Adult Swim To Offer Streaming Video Option 231
Julio Capote wrote to mention a press release making the rounds stating that Adult Swim will be allowing viewers to watch shows via streaming video. From the article: "Starting Sept. 16, AdultSwim.com will offer full-length episodes of these and other programs in an initiative Cartoon Network is calling Friday Night Fix. Each week between 11 p.m.-6 a.m. ET, a selection of current and fan-requested shows will be available for free viewing. There also will be previews of episodes scheduled to debut the next Sunday" The official Williams Street announcement is also available.
Cool! (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Cool! (Score:2, Insightful)
Unleash the Karma Whores (Score:2, Funny)
In the forest of nerds find the red "Karma Whore" materia which summons all nearby Slashdotters for a 48-hour long beat-about-the-bush-and-then-beat-the-bush festival.
Re:Cool! (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Cool! (Score:2, Funny)
I'm not interested then.. heh.
Re:PLEASE MOD ME UP (Score:3, Insightful)
Reminds me of the movie "Dumb and Dumber".
Re:PLEASE MOD ME UP (Score:2, Funny)
as Master Shake would say (Score:3, Funny)
Re:as Master Shake would say (Score:5, Informative)
I wouldn't want to be the one... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I wouldn't want to be the one... (Score:2)
But seriously, what format is this stream going to be in? I'd hate for it to be in Windows Media, since only Windows can stream that well (WiMP for OS X sucks).
Re:I wouldn't want to be the one... (Score:2, Informative)
*goes to look for link*
Flip4Mac [macworld.com]
You will have to fork over $10, but it will give you the abliity to play wmv files in quicktime.
Hope that helps!
Re:I wouldn't want to be the one... (Score:2)
both or none (Score:2, Funny)
Even if it is the same one who gets the advertising check?
welcome (Score:5, Funny)
ouch, my aching bandwidth (Score:2)
Re:ouch, my aching bandwidth (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:ouch, my aching bandwidth (Score:3, Funny)
(whew -- I sure saved that one! I almost looked really stupid there...)
What is Adult Swim? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:What is Adult Swim? (Score:2, Informative)
The phrase itself actually originates from a call at community pools. Basically, the lifeguards would shout "Adult Swim" to remove the kids and the adults would have their own predetermined time to swim. Cartoon Network used this same concept in the selection that originally aired 2 September 2001 (thanks, Wiki!).
Yes. (Score:2)
Streaming video? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Streaming video? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Streaming video? (Score:5, Informative)
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Re:Streaming video? (Score:2, Insightful)
Where is this generation's Duck Tales? Gargoyles? Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers? The non-anime version
Re:Streaming video? (Score:2)
Which of course is outstanding.
Re:Streaming video? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Streaming video? (Score:2)
Have you considered that in the early 90s you were 10-15 years younger than you are now?
It's possible that the quality of cartoons has plummeted. But it's just as likely that all that's happened is that your tastes have matured, so you no longer like new kids' shows, but the old stuff still looks golden because nostalgia has kicked in.
Re:Streaming video? (Score:2)
Then I started watching DuckTales again, and guess what? Still as interesting and absorbing today as back then. Either the show was actually good, or I haven't matured much... hmmm, posting about cartoons on
Re:Streaming video? (Score:4, Interesting)
I've tried to do animation using SVG and Inkscape, but that has turned out to be a truly horrendous task. It's a pity, really - the format itself seems well-suited for animation, apart from some oddities (like storing path control points in a string rather than XML tags of their own). Having an infinite resolution in both time and space (the animation is time-key-based, so you can interpolate as many frames as wanted between keypoints, and of course vector graphics can be scaled freely) is a very nice feature...
Any change that we'll be seeing open-source SVG animation tools ?
Re:Streaming video? (Score:2)
Except the XML editor. Whoever got the idea of putting it there was actually pretty darn smart - if I can't get the desired effect from the UI, I can just read the SVG docs and code it directly.
It could be because
Re:Streaming video? (Score:2)
Does Macromedia have a live, realtime streaming software for Flash? Does Macromedia have a program that will automatically convert (preferably in realtime) from video to Flash? No? Guess it's not a very good option for this task, then.
Besides, modern video codecs are very effecient at encoding animation to very low bitrates. They could be streaming cartoons at 1
Re:Streaming video? (Score:2)
No streaming video I've seen has ever managed to play without skipping, so I'd have to conclude that non-streaming, download-and-watch video would propably be the best option for this task.
Re:Streaming video? (Score:2)
Some of it is meant to look that way (Score:2)
Can't speak for Birdman or the other shows...
-everphilski-
Re:Some of it is meant to look that way (Score:2)
For free! (Score:3, Insightful)
Big Nets pay attention (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Big Nets pay attention (Score:2)
Re:Big Nets pay attention (Score:5, Insightful)
Once people started paying, in came the ads. There's still the rare quasi-commercial free station (HBO & Showtime, whose only commercials are the ones for their own programming between airings), but the rest of the TV landscape is littered with commericals. Hell, there's shrinking shows to fit in an extra 15 or 30 second commercial.
