Free South Park
I knew this would happen sooner or later. Free TV on the web is going to be the norm because it allows people to find shows they would miss otherwise. All South Park episodes will be freely distributed (right now pirate sites already do this) on websites.
Offering versions of TV shows online has not hurt television ratings, and may have actually helped. “One does not diminish the other by any stretch of the imagination. That is kind of our hat trick,” MTV Networks Chairman and Chief Executive Judy McGrath said at the Reuters Media Summit in New York on Wednesday.
In August, Comedy Central signed an extension of a deal with “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, and agreed to create a new joint venture to spread “South Park” materials across the Web, on mobile phones and video games.
So far, the venture, SouthParkStudios.com, features a small collection of video clips from the show.
Bernstein Research said on Wednesday cable network ratings at several of Viacom’s channels spiked in November, led by MTV, reversing a steep decline earlier in the year.
The internet and TV will be merging in the near future. This is just the beginning step. It was inevitable that the suits would learn that free is a better way to sell shows because you will make big bucks in advertising. People want to see shows at their leisure, not on a schedule. The internet gives people the chance to catch shows they missed.
Frankly, free downloads will be a huge boon for television, music and film once they figure out a way to do it right. If, for example, they made you watch a commercial while downloading a song, they could give people free music and make money at the same time.
It’s going to happen sooner or later.
I still wonder where the profit is going to come from. At least when I skip the ads on my DVR, I’ve paid for the cable bill.
Posted by on 11/30 at 04:55 PMYou would be amazed how much money is made in internet advertising if you have the hits. I will send you an article.
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