South Park driving onto freeway
It's interesting to watch as media and production companies continue to experiment with business models to figure out how to best maximize usage of the Internet.
The latest is South Park. Parker and Stone, the creators, have opened up a beta site with every episode of South Park available for streaming viewing (and I think, eventually download). They even have last night's episode, for instance (a tribute to the movie Heavy Metal).
The streaming videos have ads that can't be skipped, which is annoying to me, but probably okay for many people. I sort of think that this is the future--some kind of YouTube-like service, where the producer can embed ads.
I'm a big fan of the show and of course, it's roots were digital...an Internet viral video featuring Santa Claus and Jesus fighting.
and hey, it's free.
PS. They have a make-your-own avatar function. Here's mine:
Posted on March 27, 2008
