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'NBC Nightly News' to Be Shown on Internet

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the step-in-the-right-direction dept.

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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  1. Not available until after 10p? by GungaDan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why the delay? Broadcast it, encode it, and make it available. I should be able to see the 6p broadcast news online at 7p. If I wanted to wait until 10p, I'd watch the 10p broadcast news...

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  2. Younger, Smarter... Fairer! Balanced! Not! by QuaintRealist · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "get a much younger anchor"

    You know, the sad truth is that you are exactly right. Fox news has gone that route, and a significant portion of the email they receive on the "Fox and Friends" morning show has to do with whether or not the young anchorwoman is wearing a skirt. Now half of the anchors on CNN Headline news look like teenagers.

    Aargh.

    All I want is content, and I know there are still places to find it, but sometimes I feel that soon all we'll be able to get from the $media is Ken and Barbie spoon-feeding us pablum.

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  3. Re:Saves time too! by Cro+Magnon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you also strip out the BS, you can watch it in 5.

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  4. Re:So? by dbaker · · Score: 5, Informative
    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?
  5. Re:Saves time too! by 955301 · · Score: 5, Funny


    And if you strip out the inflammatory slant and the "entertainment news", you can go back in time!

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  6. Mac & Linux Unsupported! by objekt · · Score: 5, Informative

    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.

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