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MTV Decides: All South Park Episodes Free Online

extremetech.com — MTV Networks plans to make every clip from every episode of hit animated comedy "South Park" available for free online next year as part of a strategy to reach consumers everywhere.

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  • ani625, on 11/29/2007, -30/+10Sweet (>
    • TheDHC, on 11/29/2007, -5/+28i like this
      this is neat
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      • dudefather, on 11/29/2007, -12/+5***** the RIAA!
      • cambob76, on 11/29/2007, -12/+4You mean our comments should be of value? Entertaining or educational? What about comments about comments? What about comments about comments about comments?
    • xswag, on 11/30/2007, -3/+2O!
  • darkchild82, on 11/29/2007, -95/+10I posted this 11 hours ago... I hate it when this happens ! Original post: http://www.digg.com/television/MTV_to_Offer_All_So ...
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  • tfletch, on 11/29/2007, -11/+226Sorry Viacom, but I'v been getting free episodes for sometime now.
    • dmoney22, on 11/29/2007, -4/+18Im confused, what the hell does MTV have to do with anything?

      edit: Ok, I never would have thought MTV owned Comedy Central.
      • romeyinfc, on 11/30/2007, -1/+19It's probably part of their strategy to further distance themselves from any semblance of "music"
      • dontencourageme, on 11/30/2007, -0/+2MTV owns Comedy Central?! Goodbye cruel world.
      • grason1129, on 11/30/2007, -0/+1?!!?! indeed, soon FOX will own MTV and then....the world
    • soomprimal, on 11/29/2007, -2/+7Last time I checked, they also own Nickelodeon.
      • dumpyhumpy, on 11/29/2007, -0/+7...along with a third of all the other channels on TV...
      • huskerdude, on 11/30/2007, -0/+11"MTV" doesn't own any of them. Viacom owns damn near everything.
        • papusman, on 11/30/2007, -0/+3Exactly. There's only, like, 3 companies that own all the channels on television. I love it when people curse G4 for "taking over Tech-TV and RUINING IT!!!" G4 is owned by Comcast.
    • cnot3, on 11/30/2007, -0/+3They must not have heard of allsp.com... or youtube, for that matter.
      • moush, on 11/30/2007, -0/+3but now they'll be in decent quality and *gasp* legal
  • LordSkywalker, on 11/29/2007, -15/+272A. Too late.
    B. What does the M stand for again?
    C. ***** MTV.
  • coolian, on 11/29/2007, -137/+138Digg me down, please.
    • yensed, on 11/29/2007, -6/+56I'll block you instead.
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    • TheDHC, on 11/29/2007, -37/+7ill digg you up instead
    • bhattsan, on 11/29/2007, -6/+89Lets keep him at +1 so that hes not sure...
    • ostracize, on 11/30/2007, -4/+19He probably was going to comment but changed his mind. Since the comment can't be deleted he asked to be buried. Give him a break.
    • j1ggy, on 11/30/2007, -9/+8Nope. I'm keeping you hovering around 0 with my digg.
    • elmphlemp, on 11/30/2007, -5/+1khkhrakaluthe
      • elmphlemp, on 12/04/2007, -0/+0and thats how its done *wipes hands
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  • MetaMars, on 11/29/2007, -14/+7Read: BitTorrent.
  • insinuate, on 11/29/2007, -14/+24***** you Viacom.
    • fuzzmeister, on 11/29/2007, -0/+11Viacom may have made some stupid decisions in the past, but what is your basis for saying that comment in relation to this story?
      • p0tent1al, on 11/30/2007, -0/+1Only reason they did this, is because of all the South Park episode sites already on the internet. If not for those sites and bittorrent, they would have not made this move, in some last ditch attempt to be able to provide advertising while they provide the shows online, which is why I will reiterate

        ***** you Viacom
    • igetnospamatall, on 11/30/2007, -0/+7Okay, i don't like Viacom either, but this is a step forward. You can't hate Viacom because of not releasing stuff online and deleting videos from YouTube and then hate them again when they do release vidoes online.
  • captainpete, on 11/29/2007, -4/+95Aren't they already free and online? http://southparkzone.com/
  • Remmiz, on 11/29/2007, -3/+18Umm, what have I been watching at southparkzone.com then?
    • nazsco, on 11/29/2007, -13/+3your mom.
      • hulez, on 11/30/2007, -5/+1hey man, his mums quite hot, she gave me a blowjob
    • BossKey, on 11/30/2007, -1/+1You were only watching information that wants to be free, not information that is free.
  • EvaMonkey01, on 11/29/2007, -7/+120Here's a crazy idea Mtv could do to reach more viewers... play Music Videos.

    You think the boys at the head office will let if fly?
    • zachshmack, on 11/30/2007, -0/+10But that would involve having to promote more than just the same 20 "artists" over and over again.
    • AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -3/+4Didn't you know that playing music videos isn't cool?

      Reality TV is where it's at..

      *Yes, this is sarcasm.
      • apcfreak, on 11/30/2007, -0/+8Then they need to change their name to RTV.

