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p2pnet news | Advertising:- Warner Bros dumped its TV network featuring the likes of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Dawson’s Creek”.
But it’s resurrecting the site, the name and some of the contents —- online.
What inspired it?
The irresistible lure of potential advertising dollars.
“Although earlier efforts sputtered, Warner Bros. now believes that targeting younger audiences with advertiser-friendly online communities is the most promising strategy,” says the Los Angeles Times.
“I see ourselves as being in the storytelling business, and this is just a different platform to tell stories,” it quotes Bruce Rosenblum, president of the Warner Bros’ Television Group, as saying, disingenuosly,
“We are developing targeted niche destinations that will fulfill advertisers’ appetites.”
The site, slated to start as a beta next month, will target 16- to 34-year-olds, particularly women, with ad-supported shows, says the New York Times.
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Los Angeles Times - The WB network will get new life on the Web, April 29, 2008
New York Times - WB Network to Return as a Web Site, April 29, 2008
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April 29th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
>ad-supported
Don’t bother to stay tuned.
April 29th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
When I saw the title of this post, I got excited, hoping that WB might continue Buffy in some form, such as animated episodes. After reading the story, I find that it’s just another Hulu like site where people can watch episodes of WB shows online.
I didn’t see any content on the site (wb.com) yet, so here are my predictions;
1. It will be restricted to the US, or maybe the US and Canada.
2. It will either use DRM infested WMV, or streaming Flash that can’t be saved to your drive by any normal means.
3. Like every other official video site it won’t have full series or even full seasons online. It will have “most” of the episodes from some of the seasons, but several will be missing (most likely the ones you wanted to watch). The last two seasons of Buffy and the last season of Roswell were on UPN, so the WB probably doesn’t even have the rights to show them.
4. It will have the WB’s most well-know shows, but none of the more obscure ones like Young Americans or Dead Last, neither of which was allowed to air all its episodes. I’d be surprised if it even has Popular.
In the mean time, anyone who was a fan of Buffy and/or Angel might like to know that both shows are being continued in comic book form. Both have the blessing of Joss Whedon and are considered canon.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 (13 issues so far)
Angel: After the Fall (6 issues so far)