Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Big Fan of Fancast
I recently became very interested in this new website Fancast.com when one of our very own classmates did a presentation on it. I think it is amazing to go watch all these different shows and movies from one central location. It is a "free library of full episodes and clips from top networks and movie partners." Well thats what it said when I was reading more about it. It includes clips from networks like CBS, NBC and Fox (provided by Hulu), MTV Networks and BET Networks - movie trailers, short videos and interviews. It has over 3000 hours worth of different media, all free to the public. This really boggles my mind because it has me questioning how or why they are offering so many things and something like that for FREE? I mean Im not complaining because if anything is free I will take it. I love visiting this website, because lets say for instance that I missed a couple episodes of my show because I had to work or had other things to do. And, lets say I dont have TiVo or DVR. Well I can than just search on Fancast.com and bring up the episode I missed and, poof, Im sitting there watching the episodes. Watching them at my own convenience and in my own timing. This than allows me to pause it when I need to so I dont miss any of it. I think this is such a good idea for these networks to offer these shows to the public. It will soon be booming with site visitors and will become big. Well at least thats how I see it. This creates a free, convenient way to keep up with all my favorite shows, allowing me to keep on top of them and remain yet another faithful viewer!
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Posted by Jessica Brown
I think that it is very convenient to be able to watch shows online. I enjoy going to sites that have videos or shows because if I miss something on television then I know I can view it on the Internet whenever I have time and it is a good thing to have if you don't have TiVo or a DVR. You can watch them as many times as you want without waiting for them to come on at their scheduled time and you can fastforward and rewind to see something again or skip something. Plus there are fewer commercials or no commercials so you don't have to wait five or ten minutes for the show to come back on.
I love this idea....but I wish this kind of thing was available from your average television set. I like watching all of my favorite shows and movies..but I would rather be sitting on my couch than at my computer desk. It would be more comfortable and I would be able to relax!
Hi, thanks for the shout-out to Fancast and I'm glad you discovered us. As you found, we have an amazing library of free TV shows (current hits and classics) and movies. Your readers may want to check out the (literally) thousands of hours of programming, TV at
http://www.fancast.com/full_episodes
and movies at
http://www.fancast.com/movies
And yes, we are free with just a few short minutes of commercials that pay for it all - there's no charge, just sit back and enjoy the show you want at your own convenience.
In addition to the great programming, we also have fun exclusive contents including celebrity interviews and blogs (right now we have ongoing blogs from Julianne Hough from "Dancing With The Stars" and the Goths from "The Amazing Race") and they go up the day after each of those shows airs on the networks, so please check them out and leave comments and questions too - they love hearing from readers.
We're always looking for feedback (we recently introduced an embeddable video player after we tweaked the site following the initial feedback from our launch) so please don't hesitate to let us know what we can do to make Fancast even better!
Cheers,
Jim (for Fancast)
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