        *No, this is not sarcasm.
    • alexidigg, on 11/30/2007, -0/+5yeah, it's ***** ridiculous! have you seen trl recently, for instance? it used to be all about the songs, now it's little 15 second to 1 minute clips of them followed by playing ridiculous games with celebrity guests. the music is the sideshow now
    • cnot3, on 11/30/2007, -0/+8It would take too much airtime from My Super Sweet Sixteen and Tila Tequila. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to beat myself in the head with a brick for being able to name two shows on MTV.
    • gd1z, on 11/30/2007, -3/+1I hate the music MTV plays anyway, so what is the point?

      edit - but Tila Tequila is hot
    • XxERMxX, on 11/30/2007, -0/+6But thats what MTV2 is fo-....... Oh wait....
    • MacSuxWindozSux, on 11/30/2007, -0/+2In Canada we have Much Music. They still play videos. We also have MTV, but it doesn't have nearly as many viewers.
  • MetaMars, on 11/29/2007, -5/+21Read: The Pirate Bay.
    • MetaMars, on 11/29/2007, -10/+1*****, repost. Thought it didn't show up. Bury.
    • bonedead, on 11/30/2007, -0/+2Meh, there's probably over 20 sites that have every episode, every transcript of every episode, everything you could ever care about dealing with any and every episode.
  • joewashere, on 11/29/2007, -5/+10sorry about that mtv. youre kinda late.

    southparkzone.com
  • Shull, on 11/29/2007, -11/+4Uh... isn't that what southparkzone.com is for?
  • remorsecode, on 11/29/2007, -0/+12Way too late. With the restrictions big corporations put on stuff like this (stream only, drm, etc.)... it won't be worth it when you can get a high quality rip elsewhere for the same price.
  • TheDHC, on 11/29/2007, -3/+21allsp.com

    too late
  • sailadayaway, on 11/29/2007, -10/+6***** MTV
    http://www.allsp.com/
    • Damian91, on 11/30/2007, -4/+6Jesus Christ Viacom/MTV want's to do something nice for people and believe or not not everyone know of these sites want to download torrents. Cut them some ***** slack...
      • hulez, on 11/30/2007, -2/+2you ***** idiot, this site isn't a ***** torrent site, it's a ***** youtube style video site.
        check the site out noob before presuming it's a torrent site, sailadayaway had a point
        • Damian91, on 11/30/2007, -2/+1I KNow what allsp is God dammit, I said "these sites want to download torrents." "These sites" as in allsp and torrents were just another example. So why don't you calm the ***** down.
        • MackDiesel2010, on 11/30/2007, -2/+1*****! *****!
      • Entheoddity, on 11/30/2007, -1/+1noob is dead
  • easy4lif, on 11/29/2007, -9/+3www.stansdad.com

    too late MTV
  • 10GunSalute, on 11/29/2007, -11/+4At least someone in this industry still has some decency left.
  • dgh1973, on 11/29/2007, -1/+46"A. Too late."
    I would have to disagree, it's never too late for these media dinosaurs to change their tune and realize "you can't stop the signal, Mal!" They may as well give in and get with the program. If they do it later than they should have, at least they're doing it.
    • HanSolo69, on 11/29/2007, -1/+4everyone saying "too late" mean that there are already plenty of site where you can watch every south park episode for free.
  • Bologner, on 11/29/2007, -2/+52Are they serial?!?
  • Felix57, on 11/29/2007, -3/+4i like http://www.southparkstuff.com better
  • nomadofthehills, on 11/29/2007, -5/+5allsp.com
  • Fergi, on 11/29/2007, -2/+22Great. I'm so glad I bought all the seasons on iTunes.
  • BuckleButt, on 11/29/2007, -0/+12In other words, we can't control piracy, look at us we're doing a noble thing! Matt and Trey supported this long ago.
  • Felix57, on 11/29/2007, -0/+17its a step in the right direction instead of going all riaa on everyones ass
  • mrdeathgod, on 11/29/2007, -1/+13Also http://www.mrtwig.net
    • cambob76, on 11/29/2007, -0/+2mrtwig.net owns! AVI and RM format, countdown to new episodes, new episodes posted ASAP, That's My Bush!, etc., etc.
    • bjornski, on 11/30/2007, -1/+2Mrtwig appears to be down, at least for now.

      Bummer, it was my favorite portal for them.
  • techweenie1, on 11/29/2007, -2/+9I hate MTV-Viacom tremendously but this is cool...plus I love South Park.
  • onestarleft, on 11/29/2007, -0/+5So let me get this straight. MTV will hand out shows that they didn't even take part in creating for free to anyone, but shows that only they have the rights to (The State, Liquid Television, etc.) are locked off in some vault with nothing but a promise to sell them to us someday on iTunes?

    Very...interesting.
    • bjornski, on 11/30/2007, -1/+2I would LOVE to get the Liquid Television stuff.
  • jonnyeuchre, on 11/29/2007, -4/+4
    As part of their strategy to screw the writers.
    • cambob76, on 11/29/2007, -0/+8Trey and Matt said we can download their shows.
      • hysterix, on 11/30/2007, -2/+0If they said jump off a 10 story building would you?

