NBC Television Shows Now Available on Amazon

[clevin]

But if a computer is required to buy a TV show online, how can reducing the number of computers capable of making such a purchase not also reduce the number of TV shows purchased?

hehe, easy, lets say right now its 5% of pc users +5% of mac users, which is 5% of total computer users

and if NBC can expand their pc users base to 6%, then its 6x.95=5.7% of total computer users. larger than current situation.

 

[aristobrat]

hehe, easy, lets say right now its 5% of pc users +5% of mac users, which is 5% of total computer users

and if NBC can expand their pc users base to 6%, then its 6x.95=5.7% of total computer users. larger than current situation.

Ah, OK -- I get where you're coming from.

Personally, I think NBC will be lucky if 50% of its iTunes customers move over to Unbox. I don't see any way (short of them giving their programming away for free) that they'll end up with more customers there than they had on iTunes, especially since Unbox shows can't be viewed on iPods.

Your point about watching TV on a computer is valid, but from the threads I've read here over the last year or so, it seems like when "tv purchasing from iTS" is mentioned, seems like the majority of times it's specifically mentioned that it's being purchased for viewing on an iPod.

 

[freediverdude]

NBC is probably ok for now going over to Unbox, but I'm thinking they will be forced to seriously reconsider their position in another year or two when the iphone and ipod touch become even more dominant in the portable player market than the regular ipod is now. The sales they will get from Unbox will be mostly Tivo purchases.

 

[robbyx]

Many people think ITMS is most unfair. It does not pay artists very much, and restricts you to using iTunes. What if I don't want to use the craptastic iTunes for listening to my MP3s on Windows (it seriously blows on Windows, much more than on the Mac). I suppose it's OK for me to just pirate music in that case.

Then buy a Zune and buy your music from any number of other online music retailers. Or, do what I do, buy CDs. This is a bogus argument. Apples and Oranges. No one is FORCING you to buy Apple products or content form the iTMS. There are many options out there.

Unlike television where, if you want to watch a show, you have only one choice: pay for tons of crap you don't want or care about in order to get the handful of things you do. iTunes broke this horrible model and industry wankers can't seem to understand why it's so successful. Gee, who'd have thought that consumers might actually want to pick and choose what content they buy rather than having a bunch of crap forced down our throats.

As for iTMS not paying artists very well, um, have you checked on how well the big media companies pay? Not that it's any justification, but come on. Artists get the shaft everywhere - unless they self publish or go indie.

As for the rest of your drivel, typical industry whining. Lash out rather than treat the consumer with any respect. It's no wonder the big media companies are imploding.