I don't know if this is the right forum but here goes.. My Computer: Microsoft Vista Home Add. 32bit SP2. 3.00 GB Ram. 233 GB hard drive.... I watch all my tv off the internet. Until recently I would go to a national channel, ie: CBS, NBC and ABC. I select a program, hit enter and that program downloads for streaming. Just recently I ENTERED the ABC network channel, selected my program, hit enter and during the usual advertisement before a program a smaller ABC logo starts blinking in the center of the ad. Below the blinking logo it says it is downloading, however, it does not go beyond this point. The logo continues to BLINK and the ad starts over again. All my other networks work fine. This will occur on either one of my computers. (I have a regular Compaq Presario computer in one room and a Mini Mac in another room. They both run off the same source). What has happened and how can I correct it. The internet does not seem to address this issue. Do I need to get permission from ABC? is it my Adoby FLASH? is it my Adoby Reader? or ? Any help will be appreciated.If it is a legal stream, maybe its getting flagged by the new 6-strike anti-piracy as a false positive and blocked by your ISP. Most ISP's rolled out a recent content sniffer as an anti-piracy measure. I havent seen it in action yet since I dont download or stream anything that is copyright illegally etc.

Please post the URL you use to get to ABC online streaming here, so we can verify that its one that ABC approved, as well as works from our computers if its a legal link which it should be. For the fact that there is advertising ( ABC should be making money from you viewing it from the advertisers), I am guessing its a good stream sourceI typed in abc.com... (it is a legal site as is any of the national networks) and their site comes up. On this site ads advertise the various shows. I click on the first one I see, Revenge, a Trident commercial starts playing (at this point all ok). Then a trailer starts playing about Revenge. Still all ok. I click on "full episodes" and then click on the episode named "sacrifice" and "abc player" starts up. Then another ad, however, at this point the round abc logo starts blinking rapidly in the center of the abc player screen. Above the logo, in small type it says "downloading". then it says " This episode is brought to you with limited commercials", then a Burger King commercial starts. All the time the logo continues to blink. The commercial ends and then the same comercial starts again. This continues and sometimes a different commercial will play and all this time the logo continues to blink. After a couple commercials the abc player stops playing and goes black and everything is quiet. This does not happen on any other network sites. I watch ALL of my tv programs this way with the exception of some Hulu and Netflix programing. Until the other day this has never been a problem. It's almost as if the abc network has to give permission to me before I'm allowed to watch. If this is the case, how do I get their permission? There is a Contact link on their page...Well I found out my problem (and probably a problem for many). I email the same question to abc that I posted here. The following is a copy from my email...

"ABC Customer Support (ABC Player Support Helpdesk)
Mar 08 02:32 pm (CST)
Dear ABC Viewer,
Thank you very much for contacting us REGARDING your infinite ad looping issue on our ABC full-episode player.
We have been working diligently to resolve this issue, and we're happy to inform you that we have fixed it. We sincerely apologize for any frustration and inconvenience this issue may have caused you. Thank you for being a loyal ABC fan, and we look forward to continue providing you with the best programming on TV and online"
If you are still seeing this issue, please let us know.
Thank you!
Allison
ABC
ABC Video Player Support"

I entered abc and tried again, fixed! Thanks to Hope Forum, at least I was able to vent my frustration.