25 years of video clips gone as Paramount axes Comedy Central wesbite

> The move would appear to be part of continued belt-tightening measures at Paramount, which is more than $14 billion in debt, led by losses at Paramount+ and its aging cable networks.

Re: 25 years of video clips gone as Paramount axes Comedy Central wesbite

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Post by anigbrowl » Thu, Jun 27, 2024, 4:24 AM UTC

ThrowawayTestr wrote: post #2

This is why you download the things you love. Hard drives are cheap.

I can't help thinking that zapping sites with no warning is intended to defeat amateur archivists.

Re: 25 years of video clips gone as Paramount axes Comedy Central wesbite

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Post by Bluecobra » Thu, Jun 27, 2024, 4:25 AM UTC

ThrowawayTestr wrote: post #2

This is why you download the things you love. Hard drives are cheap.

Funnily enough I remember reading somewhere that this was some of The Daily Show’s secret sauce in where they would DVR/record all the other news programs.

Re: 25 years of video clips gone as Paramount axes Comedy Central wesbite

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Post by mindslight » Thu, Jun 27, 2024, 4:27 AM UTC

fatbird wrote: post #4

Torrenting becomes a moral imperative.

Always has been.

Re: 25 years of video clips gone as Paramount axes Comedy Central wesbite

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Post by peddling-brink » Thu, Jun 27, 2024, 4:27 AM UTC

Anything else owned by paramount that needs to be urgently archived?

Re: 25 years of video clips gone as Paramount axes Comedy Central wesbite

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Post by ChrisNorstrom » Thu, Jun 27, 2024, 4:34 AM UTC

Bluecobra wrote: post #7

ThrowawayTestr wrote: post #2

This is why you download the things you love. Hard drives are cheap.

Funnily enough I remember reading somewhere that this was some of The Daily Show’s secret sauce in where they would DVR/record all the other news programs.

They use "TV Eyes" a service that records all cable channels constantly and allows you to search through them and download clips of that segment.