A few TVS readers have pinged us on this, in a kind of ear-flicking fashion that, while annoying, at least gets our attention (I'm talking to you, Jim):After Comedy Central asked that clips of their shows be pulled from YouTube, many of them came back. It turns out that CC only wanted longer clips and full episodes pulled. And it turns out they did that for good reason: full episodes of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are now available on CC's broadband video channel MotherLoad. Each episode's four segments are offered as separate video streams, but they're organized by show and episode on the slection panel to the right of the video screen, so going from one segment to the other should be pretty easy (the player will likely just move to the next segment automatically).
Not sure how long this is going to stick around, but if you miss the 50 reruns of TDS/Colbert that CC usually shows the next day, you can at least watch it at MotherLoad.
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11-01-2006 @ 1:30PM
pnwskier said...
I don't know if it's just me, but Motherload just doesn't work for s--t. I have a broadband DSL connection and generally use Firefox, but I can almost never pull up a clip. It just sits there, apparently grinding away, but the clip never actually comes up. That's why Youtube was such a great thing for watching Daily Show/Colbert clips.
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11-01-2006 @ 1:50PM
Jim said...
Joel: You're welcome. :-)
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11-01-2006 @ 2:43PM
Alan said...
Completely worthless on a mac. I guess I'll just continue catching it on TV or youtube.
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11-01-2006 @ 2:51PM
David said...
Not just Mac and Firefox. Have the same issues with my PC and IE.
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11-01-2006 @ 4:29PM
mike said...
No problem on my PC using Firefox and 3.5 Kbps DSL. Altho, I use a DVR anyway. Nice to know, though.
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11-01-2006 @ 4:41PM
chillspike said...
Joel,
It's good that you've informed us of this but you and we all know "Motherload" just isn't going to cut it.
For one, as pnwskier mentioned, the whole CC site is terrible when it comes to loading. I have dsl also and, although I can view clips, it's not as smooth as on YouTube.
Secondly, TvSquad would always insert video clips from CC shows in their articles.
I'm starting a push to ask Comedy Central to launch an official page on YouTube, like NBC and CBS have done.
I've emailed them and requested it and other people interested in seeing it (The Tv Squad crew, perhaps?) should consider emailing them as well.
Go to Comedy Central's website, click the "Help/FAQ" link at the bottom of the page, and look for the feedback link:
http://www.comedycentral.com
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11-01-2006 @ 7:52PM
WheelSee said...
"Not sure how long this is going to stick around, but if you miss the 50 reruns of TDS/Colbert that CC usually shows the next day, you can at least watch it at MotherLoad."
unless you have a mac
-wC
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