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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Less ads please by Scowler · 2014-01-02 10:22 · Score: 4, Informative

Waiting a week / month / year is fine. I accept the business model at play here... Milk the wallets of those who can't resist instant gratification, and find some nominal revenues from everyone else. It's just... I hate the ad interruptions. I'd gladly pay for Hulu Plus... if there were no ads!
Re:Uggh... by netsavior · 2014-01-02 10:50 · Score: 5, Informative

Netflix: "The Goal Is to Become HBO Faster Than HBO Can Become Us"