ABC To Offer Full Shows Online

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday April 10, 2006 @07:11AM from the without-them-i'd-be-lost dept.

vitaly.friedman writes to mention an Ars Technica story on the ABC's newest bid to stay relevant in the Information Age. As of the end of this month the network will be airing certain popular television shows on the ABC website, starting the morning after their first broadcast. From the article: "All programs will be shown in their entirety, including commercials which cannot be avoided. That's a smart move on ABC's part, as it ensures that advertisers will get another shot at hawking their wares to an audience that might otherwise change channels during commercial breaks or fast-forward through them if recorded. Aside from being unable to avoid commercials, watching the programs will be similar to watching timeshifted content in that viewers will be able to pause, fast forward, and rewind."

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Re:No Commercial Skipping? by nursegirl · 2006-04-10 07:39 · Score: 5, Informative

Check out the press release. They're using Flash 8 encoding to prevent it from being downloaded. Available Windows & Mac.

Episodes will be available at two resolutions, the better being 700x394 pixels at 700 kbps. I might have to start watching one of these shows just to support the effort.