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ABC Kills Next-Day Streaming For Non-Subscribers

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Cable Cutters don't care by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The biggest commonality of cable cutters (including me) I know is that they don't watch or care about "live" TV. The difference between a day and a week is nothing to them. DVRs changed a lot of peoples watching habits and these people aren't paying the premium anymore.

    Look at Redbox, does a 90 day DVD release delay help sales? Not likely, you just shift what I watch 90 days in the future.

  2. Fine, I'll get it off the Pirate Bay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    As an added bonus all the ads will be stripped off. Sorry ABC, you blew your opportunity to make money off my eyeballs.

  3. Oh well... by grub · · 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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    Trolling is a art,
  4. Re:Uggh... by netsavior · · Score: 5, Informative

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