According to BBC News, the web-episodes of The Office will only last two minutes each.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4826516.stm
Despite that...this is a step in the right direction! CNNMoney.com reports that "NBC Universal Television Group CEO Jeffrey Zucker told producers to come up with pitches for shows that included Internet components"! Interesting, huh?
http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/20/magazines/business2/business2_browser_0320/
-Stewart
I really believe that in 5 to 10 years TV will be obsolete, and most people will access their television using monitors (and HDTV's) connected to the net. iTunes has been moving this way, as have the new sites like AOL's new television service, showing Lois and Kent and Babylon 5 for free online.
Well here comes another step.... 10 episodes of The Office available only online this summer. It will be fun!
http://www.wral.com/technology/8081389/detail.html