Fans of ABC.com will be treated to a new broadband player to view full episodes on their site as the company sets to revamp the current player with new features this coming fall.
It seems the company is taking some queues from the successful YouTube model by adding some features such as; full-screen viewing, closed captioning and the ability to embed video links for blogs and social networking ... [ read the full article ]
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IMHO this can be one of a few successful models, two of which are my favorite. There's the paid, commercial free type like Netflix, and this one- the free, ad supported type that has room to grow.
As much advertising as these networks sell [I've heard it's in the billions a year], they should be able to offer it for free. I don't mind the "non-invasive" type commercials that kind of pop up, as long as the show doesn't stop for two minutes. If I really do like the show a lot, I WILL pay to see it commercial free.
Also, most of the time I only want to see it once; no need for me to buy DVDs or d/l movies. What would be cool to see is full seasons kept on the site, not just the last few episodes. I'll probably be using this myself.
