Well said. What's more is that this is nothing more than corporate chest pounding in attempt to demonstrate dominance over a company that by all wall street accounts is going to hit record marks in 2008. Granted, loyal itunes subscribers such as myself and others will initially suffer being unable to download their favorite episodes of the office and scrubs immediately. However, and as has been mentioned, there are other means of procuring said episodes, none which involve the shelling out of 40 bucks for a dvd months after the season ends. Smart move NBC!!
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Well said. What's more is that this is nothing more than corporate chest pounding in attempt to demonstrate dominance over a company that by all wall street accounts is going to hit record marks in 2008. Granted, loyal itunes subscribers such as myself and others will initially suffer being unable to download their favorite episodes of the office and scrubs immediately. However, and as has been mentioned, there are other means of procuring said episodes, none which involve the shelling out of 40 bucks for a dvd months after the season ends. Smart move NBC!!
I have a feeling NBC TV is either going to pop up on theirh own website or some other online TV downloading store..... Microsoft? Google video is dead.... Walmart?
Hm, it may have more to do with preparing some exclusive content for MS/XBOX. MS is not ready to cede this market to Apple.
NBC's current shows will continue to be available on iTunes until December of this year. NBC accounted for 30% of iTunes TV sales.
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This is incorrect. Apple is discontinuing NBC's shows on iTunes before the fall season, not mid-season (as Dec would indicate). Perhaps older seasons would be available until Dec but I doubt even that will be true.
email NBC!!
email NBC/Universal and let them know your thoughts
http://www.nbc.com/Footer/Contact_Us/
email NBC/Universal and let them know your thoughts
http://www.nbc.com/Footer/Contact_Us/
Fine with me, I didn't watch any shows on NBC anyways. In fact, besides sports, I could do without the channel on my cable box. I wish I could just choose the handful of channels I actually watch and then just not pay for the rest. Discovery, History, SciFi, AMC, National Geographic, FX, HBO, Cinemax, Starz.
Ok...but why can I go into Circuit City and buy any number of programs for Windows that will rip a DVD to a file. Has something changed in the Law recently?
I wouldn't mind if Apple negotiated a little, but NBC's demands were staggeringly high.
While its disappointing that Apple won't have NBC's shows to offer, I wouldn't have bought them anyways for that price.
While its disappointing that Apple won't have NBC's shows to offer, I wouldn't have bought them anyways for that price.
They''ll come crawling back, and next time Apple gonna grab them by the balls and my them kneel.
Battlestar Galactica is gone!
I just realized... This means no more Battlestar Galactica!!!
(though on SciFi, it is distributed by NBC)
I just realized... This means no more Battlestar Galactica!!!
(though on SciFi, it is distributed by NBC)
No more The Office!! Darn...iTunes was the only way I had time to watch it.
Well, it's really sad when companies are motivated by greed. Sure, Apple's profit margins are the highest in their industry, but for NBC to demand $4.99/episode? No one will pay that; buying a season pass already costs more than a DVD doesn't it?
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Well, it's really sad when companies are motivated by greed. Sure, Apple's profit margins are the highest in their industry, but for NBC to demand $4.99/episode? No one will pay that; buying a season pass already costs more than a DVD doesn't it?
-=|Mgkwho
sigh, i think "some stations" are actually started by "NBC"
and people, NBC isn't stupid, we can bet their own online store will NOT charge users higher price than ITMS for same products.
That's crazy! $4.99 for a TV show? 
Apple had to warm everyone up to stop getting them "other ways" and pay $1.99 for a TV show.
Great job NBC, I don't think anybody is going to be paying you anymore for your shows. You can only blame yourself.
Apple had to warm everyone up to stop getting them "other ways" and pay $1.99 for a TV show.Great job NBC, I don't think anybody is going to be paying you anymore for your shows. You can only blame yourself.
Can't help but play the conspiracy theory fan, but part of me says this is all a ploy to get people to snap up the content that is currently available. You know. Get people running out to grab those shows now before they disapear off iTunes. Then at the 11 hour deadline come out with an announcement that NBC has agreed to the current pricing and things will continue.
Not that I really suspect that this is the case, just fun to think of alternate possibilities.
Not that I really suspect that this is the case, just fun to think of alternate possibilities.
Heroes Season 1 Episode 1
First episode is available as a free download on Xbox Live. Now we know who's gonna have NBC shows.
First episode is available as a free download on Xbox Live. Now we know who's gonna have NBC shows.
This is where the shows will be going:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/clown-co-gets-website-and-new-name-hulu/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/clown-co-gets-website-and-new-name-hulu/
Go to this link: http://www.nbc.com/Footer/Contact_Us/
Write NBC and tell them not be be greedy like the record biz.. Do it today!!!! Be creative, tell them how much you buy legally and that they will only push their paying customers to download free somewhere.
Write NBC and tell them not be be greedy like the record biz.. Do it today!!!! Be creative, tell them how much you buy legally and that they will only push their paying customers to download free somewhere.
Galactica is the best show on TV, now entering its final season, and I bought it on iTunes JUST to avoid the huge spoilers I'd overhear if I waited for DVD. Doubling the price would have been a deal-breaker (so I'm glad Apple stayed firm), but dumping iTunes entirely leaves me in the same boat: no more Galactica. Yep--that's my answer! But no good for Galactica since I have no cable TV and don't plan to change that.
(I can't remember--are Universal movies on iTunes?)
eye tv for me
i guess ill be recording the office on my eye tv dvr, which is not that hard to do. There is nothing else i want from NBC. I now see why theor ratings have been plummeting for the last few years. Netflix will work for me as well once dvd's are released.
i guess ill be recording the office on my eye tv dvr, which is not that hard to do. There is nothing else i want from NBC. I now see why theor ratings have been plummeting for the last few years. Netflix will work for me as well once dvd's are released.