I love it when my buddies try and tell me how great XM is "cause there aren't any commercials!" Yeah, just wait. I pay to see too many commercials as it is.
Re:Big Nets pay attention (Score:4, Informative)
Actually, XM had commercials on most music stations when it started out. Sirius came on the scene with commercial-free music, and XM had to drop their commercials to stay competitive.
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Re:Big Nets pay attention (Score:2)
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The commercial breaks are shorter than on FM radio.. but on some of the streams, they feel twice as long because the commercials are just so bad. Most of them are public service announcements or ads for dietary supplements and investment scams. I'd rather hear elevator music.
Re:Big Nets pay attention (Score:2)
I would pay to have just music during the breaks. Anything but that crap they push.
Re:Big Nets pay attention (Score:2)
Or run a portal channel, where upcoming artists can show their shows for a (small) fee, and you collect statistics on how many people watch them. This, then, allows those artists to go to other networks and say "look, this many people watch my show", helping them sell their shows to big networks. So basically, it would operate as a point of entry service.
For this to be profitable, you need to get overhead very low, and be able to show a lot of different shows
This is perfect for... (Score:5, Interesting)
Thank you, Cartoon Network!
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Re:This is perfect for... (Score:4, Funny)
Clearly you made up this story to troll for karma. Any real slashdothead with a collage-age female roomate would not be so worried about tv cartoons when the distraction of sex is so readily available. If you aren't able to distract her from the tv, you just need to learn how to properly catch and eat beaver.
Same thing holds if you are both girls, in fact, it goes double and requires a webcam.
Hmm - I hope they put in some anime (Score:4, Insightful)
All in all, I must say I have been very pleasantly surprised by Adult Swim - it has definitely broadened my ideas about cartoons - they really AREN'T just for kids. I suppose that's obvious to this crowd, but I didn't know much about anime...
So anyway, hat's off to Adult Swim for daring to try something new and different in the US. Keep 'em coming!
Re:Hmm - I hope they put in some anime (Score:2)
Re:Hmm - I hope they put in some anime (Score:2)
A few bucks to download an ep would be well worth it.
Re:Hmm - I hope they put in some anime (Score:2)
Sneaky (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Sneaky (Score:2)
Ack!!! (Score:2)
Just wanted to make sure I'm reading TFA correctly, as I've already fulfilled up to the "get sloshed" part of my Friday night plan and I don't know what to put into iCal, as I am going to forget this news in *whispers* seven days */
Re:Ack!!! (Score:2)
SYN/ACK! (Score:2)
Supernatural Pilot/Premier is online! (Score:5, Insightful)
I really like this ideas of TV shows online.
Re:Supernatural Pilot/Premier is online! (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Supernatural Pilot/Premier is online! (Score:2)
Re:Supernatural Pilot/Premier is online! (Score:2)
Adult Swim? (Score:2, Funny)
Count me in!
I dun bwoke it! (Score:4, Funny)
Recognize it for what it is (Score:4, Insightful)
Adult Swim is (arguably) the best thing that CN is noted for, and by doing this they are making themselves a wider audience. Good for business, good for fans. Good job guys!
please be quicktime (Score:3)
Re:please be quicktime (Score:2)
Re:please be quicktime (Score:2)
Hmm... (Score:2, Funny)
why not tonight?? (Score:3, Funny)
why only between 11 and 6? (Score:2)
How about streaming it at other times so people who can't watch at night might actually see it?
I work the graveyard shift (fewer managers, no traffic, more pay, etc) so I'm not home when this stuff is on.
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Re:Why This is Rare (Score:2)
Why not allow the cable companies to provide the content to their Cable Internet Customers? I.e. - "Log into your Comcast account to access Comcast TV Online" ? And there's your content.
Problem solved yes?
TV and Video Online (Score:4, Informative)
http://edition.cnn.com/ [cnn.com] -News fix
http://www.homestarrunner.com/toons.html [homestarrunner.com] -Not tv or video per se, but strongbad email flash animations are a hoot and close enough
http://tv.yahoo.com/feature/supernatural.html [yahoo.com] -The show Supernatural online, although I haven't watched it yet. Featured on
http://www.atomfilms.com/ [atomfilms.com] -Everybody knows this one; marginally good
http://video.freevideoblog.com/ [freevideoblog.com] -Alot of crap, the odd good video
http://video.google.com/ [google.com] -Random
http://www.ifilm.com/ [ifilm.com] -See also atomfilms
http://www.newgrounds.com/ [newgrounds.com] -Way cool, homepage worthy!
http://tv.reuters.com/ [reuters.com] - more news video than cnn
http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog [rocketboom.com] - ???, Profit! Actually, I don't know what to say
http://portal.omroep.nl/uitzendinggemist/ [omroep.nl] -Dutch TV up the wazoo
http://mediahopper.com/portal.htm [mediahopper.com] -1041 tv stations from all over the world listed and ready to watch (as far as I can tell)
http://video.search.yahoo.com/ [yahoo.com] -Stuff n' things
http://www.youtube.com/ [youtube.com] -People upload and share their videos online... you've been warned!
