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Agreed, the original article should be removed or updated to reflect this. It will only help spread rubbish.
yeah i agree. i don't see the point. maybe there's something more behind it?
and where's smallville?
It is a little bit the other way around. NBC had no intentions of pulling content before December but Apple came out and said "screw you!". Basically saying no content at all unless we come to an agreement, which they haven't...yet
sometimes i really think this was one of those unintended wars. critical mass was attained by mistake and it shroomed.
Fox the network and Fox the television company share little but the name. (WB and UPN were the same way.)
I would bet that most people thought that it was just NBC broadcasted films, not NBC produced.. at least I know I did.
Are there any other popular shows produced by NBC on other networks?
Why watch the commerical(s)?
Got to this UK site.
http://www.tv-links.co.uk/listings/1/41
You can't download, but everything is commerical free. Plus the divx player is pretty nice.
Got to this UK site.
http://www.tv-links.co.uk/listings/1/41
You can't download, but everything is commerical free. Plus the divx player is pretty nice.
No season passes for Journeyman
No season pass for Journeyman, which is a bit disappointing. But might mean that it is possible you won't get the full season posted on iTunes.
Which is frustrating as I really liked the pilot and would get the season pass.
No season pass for Journeyman, which is a bit disappointing. But might mean that it is possible you won't get the full season posted on iTunes.
Which is frustrating as I really liked the pilot and would get the season pass.
Maybe this is solely due to contractual obligations.
Yeah, perhaps so, but I was thinking that they would only be contractually obligated to offer the shows, but not contractually obligated to actively promote the show.
Maybe I'm correlating too much to the iTunes Music Store, where the staff has a lot of editorial pull in determining which artists they promote.
I wonder if either Apple or NBC is going to say something about this, to make clear where the deal stands. I can understand that ongoing negotiations are private, but can't they explain to us which content is covered under the current contract?
Needless to say, I'm VERY disappointed that The Office will no longer be available on iTunes. Considering this article from January 2006...
NBC credits The Office's higher ratings with the show's availability on iTunes. While the number of downloads of The Office do not figure into weekly ratings, the number people watching The Office has increased since the show became available for download. This is pretty big news, because all the networks have been banking on some sort of ratings boost by making their shows available on the internet. At first, it seemed like a gamble that people would try out new shows online and then start watching them, but it seems to have worked. The Office has been huge for NBC on iTunes. It accounts for one-third of all NBC downloads (there are currently 12 NBC shows for sale on iTunes). The people who are downloading shows off the internet are exactly the audience that all the networks are fighting for: the 18-49 demographic.
ABC reports the same bump in ratings for Lost and Desperate Housewives, since they launched on iTunes way back in October. Lost ratings have jumped 14% and DH ratings went up 7%.
...I can't understand how NBC figure to reach more viewers through any other means. They are stupid mutha uckas.
NBC credits The Office's higher ratings with the show's availability on iTunes. While the number of downloads of The Office do not figure into weekly ratings, the number people watching The Office has increased since the show became available for download. This is pretty big news, because all the networks have been banking on some sort of ratings boost by making their shows available on the internet. At first, it seemed like a gamble that people would try out new shows online and then start watching them, but it seems to have worked. The Office has been huge for NBC on iTunes. It accounts for one-third of all NBC downloads (there are currently 12 NBC shows for sale on iTunes). The people who are downloading shows off the internet are exactly the audience that all the networks are fighting for: the 18-49 demographic.
ABC reports the same bump in ratings for Lost and Desperate Housewives, since they launched on iTunes way back in October. Lost ratings have jumped 14% and DH ratings went up 7%.
...I can't understand how NBC figure to reach more viewers through any other means. They are stupid mutha uckas.
NBC's player is way too crappy for me.
Looks like if i miss an episode im be getting Heroes via other means. NBC looses my fist .99
Looks like if i miss an episode im be getting Heroes via other means. NBC looses my fist .99
The Office?!?
So, If Apple is adding these new shows, does that mean they will add new episodes of existing shows such as The Office?!?! I hope soooo bad they do! I would get a season pass in a second!!
So, If Apple is adding these new shows, does that mean they will add new episodes of existing shows such as The Office?!?! I hope soooo bad they do! I would get a season pass in a second!!
Journeyman have a lot of apple stuff in it. He is constantly typing on his iPhone, in 1987 too
So maybe they got a deal whit Apple to get all things free, but they have to get Journeyman up on iTunes,
So maybe they got a deal whit Apple to get all things free, but they have to get Journeyman up on iTunes,
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I'm not sure what your basis for comparison is. Sure, on manual encodes, with lots of tweaked filters, you may get better, but what's the point of that comparison?
iTMS quality is better than any SD DVR I've owned (ReplayTV 5040, DirecTV Dual-DVR, DishDVR). Better than any MythTV boxen I've built (Plextor?420 MPEG4/USB first, then dual PVR150's in the second). Way better than XBox Live Marketplace SD content, and about equal to the "HD" content offered there as well (higher-res, but really lousy, low bitrate stuff).
It's 9 times out of 10 better than the available XviDs of comparative file size.
Are we looking at the same thing? Or maybe you're looking at a particularly bad encode for a specific show or episode?
Figures, now I have to decide if I'm going to get My Name Is Earl from iTunes, or just say screw you to NBC entirely. Hmm....