Emily McManus:

The TED Open TV Project has already signed up dozens of broadcasters around the world, whose collective audience numbers in the hundreds of millions. Built in response to strong demand from TV station managers around the world, TED’s Open TV Project allows broadcasters to air TEDTalks for free, and encourages them to create custom programs for their communities.

TED Talks are great, I love watching these videos, so naturally I think this is a great move. TED has some of the most thought provoking and inspirational videos on the web.