I should add everything here is "family friendly", as far as I'm aware: no porn, uberviolence or gratuitous advertising (if I've somehow overlooked something, I apologise).
Re:TV and Video Online (Score:2)
Alot of these sites are unfortunately not linux friendly (only sites compatible with mplayer and realplayer work on linux to my knowledge).
Re:TV and Video Online (Score:2)
http://channel101.com/ [channel101.com]
Definitely something different.
ADV Involved? (Score:2)
1. ADV suddenly hands over the keys to their flagship anime series (Evangelion) after years of refusing to license the series to any network that would modify the contents (censoring) or show ads mid-episode. (Barring the ADV-sponsered "Giant Robot Week" Cartoon Network ran a couple years ago.)
2. ADV would have a major interest in seeing something like this work as a way to promote their Anime Network thing they'v
My Opinion Reallly Does Matter!! Wow! (Score:2)
It was high quality audio and video. Worked fine in the survey, anfd I liked it and let them know.
Glad they decided to go ahead with it.
Of course when you take such surveys you technically arent allowed to talk about them, but I think its ok now.
Re:Same episode, day after day (Score:5, Insightful)
Besides, Cartoon Network is a mix of lot of anime and adult-themed shows that have a bit more thinking involved than your usual 'adult' realty shows.
Re:Same episode, day after day (Score:2)
Re:Same episode, day after day (Score:2, Insightful)
I find it even funnier when you realize ReformedExCon is replying to a thread about Adult Swim...I mean, if you're afraid liking animation will leave you looked down upon by your peers, it may be best not to bash the animated series of TV's most popular late night programming block for adults ag
Re:Is it really that popular? (Score:2)
There's not really many examples of American adult cartoons (except maybe Star Trek: The Animated Series), but in Japan adult-oriented animated shows are common, and nobody there thinks "cartoons are just for kids."
Ironically... (Score:2)
Re:Is it really that popular? (Score:2)
Actually, the original Looney Tunes although it had a fairly innocent look to it was actually targeted at an adult audience..
/Mikael
Re:Is it really that popular? (Score:2)
No kidding. It got pretty nasty at times - particularly all those Namekkuseijin that Vegeta killed while he was looking for the dragonballs... For that matter, you probably wouldn't get away with Muten Roshi's behaviour in a Western show. Dirty sod.
Toriyama had a really nice thing going on, but he succumbed to the pressure of the fans and ext
Re:Is it really that popular? (Score:2, Flamebait)
Anime fans will tell me that the plots and characters are "deep". But really, they're just non-linear and non-sensical. Not the same thing.
So don't fear anime fans because they might be perverts. Fear them because they have no taste, and probably think Harry Potter novels are great literature.
Re:Is it really that popular? (Score:3, Informative)
If you want something that isn't non-linear/non-sensical, try out Planetes [animenfo.com], Monster [animenfo.com], or Cowboy Bebop [animenfo.com]. Monster in particular is slow-moving, but very plot-driven. It's dark and serious for the most part, and I find that the characters are surprisingly "human". I don't think that Monster is licen
Re:Is it really that popular? (Score:3, Informative)
Hey, now. Let's not make sweeping generalizations. Anime is not a genre, it's a medium, with all the good and bad that go with it. Yes, there is an embarrassingly large pile of anime that sucks a whole lot. But the same could be said for any other medium, such as movies, novels, paintings, poetry, television shows, even internet sites. In any form of expression, there
Re:Is it really that popular? (Score:2)
Re:Is it really that popular? (Score:2)
Heartily agree with you there. There are lots of titles of supposed "great literature" that were written for children; The Jungle Book (Kipling) and Alice in Wonderland (Carroll) both come to mind.
And, of course, anyone who has actually READ the Harry Potter series knows that Rowling's writing style has grown right along with Har
Re:Is it really that popular? (Score:3, Interesting)
Cartoons are for kids? I've seen some cartoons that would make your nose hair curl. Animation is a medium no more or less respectable than any other form. The key difference with Animation is you require less studio space, you don't have to go on location, you don't
Re:Is it really that popular? (Score:2)
Re:Is it really that popular? (Score:2)
You're damn right cartoons are art. For instance, Samurai Jack. Also, the Simpsons are absolutely a work of high comic art. They can compete with Oscar Wilde and Shakespeare any day. [mbnet.fi]
Re:Amazing, how can it work? (Score:2)
That isn't really anything to worry about. Anyone with TiVo or a capture card can already record the show off-air and share it... and it only takes one person to do that in order to supply the whole internet.
Re:I want more! (Score:2)
Lets say, that this year none of the studios make a profit. Which is not farfetched when you look at what's been released this year.
Do you really think all the movie companies are going to go out of business? No.
They'll cut costs. And reduce overhead. They'll start filming in cheaper locations. They replace actors with cardboard cutouts. They *won't* stop making movies u
Re:I want more! (Score:2)
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