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According to Extremetech.com, MTV Networks, part of Viacom and the parent company of Comedy Central, plans to put every clip from the show South Park online and available to any viewer at no cost. Since Trey Parker and Matt Stone have already worked out a deal with the parent company to get a piece of South Park's online presence, they should be making a hefty chunk of money out of this (assuming the online episodes will work on an advertising model).Actually, it's probably easier to do this with South Park than with many shows out there. Since the show is written and run by the creators and no other actors are involved, there is no confusion about who gets the royalties (well, they and the parent company). Obviously, the Internet is the future of entertainment and I've said before, while I don't think the Internet will replace television, it makes a great supplement.
This is a smart business move by the company, although it does seem slightly late in the game. People have been downloading episodes online anyway, albeit illegally. Making the episodes legally available could only help increase the popularity of the show because the casual viewer would watch the episodes on demand (from whatever country they're in) and the hardcore fan (like myself) will still buy the DVDs just to hear Trey and Matt do five-minute commentary on each episode.
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