More NBC Content On the Way?

[Lacero]

Any idea if Apple foots the bandwidth bill for all these video downloads? I think costs are deferred with the studios based on amount of traffic. I'd like to sell my own videos on the iTMS, and Apple may pave the way for independent producers.

Here's to the Crazy Ones ​

 

[golfstud]

The battle is shaping up

see this:

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1405

The networks are figuring out TIVO. This is why I don't see how the new MAC MINI will have DVR funtionallity--Apple wants to keep content providers happy and keep the coming to ITUNES. I just how the new TIVO stuff coming for IPODs works with my DirectTV TIVO boxes...I think they are series 2...but I'm not sure.

Syncing my pod with my TIVO box..now that would be cool.

 

[~Shard~]

I was a big Doctor Who fan in the 80s--the good, the bad, the cheesy and the just plain weird!

That's an accurate way to describe the series back then. The 70's although cheesy and campy noawadays, were my favorites (3rd and 4th Doctor).

I'll avoid the Dr. Who thread and any spoilers, since I hear Doctors 9 and 10 are pretty good. But I await them on Netflix! And if iTunes had them first, I'd check out a couple early, out of curiosity.

The 10th Doctor starts this year, but the 9th was excellent. If you want my copies of the last season, just PM me - I recorded all of them onto my Mac, excellent quality.

Doctor Who was never what I'd call GOOD sci-fi... not in the sense of consistently combining quality writing, acting, and the whole package... but there was always something about it.... It just can't be compared to other things. I get the sense that the latest seasons may push into consistently good territory, and I'm in some suspense to see if that's true!

Very much agreed.

At any rate, no more Doctor Who chat here, it's getting off-topic. I'd be mroe than happy to discuss the show either via PM or in the Doctor Who thread though if anyone's interested.

 

[beatle888]

I'm ALL for that!

hilarious, portable laughs. thats perfect. one of the only "vintage" shows that can still be enjoyed over and over and....

 

[quigleybc]

I'm surprised that their is a lot of interest in buying current tv shows...

I guess I don't get it...

 

[BlueRevolution]

At first I thought $1.99 was an OK price; now, I'm not so sure.

If you buy a sesons's worth of shows, you are paying as much for that as you are for the DVD box set of the show. And, you are getting significantly lower quality.

With an album purchase, I am generally paying significantly less than I pay for the CD, and the quality is relatively comparable. So, buying albums this way makes a lot of sense to me, and has become the primary way I buy music.

But, this pricing structure discourages purchases of entire collections. It is fine for a show here or there, but if they want me to buy more than that, they need to make the collection price significantly lower than the price to buy the DVD collection.

what about a system where if you buy every episode of a season, or the entire season, you get the DVD set shipped to you automatically? that would certainly solve pricing issues. it would also be cool if DVDs contained iPod- and PSP-compatible copies of their content. not that it's particularly hard or outside your rights to rip a DVD you own to iPod-compatible format for personal viewing, but that's not something most people know how to do. the benefit for the publisher with bundling iPod-compatible videos is that they can put DRM on them, wheras ripped copies of their DVDs will be totally open and I'd think would encourage piracy.

Any idea if Apple foots the bandwidth bill for all these video downloads? I think costs are deferred with the studios based on amount of traffic. I'd like to sell my own videos on the iTMS, and Apple may pave the way for independent producers.

you could always podcast them...

 

[GregA]

NO, iTunes is the name and iTunes is what it should stay. That's the brand. Don't be messing with a succesful brand.

I disagree. A new app could separate out your music from TV stuff. We use our music and TV quite differently. That's not to say that iTunes couldn't have 2 distinct modes (tunes vs tv) to capitalise on the name to start with.

Any idea if Apple foots the bandwidth bill for all these video downloads?

Yeah I wondered the same. I'd really like to see a bittorrent style peer-to-peer built into iTunes, controlled by Apple so keeping the security they want.

 

[BlueRevolution]

Yeah I wondered the same. I'd really like to see a bittorrent style peer-to-peer built into iTunes, controlled by Apple so keeping the security they want.

it may not be in iTunes, but some dedicated podcasting software supports Bittorrent. example: Juice (formerly iPodder)

 

[themacman]

Come on Apprentice!

yea. that would be awesome, and also maybe some of the old olympic content?

 

[VIREBEL661]

Adult Swim!

Squidbillys - Aqua Teen!

 

[Doctor Q]

I suspect that NBC will gradually introduce other shows to iTMS as the lawyers work out the deals/royalties/licenses, and that they aren't saving them up for a grand introduction of a more complete lineup at MacWorld.

If a big splashy Macworld introduction had been the plan, I think they wouldn't have introduced any NBC shows yet.

 

[crazyjoeda]

One word, Seinfeld. Every episode, they should have like a complete Seinfeld for like $150.

 

[crazyjoeda]

yea. that would be awesome, and also maybe some of the old olympic content?

They should put up content for up coming Olympic games. It may be to late to secure the rights for Torino but it could posible to have Beijing, Vancouver and London Olympic games content on the iTunes store. Imagin every event avalible to download.

 

[iomar]

wow.. this great... why why didn't I buy Apple Stock when the iPod Video and new iMac G5s come out. I producted that their stock will job really high maybe over 100 at end of this year.. and it has moved up 20 point already.

 

[59031]

That's not to say that iTunes couldn't have 2 distinct modes (tunes vs tv) to capitalise on the name to start with.

It already does. It's called your Videos Playlist vs. your Music Playlist.

Once again, you do NOT mess with a successful brand name.

 

[JoeG4]

ZOMG I predict a fully upgradable mini tower portable PC with an dualcore intel processor that'll be 1309827529085257 times faster than any powermac on the market today because of this!

 

[longofest]

ZOMG I predict a fully upgradable mini tower portable PC with an dualcore intel processor that'll be 1309827529085257 times faster than any powermac on the market today because of this!

What are you talking about?

 

[GregA]

It already does. It's called your Videos Playlist vs. your Music Playlist.

Once again, you do NOT mess with a successful brand name.

Sorry, are you saying iTunes blocks these out for you?
I can't buy videos here so I haven't seen that. I have got video podcasts though, and they are grouped with the music podcasts.

 

[hyperpasta]

Ewwwww!

That ad is digusting! Hopefully it's replaced ASAP.

 

[machan]

That ad looks like it was created by a 12 year old who just started using Motion yesterday. YEEESH!!! Terrible!!!!

 

[59031]

Sorry, are you saying iTunes blocks these out for you?
I can't buy videos here so I haven't seen that. I have got video podcasts though, and they are grouped with the music podcasts.

There is a playlist called "Videos" that the application automatically creates. You don't have this?

 

[berkleeboy210]

SNL and Bravo "Coming Soon" !

Although I have to wait for a new iPod since my old one was Stolen out of my bag in NYC last Week.

 

[w_parietti22]

Horrible Ad. It's not Apple, its NBC.

 

[killuminati]

One word, Seinfeld. Every episode, they should have like a complete Seinfeld for like $150.

If your truly a seinfeld fan you should just get the DVDs. Much better quality, theres bonus features and its just a lot easier to watch. I'v started ripping a bunch of episodes so that I can watch them on my ipod. I saw that amazon is selling seasons 1-6 for about 150, much cheaper than buying each one for about 60 bucks. BTW, is your name crazy joe davola?

 

[GregA]

There is a playlist called "Videos" that the application automatically creates. You don't have this?

I do have that playlist. But videos are still incorporated into the rest of iTunes in various ways - it's not like 2 distinct uses (music vs TV). Anyway, we disagree on the value of that, fair enough.