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Summary As online audiences grow, networks see an opportunity to make more money.
Dozens of shows from major cable networks now carry as many ads online as they do on TV.Online video has improved in recent years with faster Internet connections and better technology. The advances have led some people to give up on regular TV and watch only online. The online audience is still small compared with television, but its growing. Networks hope that by showing more ads, they can make about as much money per viewer online as they do on the tube. Networks still make far more money from TV than from the Internet. Americans on average spent about 160 hours a month in front of the tube in early 2010 and only seven watching video on a computer or phone.One of the rewards of watching TV online is not having to sit through as many commercials. Now the networks are chipping away at that little luxury.
