Originally Posted by RawAlex

Actually, they are doing something interesting about not just giving the stuff away but trying to build a business model.

NBC apparently is putting stuff online, but in a format that doesn't allow fast forwarding and has the commercials embedded. So just like broadcast TV, you have to sit from NOW to THEN and watch everything in the middle. I think this is probably a pretty effective way to do things.

They are being smart enough to know that without someone to pay the freight, the idea will fail.