'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.' "

Comments

Re:So?

[dbaker]

Hardly anybody is watching it for free over their air or cable TV.

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?

BBC been doing it for ages now

[DrXym]

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.

Mac & Linux Unsupported!

[objekt]

To use MSN Video, you need to install free software
MSN Video works with Microsoft© Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft© Media Player 10, and Macromedia Flash 7. To download these free software applications, click the links below and follow the on-screen instructions.

Re:Younger, Smarter... Fairer! Balanced! Not!

[tfoss]

Unfortunately, I know of no news program on television that really displays such a thing.

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