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:Cannot? by doughrama · 2006-04-10 07:37 · Score: 1, Redundant

"Can't you almost hear them muttering "damn customers" under their breath?"

We, the consumers of TV, are not the customers. We are the product.

We are the product that gets sold to their real customers, the advertisers.