By Steve Donohue, Fierce Cable, January 2, 2014
| ABC said that on Monday it will begin restricting access to | complete episodes of new TV shows to customers of pay TV | providers that it has signed to TV Everywhere authentication | deals. | | The move will prevent subscribers from DirecTV, Time Warner | Cable and Dish Network from watching new episodes of "Modern | Family," "The Bachelor" and other ABC series on ABC.com in the | week after their premiere. Only subscribers from AT&T, | Cablevision, Charter Communications, Comcast, Cox | Communications, Midcontinent and Verizon will be able to watch | new episodes on WatchABC.com or through the Watch ABC mobile | video app the day after their premiere, according to a notice | ABC posted online late last month. | | While ABC said it will also stop offering free, ad-supported | versions of new episodes through Hulu, the network will allow | premium Hulu Plus subscribers to watch new programs the day | after their initial broadcast. Web surfers will also be able | to pay per episode to download high-definition programs | from Apple's iTunes store or Amazon Instant Video.
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