August 01, 2005
More people turn to the Web to watch TV

By Saul Hansell - The New York Times
For two decades, media company executives and advertisers have been talking about creating fully interactive television that would allow viewers to watch exactly what they want, when they want it.

It looks like that future may well be by way of the computer, as big media and Internet companies develop new Web-based video programming and advertising that is truly under the command of the viewer. As Americans grow more comfortable watching programs online, Internet programming is beginning to combine the interactivity and immediacy of the Web with the alluring engagement of television. More

Posted by steve.rosenbaum at 09:36AM on Aug 1, 2005
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I would like to read more. The link is bad. Who is doing web-based programming? What stations? Or is it the networks? How is it going to be different from TV?

Sorry - broken link. All fixed now... thanks for noticing.

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