AOL and Warner Bros. have announced plans to allow suscribers to be allowed to watch thousands of episodes of dozens of vintage shows online and for free. In2TV will be lauched in January 2006, providing full episodes of many classic shows, such as Welcome Back, Kotter, Falcon Crest, Beetlejuice, Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Babylon 5, La Femme Nikita and Growing Pains . Starchives - Episodes featuring current stars before they became truly famous, such as Brad Pitt on Growing Pains Punchlines - Classic comedy clips TV Karaoke - Sing-alongs to favorite TV-show themes Classic Crème de la Crème - Showcases of some of the most memorable episodes of a show Betcha Didn’t Know!: The Ultimate TV Quiz - Allows fans to test their knowledge of trivia RetroRunway - Classic fashion from TV series StarFavs - Some of the stars' favorite episodes Where Are They Now? - Find out where the stars are now Many companies are now making efforts to avoid going the way of the music industry, by preemptively providing legal, cheap methods of viewing TV episodes online. The notion that online delivery can be particularly advantageous to vintage television shows was sparked by an MP3 Newswire article that appeared a few days after Apple announced its iTunes video service. The essay titled "Can iTunes Resurrect Old Time TV?" made a business case that older television content squeezed out of traditional television delivery schemes can be revived by new online revenue models.
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