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Viacom Puts the Daily Show Archive Online

Posted by Zonk on from the lewis-black-catches-it-for-a-segment-we-call-back-in-black dept.

tburton writes "Viacom has put the entire eight year run of the Daily Show with John Stewart online. The content is available from the official Daily Show site, and features clip rating, tags, and numerous community features. The whole thing is supported by relatively unobtrusive contextual ads. 'Viacom's decision to post its entire archive--while fighting YouTube in the courts--sets the scene for a battle between the established media players and their high profile entertainment brands against the user generated content sites, most notable YouTube. Also watching closely the Viacom experiment will be the telco IPTV industry which has seen the market place change rapidly as the quality of online video continues to improve, with at least one platform/site, Vimeo, already offering 1280X720 HD quality direct from the browser.'"

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  1. Waste of Bandwidth and Disk Space by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You heard me.

  2. Viacom makes me hate the Daily Show by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Fine, they funded the IP and want to act all pissy about asserting their "control"... do it without my viewership or support.

    I don't care how good the actual program is, any more than I care how good an RIAA-backed CD is. It may be ad hominem (ad corporatem?) but if they want to take their ball and go home I'm not going to follow begging.

    Either I watch on YouTube, or I don't watch at all. I'm not bookmarking 5,000,000 video sites to do casual browsing. That's stupid.

  3. Cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Now I can watch some episodes that aren't a daily rant on the Bush Administration.

  4. I Still Won't Watch It by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You could tie bows on this show, present it to me on the bare breast of Jessica Alba, and I still wouldn't watch it. I prefer my disinformation from late night radio shows, and not injected under the subtle guise of humor. It's almost like listening to Rush Limbaugh for three hours straight.

    Not that you cared, but I am hoping someone out there feels the comfort of solidarity.