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...fast? Just a year ago, the big networks were debating whether it was worthwhile to sell shows on iTunes. Millions of downloads later, CBS has launched an entire broadband network, Innertube, at cbs.com on which can be seen sketch comedy, reality makeovers and chat shows for superfans of Survivor and Big Brother. In June NBC Universal debuted online channels for gay programming outzonetv.com and reruns of critics' favorite series (brilliant but cancelled.com) ESPN, Comedy Central, MTV, Discovery, HGTV and more have broadband channels. (On Animal Planet's, you can watch Web-exclusive series Pet Trends for the latest in canine...
...Universal Television Group CEO Jeff Zucker says digital ad opportunities were "all advertisers wanted to talk about" before this spring's "upfronts," where the networks announce their fall schedules to Madison Avenue. Who can blame them? According to technology-analysis firm Forrester Research, 28% of U.S. households had broadband access in 2005--and that's not counting access at work, which is prime time for online TV. (When CBS streamed NCAA basketball this spring, it included a "boss button" that fans could use to instantly hide the game under a bogus spreadsheet.) More viewers are skipping TV ads using TiVo...
...calls. For a fee of $1 per week, Rebtel users will be given local mobile numbers for each person they want to call abroad. Once connected, the recipient hangs up, redials a local number sent to his or her phone by text message, and is immediately reconnected via a broadband line. "This has definitely got the potential to upset the international-calling model," says Matt Hatton, a London-based analyst with consultants Yankee Group, who thinks the biggest loser could be international calls from fixed-line phones. VoIP is already making big inroads in the world of fixed lines...
...Below is a log of yesterday's Web-surfing activities for "freelance writer" Mr. Teddy Wayne, as requested. The log was generated with cooperation from his broadband provider, the CIA's keystroke-detection technology and our mole, posing as the subject's longtime friend, who asked to use his computer to check e-mail but, when the subject was in the bathroom, actually viewed his browser's history. Please note that while the usage is confirmed as the subject's, the actual IP address originates with his elderly next-door neighbor's wireless connection...
Still in its formative stages, the video-heavy Inmanstories.com points to what a real estate search will look like when broadband reigns. Watch video tours of homes for sale and the towns they're in and see interviews with brokers to get a high-bandwidth picture of the place you're thinking of moving...