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Stupid Television Executives

May 04, 2010, 12:32 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Doug Roberts)

[ Thanks to Doug Roberts for this link. ]

"The guys who run Hulu, on the other hand, are smart. You'll see why in a bit.

"I don't even watch network TV, as it turns out. Nor cable. Canceled my DISH subscription a year ago. I get all of my content off of the intertubes. But regardless, let's start with American network television to spotlight some foolishness there. Let's begin with NBC.com.

"For the purpose of discussion, let's suppose that you are a *huge* fan of NBC's 30 ROCK. I'm not, even though I think Tina Fey is really, really hot, but let's just pretend for a moment. Further, let's suppose that you missed last week's episode, so now you are pointing your Linux-powered Firefox browser at www.nbc.com to catch it. After a quick search and a couple of video advertisements you find the link to last week's episode.

"You click it."

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