ABC Limits Next-Day Availability of Full Episodes
by Matt Webb Mitovich
1/2/14


ABC — which to date among broadcast networks has offered perhaps the most regular and wide availability of full episodes via streaming — is set to enact some limitations.

The network announced on its Watch ABC portal that starting Monday, Jan. 6, only those who can verify their cable subscription — or those who use the Hulu Plus premium service — will be able to access full episodes the following day.



Those aiming to play morning-after catch-up without a valid cable service log-in or via Hulu’s free service will need to wait eight days after broadcast before new episodes become available for streaming.

Next-day downloads as always will be available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon Instant Video. On-demand viewings are also still an option, but again — cable.





Providers Include:

AT&T U-verse
Cablevision Optimum
Charter
Comcast XFINITY
Cox Communications
Google Fiber
Midcontinent
Verizon FiOS



... but not DISH, DirecTV and Time Warner Cable.

http://tvline.com/2014/01/02/abc-limits-next-day-streaming-of-episodes/

I hate that they do this because, even though we have cable in our home, I do not have access to the log-in information needed... It's stupid, IMHO.

i've got Time Warner, the ABC OnDemand channel SUCKS.

not that there is all that much I want too see on there anyways, but they make it such a pain in the ass; you have to sit through 15 minutes of commercials and promos you can't fast forward through, they have more commercial breaks than they do in the original airings, they only have the most recent one or two episodes of only their most popular shows, and if you stop it mid-way you have to start it over from the beginning again.

it is just so much easier to just download the shows or watch them online - NOT through the ABC portal, but luckily ABC doesn't have that many shows worth watching anyways.

That sounds like something horrible Time Warner is doing. I don't have any problems watching ABC shows on Xfinity on demand.