ABC Kills Next-Day Streaming For Non-Subscribers

Posted by timothy on Thursday January 2, 2014 @10:07AM from the back-to-piracy-with-ye dept.

jfruh writes "ABC shows are available for free to anybody with antenna on the day and time they're first broadcast. But if you want them at any other time, it's getting harder to see them unless you pay someone. The network had previously made free ad-supported streamed versions of its shows available on its website the day after they aired, but now they're shifting that back to a week. Next-day streaming is still available if you have a cable or Hulu Plus subscription, showing the extent to which "broadcast" networks are dependent on subscriber fees."

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Oh well... by grub · 2014-01-02 10:33 · Score: 5, Funny

If only there were a way to get my favourite TV shows soon after being broadcast, preferably in high-definition and without commercials, so I could watch from the comfort of my couch at my leisure.

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