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Survey was conducted September 29 - October 3, 2007 and is being revised on an ongoing basis. Based on what was readily apparent at websites based on a brief visit. Sampled programs where plugin was already embedded, but did not install new plugins. Please feel free to provide additional information. Listed programs represent a quick sampling of what was found.
| Channel | Price | Plug-In | Screen | What's Available (sample) | Comment |
| A&E | Free | Flash | Embedded, Scalable | Full Episodes: SWAT, Private Sessions, A Man Called Dog, Dog Views Choice. Clips: Sopranos, Faith of my Family, King of South Beach, Two Coreys, Wedding Wife | |
| ABC - Disney | Free - Advertisements | Move Media Player | Clips: News. Full Episodes: The Bachelor Brothers and Sisters Dancing with the Stars Desperate Housewives Dirty Sexy Money Fashionista Diaries Grey's Anatomy Lost Men In Trees GH Night Shift October Road Private Practice Ugly Betty Voicemail |
Only available in US - Also available on AOL Video | |
| - - Disney Channel DXD | Free - Advertisements | Flash | Scalable but not full screen | Select Full Episodes: Hannah Montana, American Dragon, Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Emperor's New School, That's So Raven, Kim Possible, The Replacements, Cory in the House | |
| - - ESPN - ESPN Video beta | Free - Advertisements | Flash | Scalable but not full screen | ESPN Clips | Also available on AOL Video |
| Animal Planet | See Discovery Channel | ||||
| BET | Free |
Flash | Embedded player | Black Carpet, Hell Date, Quickie, Comic View, Rap City, Sunday Best, Coming to BET, 106 & Park, Hip Hop Awards, Socially Offensive Behavior | Download difficulties |
| Bravo | Free | Flash | Embedded and Full Screen | Clips | |
| Cartoon Network | Free - Advertisements | Flash | Embedded and Full Screen | Select Full Cartoons: Ben 10, Bernard, Camp Lazlo, Class 3000, Code Lyoko, KND, Courage, Cow and Chicken, Dexters Labratory, Ed Edd and Eddy, Fosters Home, Grim Adventures, IMP, Johnny Bravo, My Gym Partners a Monkey, Powerpuff Girls, Storm Hawks, Time Squad, Totally Spies, Robot Jones | |
| CBC | Flash | Embedded and Full Screen | Full Saturday Night Hockey - Clips : News - Features | ||
| CBS - Innertube | Free - Advertisements | Flash | Embedded and Full Screen | Full Select Episodes: Armed & Famous, As the World Turns, Big Bang Theory, Big Brother, CSIs, Guiding Light, How I Met Your Mother, Jerico, Kid Nation, NCIS, Numb3rs, NCIS, Papdits, Pirate Maker, Power of 10, Rules of Engagement, Shark, Survivor, The Unit, Young and Restless. Clips: Late Late Show, Late Show, | Each show appears to have only one or two episodes available - Also available on AOL Video |
| CNN | Free - Advertisements | Flash | Embedded | Clips | Popup ads |
| Comedy Central | Flash | Embedded | Clips: Jon Stewart, Colbert Report, South Park, Sarah Silverman, Drawn Together | Also available on AOL Video | |
| CSPAN | Free | RTSP - Real and Windows | Full programs | We had difficulty downloading programs | |
| CW | Move Media Player | Full Episodes: Wild Bunch, Opposites Attract, Girls Go Cruisin, | |||
| Discovery | Free & $1.99 downloads | Move Media Player | Full Episodes: Dirty Jobs, Meerket Manor, LastOneStanding. Clips. Downloads | ||
| Fox - Video Central | Free | Flash | Clips | Full Episodes available on AOL Video | |
| History Channel | Free - Advertisements | Flash | Embedded | Clips | Full Episodes available on AOL Video |
| Lifetime TV | Flash | Embedded and almost full screen | Full Episodes: Blood Ties, Lisa Williams, Gay Straight or Taken, Lovespring Intl, Spotlight 25 - Clips | ||
| MSNBC | Free - Advertisements | Flash | Clips | ||
| MTV | Free - Advertisements | Flash | Embedded and scales | Clips. Full Episodes. | |
