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Movies and TV / Television on iTunes
« on: January 26, 2006, 08:36:29 AM »
iTunes has slowly been adding TV content since Decemeber, with individual episodes costing around $1.99. ABC and NBC are two of the largest contributors (though NBC offers more and better content) and new networks like MTV, Soapnet, USA, the Disney Channel. Nickleodeon, and Comedy Central have been putting their toes in the water.
For NBC apparently the kid at the pool who likes to jump in head first, the gamble has worked and NBC shows on iTunes experienced a nice ratings jump (probably as new viewers were able to catch up on the Office and Surface) NBC also added a lot of classic SNL stuff as well and Classic television like Hitchcock, Adam-12, Knight Rider the A-Team and the Munsters.
Since I like to watch movies on my computer the idea of quality downloads of television (torrents are notoriously varied in quality) for my computer intrigues me even though I dont have an iPod capable of playing video. 1.99 seems like a good price to pay networks (yes the content should be free, but there arent any adds and download bandwidth is expensive. Whole seasons end up costing about half of what a DVD would.
So is it a good idea, a fluke, or just a method to sell more iPods, and does it Herald content made expressly for the internet?
For NBC apparently the kid at the pool who likes to jump in head first, the gamble has worked and NBC shows on iTunes experienced a nice ratings jump (probably as new viewers were able to catch up on the Office and Surface) NBC also added a lot of classic SNL stuff as well and Classic television like Hitchcock, Adam-12, Knight Rider the A-Team and the Munsters.
Since I like to watch movies on my computer the idea of quality downloads of television (torrents are notoriously varied in quality) for my computer intrigues me even though I dont have an iPod capable of playing video. 1.99 seems like a good price to pay networks (yes the content should be free, but there arent any adds and download bandwidth is expensive. Whole seasons end up costing about half of what a DVD would.
So is it a good idea, a fluke, or just a method to sell more iPods, and does it Herald content made expressly for the internet?