AOL to launch online television
AOL Time-Warner is getting in on and helping to set the foundation of Internet cable programming with their service In2TV. With over 3400 hours of programming by the media giant, we can also expect Yahoo! and Google to follow in lock-step fairly soon. In2TV will launch early 2006.
To be called In2TV, it will feature programmes from sister Time Warner company Warner Brothers. The service will be organised into six channels, divided by genre, such as comedy, drama, and animation. It is not yet known whether it will be available to AOL users outside the US. Rival internet firms Yahoo and Google plan their own online TV services. In2TV will offer 3,400 hours of TV programmes from Warner Brothers in its first year. AOL said the intention was for this to rise, and that it was also in talks with other main TV networks about securing rights to their shows. The service will be supported by advertising revenue.
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