| NBC | Free - Advertisements | Embedded and Full Screen | Full Episodes: 30 Rock, Age of Love, Andy Barker, PI, The Black Donnellys, Friday Night Lights, Heroes, Last Comic Standing, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Miss Teen USA 2007, NBC Primetime Preview, Raines, Victoria Beckham: Coming to America Clips: News, Sports | ||
| Nickelodeon | $1.99 Downloads | Flash | Embedded and Full Screen | Full Episodes: Avatar, Blues Clues, Danny Phantom, Dora, Fairly OddParents, Invader Zim, Jimmy Neutron, Zoe 101 | Also available on AOL Video |
| PBS | Free (sponsors logos visible) | Real Player or Windows Media Player | Embedded | Ad Hoc material that is not organized in any coherent manner - Wired Science - Design Squad - Newshour - Nature (clips) - NOVA - Frontline - Bill Moyers Journal - Video Index for Educators - Scientific America Frontiers - Nerd TV - PBS FAQ on what available online. | Some PBS shows are available DOD iTunes |
| Sci-Fi | Embedded and Full Screen | Classic Movies. Clips. | |||
| TNT | Flash | Embedded (Full Screen failed) | Full Episodes: Charmed, Closer, Saving Grace - only a few episodes available | We experienced download problems which crashed our browser | |
| TV Land | Free - Advertisements | Flash | Embedded | Clips. Full Episodes: Andy Griffith Show, Gunsmoke (a few episodes) | |
| Univision | Free | Flash | Embedded | Clips | |
| VH1 | Free - Advertisements | Flash | Embedded and Scales | Clips, Shows | |
| Weather Channel | Free - Advertisements | Flash | Embedded and Scales | Clips | |
| NBA | Free - Advertisements | Flash | Embedded | Clips | Dowloaded with difficulty |
| NFL | Free - Advertisements | Flash | Embedded and Full Screen | Clips | |
| MLB | Subscription Based | Every out-of-market game. | |||
| MLS | Subscription Based | Microsoft Media Player | $9.95 for the season; $4.95 for a game | ||
| NHL Center Ice | Subscription based - $169 per season | Windows Media Player | Embedded or Full Screen | Subscription offering of every out of market game for the season | See also CBC |
| Hockey Minor League AHL | $6 per game | Windows Media Player | Minor League B2 Networks - Full Games | ||
| AOL Video | Free and $1.99 and other downloads | Embedded and Full Screen | 20th Century Fox, A&E, ABC, AOL, AXN, Biography Channel, CBS, CMT, Comedy Central, FOX, FX, History Channel, In2TV, MTV, Nickelodeon, QVC, Sony, Speed, Spike, TBS, TNT, VH1, WB , | ||
| iTunes | iTunes | ||||
| YouTube | Free | Flash | Embedde and Full Screen | Amateur Video | |
| Google Video | Free | Flash | Embedded and Full Screen |
Clips and Full Episodes | Difficult to find what is there |
| Yahoo Video | Free | Flash | Embedded and Full Screen |
Videos and Clips | |
| TV.com | Clips | ||||
| Veoh | Amateur Video | ||||
| Joost | Paid downloads | Proprietary Download | Wide variety of content | Unable to sample video | |
| Amazon Unbox | Free and paid downloads | Flash | Embedded and scalable | A&E, ABC, Adult Swim, Animal Planet, BBC, Biography Channel, Bravo, Cartoon Network, CBS, Comedy Central, CMT, CW, Discovery Channel, E!, FOX, FOX Sports, FX, History Channel, MTV, National Geographic, NBC, NHL, Nickelodian, PBS, Scifi Channel, Sony, Speed, Spike, TNT, TV LAnd, USA Network, VH1 | Note that a downloaded video was not tested |
- More Consumers are Watching TV Broadcasts Online , Conference Board October 15, 2007
- Top Visited Network TV Show Sites , TV By the Numbers (Oct. 18, 2007)
- Roanoke.com ends TimesCast, do news webcasts work? , Lost Remote (Oct. 18, 2007)
- CBS Is The Latest To Recognize That Downloading TV Shows Leads To More TV Watching , Techdirt 11/21/2006
- NBC unveils online video initiative , FT 9/12/2006
- Fox Feeds the Online TV Frenzy , BWO 8/15/2006
- Steven Wildman, Why New Media Services are Different (Presented at TPRC September 2007)
- BBC gets TV on-demand OK , BBC 5/1/2007
- NBC, News Corp. to set up video site , USA Today 3/23/2007
