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Thread #103749 Message #2272523
Posted By: JohnInKansas
26-Feb-08 - 03:57 AM
Thread Name: BS: News of Note (was 'I Read it . . .')
Subject: RE: BS: News of Note (was 'I Read it . . .')
'Lost,' ABC shows to be available on demand
The Associated Press
updated 8:54 p.m. CT, Mon., Feb. 25, 2008
LOS ANGELES - ABC said Monday it will release hit shows like "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives" for free over video-on-demand cable services, with the hitch that viewers will have to sit through commercials without being able to fast-forward.
The Walt Disney Co., parent company of the network, is aiming to profit from ads sold for the video-on-demand offerings while expanding its digital strategy beyond programs distributed on its Web site, abc.com.
[even on free TV ya' gotta have the popups.]
John