posted before it finishes airing on the East Coast. That doesn't even make sense!
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If you're serious, then it's probably because people have pulled the satfeed via C-band. Sat time is cheaper during off-peak hours, so for most networks they'll just throw up a program at night and affiliates will tape it and air it at the scheduled time.
For many networks, especially free over the air networks, these feeds get sent "in the clear" - anyone with a BUD (big ugly dish) in their backyard can get the feed of the show, complete with slate and all. Combine that with a capture device and mencoder, and a show can hit bittorrent before it airs in any market.
-bugg
Try Jim Lehrer's News Hour. It's usually a few lengthly segments with really good focus. These are also available online: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/ Jeff
Check out PBS's offerings. There are a number of programs that tend to be quite informative, and less infotainment. Granted, some aren't strictly news in the "Film at eleven" sense of the term, but then again, if you want any kind of depth you are pretty much going to have to wait a little while.
I also read during the 2004 election, that the people that were most informed about the election were people that got their news from places like the "Daily Show"
Better than that, The Daily Show won a Peabody award. Twice. I agree, that is pretty sad statement on contemporary journalism when a self-described "fake news show" wins over real news shows.
-Ted
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Norway's national broadcasting company, NRK, have been putting their nightly news online for years, plus a whole portfolio of in-house produced shows. I would hardly call this news.
Eh, another sign of the MS-NBC partnership, I suppose.