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"NEW YORK/ATLANTA (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co.&amp;#039;s ABC television network will offer some of its most popular shows, such as &amp;quot;Desperate Housewives&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Lost,&amp;quot; for free on the Web in a service supported by advertising, the company said on Monday.  U.S. media companies have been experimenting with ways to deliver programs through new technologies while maintaining revenue as viewership for prime-time television schedules slowly erodes. But ABC&amp;#039;s venture, which starts as a two-month trial in May, goes a step further, potentially bypassing cable operators by bringing top shows straight to the consumer, analysts said."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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