Viacom Puts the Daily Show Archive Online

tburton writes "Viacom has put the entire eight year run of the Daily Show with John Stewart online. The content is available from the official Daily Show site, and features clip rating, tags, and numerous community features. The whole thing is supported by relatively unobtrusive contextual ads. 'Viacom's decision to post its entire archive--while fighting YouTube in the courts--sets the scene for a battle between the established media players and their high profile entertainment brands against the user generated content sites, most notable YouTube. Also watching closely the Viacom experiment will be the telco IPTV industry which has seen the market place change rapidly as the quality of online video continues to improve, with at least one platform/site, Vimeo, already offering 1280X720 HD quality direct from the browser.'"

I'm concerned

[jollyreaper]

That sounds cool and all but something inside of me is screaming "It's a tarp! [velvetcache.org]" But seriously, whenever a gigacorp does something that seems like a good thing, it just means they're distracting you from the lawyer sneaking up behind with the Urotsukidji razor dildo assault cock. "Oh, wow, this looks interest---YEEEIEEEEEOOWW!!!"

Re:wrong.

[Shakrai]

I think it's a good business decision provided they can keep up with the demand.

And if they can't keep up with the demand then they can always partner with Google/Youtube and have them foot the bandwidth bill. And Viacom would still get get a slice of the revenue because it's their content.

Although something tells me that Viacom won't have major problems paying the bandwidth bill or hiring people smart enough to manage this for them.

Re:They will never learn!

[compro01]

how can you complain about that?

when their server becomes a pile of molten slag?

Re:Nitpick

[halcyon1234]

I think that "Viacom Puts the Entire Daily Show with Jon Stewart Archive Online as I think the show is technically called that now? But you're right, the show began in 1996 and Craig Kilborn was the host until 1999" is too long of a title for a Slashdot article.

Re:Not the entire run

[YrWrstNtmr]

If I have to sit in my computer chair and click a bunch of shit I'm not even going to bother.

Do you also have a meat paste drip in one arm, and a Mountain Dew drip in the other arm? God forbid you actually have to go through that huge motion of 'clicking' something.

5,000,000 video sites

[iminplaya]

And STILL nothing on!

Re:Not the "Entire" Daily Show archive...

[ultramk]

In Hell. That's what the devil makes c-list celebrities watch for the rest of eternity.