ABC News' entry portal: broadband content serves as a template for VOD. (On Demand).
Multichannel News, January, 2003 by Stump, Matt
LOST IN THE WRECKAGE OF THE INTERNET BUST ARE A HANDful of content sites that have started to thrive as broadband Internet access moves towards critical mass. As the magic number of 20 million cable-modem and digital subscriber line homes is likely to be met later this year, content providers have started to take a second look at the Internet - and at transporting content to other platforms.
To the surviving pioneers, there may be some spoils after all. To wit: ABC News and its Web site, ABCNEWS.com. Last year, the Alphabet Network the company chose to put the vast storehouse of historical and daily news footage on ABCNEWS.com behind a pay wall, charging subscribers $4.95 a month for access. Content from ABC News is also a staple of Real...
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