Fancast, a Web video venture which had its official launch at CES earlier this year and is backed by Comcast, announced an expansion in programming this week, with streams to be provided of shows from several Viacom studios, including MTV and BET Networks. For those video fans who’ve been seeking free, ad-supported content in the form of full episodes of “South Park”, “The Colbert Report,” and “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” Fancast will soon deliver on those requests.
For a number of months now Viacom has presented free “Daily Show” clips through the program’s website, though only in unique segments. Complete episodes have remained absent from the official archive. So it is likely to come with at least some measure of critical acclaim that Viacom intends to release several of its most popular shows in complete form by way of Fancast.