        Never mind, I'm sure you would.
  • superheroboy, on 11/29/2007, -0/+7Isn't Viacom claiming in their multi-billion dollar suit of youtube that online video hurts their shows? This decision is not going to help their case.
    • jongos, on 11/30/2007, -2/+1It's just a legal tactic. They don't care about the outcome of that case. They are just trying to prevent Google from innovating any further until after they can catch up. In fact all they are doing is creating an even better market for sites like YouTube that have less deep pockets (smaller sites aren't worth suing, get it). Veoh comes to mind.
  • theratdotus, on 11/29/2007, -1/+1spisodes.com
  • CO01HANDLUKE, on 11/29/2007, -3/+01
  • jazzboyrules, on 11/29/2007, -1/+0Googleism.
  • FredFredrickson, on 11/29/2007, -4/+4What does South Park have to do with MTV again?
    • MrTea, on 11/30/2007, -1/+4South Park is on Comedy Central which is owned by Viacom which also owns MTV.
    • SillyDigger, on 11/30/2007, -0/+1What does music videos have to do with MTV again?
  • stylerm, on 11/29/2007, -0/+11Like every other online video venture, I bet when they say free for everyone everywhere they actually mean just in the United States region. (not Canada). Most of them have no problem making you sit through an ad, then the video tries to load, then the white text on black background - Not available outside the Untied States.
    • adrenaline33, on 11/30/2007, -0/+1Well then in this case you are lucky that there are at least 5 other sites that show all of the South Park episodes online.
    • hysterix, on 11/30/2007, -0/+0Dude, do you want to trade places? ***** this place, Canada is way better!

      Do not complain, enjoy that you don't live here!
  • ddissent, on 11/29/2007, -4/+10By the time this article is over MTV WILL
    SUCK
    MY
    BALLS
  • screwfanboys1, on 11/29/2007, -0/+2too little too late
  • wzrds3, on 11/29/2007, -4/+2Next year???? Come on.....come on......why won't next year come any faster!!!
    • bjornski, on 11/30/2007, -1/+2Maybe if you freeze yourself, we can thaw you when it does.
  • Error601, on 11/29/2007, -1/+2As far as I know they've been available for legal download since the show started.
  • 2000, on 11/29/2007, -1/+3Well somebody FINALLY gets it!

    Offering versions of TV shows online has not hurt television ratings, and may have actually helped. "One does not diminish the other by any stretch of the imagination. That is kind of our hat trick," MTV Networks Chairman and Chief Executive Judy McGrath said at the Reuters Media Summit in New York on Wednesday.
  • nazsco, on 11/29/2007, -1/+1screw everyone of you saying which site you already get's south park for free..

    ...all we wanna know is where you get your futurama. i`m almost running out of SP seasons. need to think ahead.
  • xxxana, on 11/29/2007, -1/+2southparkx
    allaboutsp
    southparkzone
    etc
    south park episodes have been freely available online for a while, and matt and trey have no problems with it. This way they can reach a bigger audience *party hat curly hair smily face*
  • Nick519, on 11/29/2007, -5/+3i've already got the warcraft one, what more do i need?
    • BossKey, on 11/30/2007, -0/+2Actually, "Casa Bonita" and "Simpsons Already Did It" are well worth watching as well.
      • Nick519, on 11/30/2007, -0/+2thx for the tip. casa bonita (the real restaurant) has been a favorite of mine since i went there as a kid, so i'll check it out.
  • CollapseControl, on 11/29/2007, -1/+0If they are going to make the episodes free on the Xbox 360 Video Marketplace then I need to stop downloading them....
  • laroi, on 11/29/2007, -2/+9what ever happened to music? you remember music right?
    • KdogTN, on 11/30/2007, -0/+2I remember back in the day with it was music. Oh the days, then they came up with M2. That was a breath of fresh air, but then they took a big ***** on that one and now I have two channels of crap. We need the headbangers ball to break into the studio and beat the ***** out of the road rules gang. Maby Ozzy can bite the head off of one of the producers while they are down.
  • bonkeykong, on 11/29/2007, -0/+3How does Comedy Central feel about this?
    • schavira, on 11/30/2007, -0/+2They're all owned by Sumner, and they all feel extremely happy that their going to be richer, the people at top at least.
  • Jrr6415sun, on 11/30/2007, -1/+2How does "every clip from every episode....available for free online " = "all south park episodes free online"?????

    a clip is not the episode
    • android6011, on 11/30/2007, -0/+1thats what i thought when i read it. more like the commercial previews will be free...
  • georgemason01, on 11/30/2007, -4/+3Suck my balls, MTV.
  • centran, on 11/30/2007, -2/+4ha ha! I love how instead of being like... this is a great move, good for them. Everyone is instead ***** Viacom.
    I agree. ***** Viacom. ***** them in their silly asses till blood comes out.
  • Viriatus, on 11/30/2007, -3/+1but there are already free episodes online, so what's the point?

    ARRRRRHHHHH!
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