FOX has done it.
Sho has done it.
Even Spike TV has done it.
And now, NBC is finally beginning to join the online early-screening club by releasing a week early on Hulu the season premiere of 30 Rock.
Personally, I’ll wait another week to see the epi in glorious HD, but feel free to enjoy the premiere over here.
Who’s betting that, thanks (but no thanks) to Sarah Palin, 30 Rock is gonna break records come next week?
YouTube has announced today that they will start streaming “long-form professionally produced content” also known as TV Shows. The Google-owned website has inked a deal with CBS to stream such fan faves as Star Trek or Bevery Hills 90210.
What is interesting to note though is that, although current CBS shows are not included, some Showtime shows are, like Dexter and Californication.
I would guess CBS wants to keep its viewers on its own VOD website. Especially since the CBS VOD website will also stream all those shows and more.
Anyway, prepare to witness the birth of YouTube commercials, as before, during, and after the programs will be shown some ad spots.
Google is probably trying to regain some of the viewers lost to Hulu, although I’m having a hard time believing YouTube-streamed classic shows will bring in said viewers.
After all, the video quality over on YouTube is crap compared to other streaming services.
There was also this little announcement about Psych and Burn Notice being renewed.
Yay! \o/
I learned today that an SNL skit from last week was put on Hulu by NBC and then quickly pulled out.
What is interesting is that the skit is against Dems so to speak.
There’s somewhat of a debate out there on whether or not the pull-out was a political move due to lobying and/or the Sandlers (yes, they’re real) with their good friend George Soros.
NBC is currently trying to eradicate any online trace of the sketch (whether on YouTube or anywhere else), as well as any comments regarding the “censorship”.
As Rizzn points out in his blog post, this kind of censorship might become more and more common, especially with Net-Neutrality far from being an “important enough” issue, and far from being a net reality.
The Reps and Joe Biden are kind of against it…