Popular TV shows free on web

[bwana]

New York - Walt Disney Co's ABC Television will offer some of its most popular shows, such as Desperate Housewives and Lost, for free on the internet in a two-month trial, the company said on Monday. (http://www.news24.com/News24/Entertainment/Abroad/0,,2-1225-1243_1914348,00.html)These four shows (Commander in Chief, Alias, Lost and Desperate Housewives) viewed on a weekly basis would most likely cause you to exceed your cap :eek:

[krycor]

wow :D guess in south africa we'd have share to get em. guess dstv is loosing out if it weren't for the bandwidth cost.

[dualmeister]

Probably encoded in WMV at 320x240 pixels with DRM :D

[JStrike]

It is in Flash8 which uses VP6. It is a pretty awsome codec
And it is in 500x282 at 400kbs or 700x394 at 700 kbps

[Glipsie]

It is in Flash8 which uses VP6. It is a pretty awsome codec
And it is in 500x282 at 400kbs or 700x394 at 700 kbps
lol, I wonder if telkom can even sustain those speeds for the duration of the show ;)

[Xargon]

oh dear.. they gonna scream blue abuse on this again... oh the joy... :mad:

[Peter7]

The dent in the 'average' cap wouldn't be worth it in this country.
Eish, the joys of broadband and you can't even use it - thanks Telkom for nothing.

[AdLo]

I was listening Highveld Stereo around lunch time when driving and the DJ (not the regular one) started talking about shows like Desperate Housewives being made available for free on the Internet and that the only catch is that you have to watch the ads too.

She then twice said the reason why South Africans won't be able to view the shows is because "our internet is not fast enough" to do so.

Despite the story of SA's hight internet costs on Carte Blanche on Sunday she made no mention that our internet is so much more expensive compared to other countries or of the small caps we have! :(

[antowan]

lol, I wonder if telkom can even sustain those speeds for the duration of the show ;)

You will need 1024 ADSL to handle it if at all. Most folks just wond be able to view streamed video like that. We will have to download it.

[antowan]

I was listening Highveld Stereo around lunch time when driving and the DJ (not the regular one) started talking about shows like Desperate Housewives being made available for free on the Internet and that the only catch is that you have to watch the ads too.

She then twice said the reason why South Africans won't be able to view the shows is because "our internet is not fast enough" to do so.

Despite the story of SA's hight internet costs on Carte Blanche on Sunday she made no mention that our internet is so much more expensive compared to other countries or of the small caps we have! :(

The DJ in question probably doesn't have Internet at home and was refering to her company sponsored Internet at work. Hence, no clue as to what it would cost. ;)

[AdLo]

The DJ in question probably doesn't have Internet at home and was refering to her company sponsored Internet at work. Hence, no clue as to what it would cost. ;)more like no clue at all. ;)

[Sneeky]

We find ourselves where we do now cause its all for the people folks, Lyndall Shope-Mafole says so.

[Gooku]

SAT-3 can not provide enough bandwidth for everyone to watch TV shows in the USA.

We can download them and share the files through local P2P appilcations.
This is what the guys are doing overseas,

The demand must still be created here for fast broadband pipes.
There must be something we can download - all the time.24/7

[telkomsuig]

correct me if i am wrong but don't they block non us ip's?

[bwana]

correct me if i am wrong but don't they block non us ip's?Doesnt look like it. Takes forever though on our slow lines though.