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'''In2TV''' was a website offering ad-supported streaming video of classic TV shows in the United States. It was operated by AOL Time Warner as an outlet for the company's archival television programming.

==History==

In2TV was announced in November 2005 as a collaboration between AOL and Warner Bros. Television,<ref name="BI 2018-03-24">{{cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/the-forgotten-story-of-aols-in2tv-which-helped-invent-binge-tv-way-before-netflix-2018-3|title=The forgotten story of AOL's In2TV, which helped invent binge TV way before Netflix|last=Shields|first=Mike|date=March 24, 2018|work=Business Insider|access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Warner Bros. In2TV">{{cite press release|url=https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/aol-and-warner-bros-announce-%E2%80%98in2tv%E2%80%99-new-broadband-network-aolcom-delivering-largest|title=AOL and Warner Bros. Announce 'In2TV'|publisher=Warner Bros.|date=November 14, 2005|access-date=March 25, 2024|archive-date=September 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914011908/https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/aol-and-warner-bros-announce-%E2%80%98in2tv%E2%80%99-new-broadband-network-aolcom-delivering-largest|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/aol-to-offer-old-warner-tv-shows/|title=AOL to Offer Old Warner TV Shows|website=CBS News|date=November 14, 2005|access-date=March 25, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/nov/14/newmedia.business|title=AOL jumps on board web TV bandwagon|newspaper=The Guardian|date=November 14, 2005|access-date=March 25, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/business/internet-service-to-put-classic-tv-on-home-computer.html|title=Internet Service to Put Classic TV on Home Computer|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 14, 2005|access-date=March 25, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wired.com/2005/11/way-too-in2tv|title=Way Too In2TV|magazine=Wired|date=November 14, 2005|access-date=March 25, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-nov-14-fi-aol14-story.html|title=Venture of Warner Bros., AOL to Provide Old TV Shows a New Life Online|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=November 14, 2005|access-date=March 25, 2024}}</ref> at the time both being owned by the Time Warner conglomerate. The site was created in part as a counteraction against the rapid rise in popularity of video hosting sites such as [[Company:YouTube|YouTube]]; when In2TV launched, Time Warner subsequently ordered all of its content (mostly posted by users, not by Time Warner itself) off YouTube through [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]] (DMCA) notices in order to divert traffic to In2TV. The service was launched with a party held at the Museum of Television & Radio (later renamed as The Paley Center for Media) and on March 15, 2006<ref name="EW 2006-03-15">{{cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/article/2006/03/15/aols_free_vinta/|title=Check out In2TV, AOL's new free TV-on-demand service|last=Ryan|first=Amy|date=March 15, 2006|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Multichannel In2TV">{{cite news|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/aol-launches-in2tv-299995|title=AOL Launches In2TV|magazine=Multichannel News|date=March 15, 2006|access-date=March 25, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= https://adage.com/article/digital/aol-in2tv-live-includes-advertisers/107874|title=AOL IN2TV GOES LIVE, INCLUDES FOUR ADVERTISERS|magazine=Advertising Age|date=March 15, 2006|access-date=April 8, 2024}}</ref> and was later integrated with AOL Video in December 2006.

==Content==

When In2TV first launched the shows were categorized into channels.<ref name="TV.com 2006-03-16">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/news/aol-is-really-in2tv-3693/|title=AOL is really In2TV|last=Mahan|first=Colin|date=March 16, 2006|work=TV.com|access-date=April 12, 2018|archive-date=April 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412212121/http://www.tv.com/news/aol-is-really-in2tv-3693/|url-status=dead}}</ref> These included LOL (Comedy), Drama Rama (Drama), What a Rush (Action), Vintage TV (Classic), Heroes Horror (Sci-Fi/Horror), Toon Topia TV (Cartoons) and Pilot Theater (first episodes).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uk.pcmag.com/web-sites/65751/in2tv|title=In2TV|website=PC Magazine|date=30 June 2015 |access-date=March 25, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Warner Bros. In2TV"/>

In2TV also included bonus channels featuring original content based on the TV shows featured on the service. These channels included:

* '''Starplay''', featuring stars before they were stars
* '''Betcha Didn't Know!''', trivia about top TV stars
* '''TV Karaoke''', theme-song sing-alongs
* '''Where Are They Now''', updates on stars of past series
* '''Rock 'n Flix''', musical clips from movies


AOL Video lost its rights to the Time Warner library when AOL [[Finance:Corporate spin-off|spun off]] from Time Warner in 2009 to become an independent company, which was later acquired by [[Company:Verizon Communications|Verizon]] in 2015 and later merged with [[Company:Yahoo!|Yahoo]] to form Oath (later renamed as the second incarnation of Yahoo Inc.) in 2017. By the time AOL had purchased ''The Huffington Post'' (later renamed as HuffPost) in 2011,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Steel|first=Emily|date=2011-02-08|title=AOL to Acquire Huffington Post|language=en-US|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704858404576129234044123852|access-date=2021-09-06|issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Aol Buys The Huffington Post, Animated Version [Video]|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/02/08/aol-huffington-post/|access-date=2021-09-06|website=TechCrunch|date=8 February 2011 |language=en-US}}</ref> AOL Video had been dissolved. Links to the service now redirect to Huffington Post's TV section, which contains no archival video. What remains of In2TV's content was moved over to online platforms bearing the brands of the now-defunct [[Company:The WB|The WB]] and [[Software:Kids' WB|Kids' WB]] and then to [[Software:Plex|Plex]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=2019-08-29 |title=Plex Teams With Warner Bros. To Expand Into Free, Ad-Supported Streaming |url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/plex-teams-with-warner-bros-to-expand-into-free-ad-supported-streaming-1202707252/ |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> Warner Bros. Discovery's [[Software:Max (streaming service)|Max]] and its [[Engineering:Free ad-supported streaming television|FAST]] channels on The Roku Channel and [[Company:Tubi|Tubi]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=CSI |date=2023-01-02 |title=WBD brings FAST channels to Roku and Tubi |url=https://www.csimagazine.com/csi/WBD-brings-FAST-channels-to-Roku-and-Tubi.php |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=CSI |language=en}}</ref> (with programming from Discovery's cable channels that added when WarnerMedia and Discovery merged in 2022). 
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