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Stupid Television Executives

[ 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.”

Complete
Story

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