nytimes.com — "NBC Universal, unable to come to an agreement with Apple on pricing, has decided not to renew its contract to sell digital downloads of television shows on iTunes."Media giants have new brilliant plan for making more money from their content: by pulling them off the most popular online music + video store.
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Closed AccountAug 31, 2007
Consider it punishment for the way the EU dealt with integrated Microsoft media player. Maybe next time Europe won't move so swiftly to stifle innovation.
sv650touringAug 31, 2007
Whether Apple cares about you isn't as important as how they benefit you. Some people have trouble believing that a company as small as Apple can exert such influence on such major industries as computers and entertainment, and so you post idiotic, point-missing comments like that.And while Steve Jobs wants Apple to be a success, there are things he cares about more than money, and history has proven it.
oskioAug 31, 2007
NBC would be smart to offer the shows right off their website DRM free for $1.99. Steve doesn't need the cash and then ppl w/o iPods can partake.....just a thought.
alegoo92Aug 31, 2007
its an NBC-UNIVERSAL show...so i think itll be taken off right?
jordanlundAug 31, 2007
No. What's immoral is multi-billion dollar a year multi-national companies thinking we "owe" them more money this year than we were willing to pay last year for the sole reason that they need to increase their stock price.
timmcneelySep 1, 2007
Feeling shafted by NBC?s proposed $4.99 an episode price hike that got their new fall season kicked out of iTunes?Kevin Wick has been kind enough to look up the contact information for the NBC Executives that are key to getting this situation reversed.Amy Zelvin, NBC Universal Digital Media Communications, (212) 664-7436 amy.zelvin@nbcuni.comJoe Libonati, NBC Universal Television Group Publicity, (818) 840-3050 joe.libonati@nbcuni.com(edit) Some additions-Jeff Zucker, President and Chief Executive Officer, NBC Universal (212) 664-4444 jeff.zucker@nbcuni.comBen Silverman, Co-Chairman, NBC Entertainment and NBC Universal Television Studio ben.silverman@nbcuni.comNow, please don?t call these people and threaten them, cuss them, or yell at them. That?s not going to get anything accomplished.If, however, you want to politely let them know how you feel about their suggested price increase, and subsequent removal from iTunes, it might actually have some affect.If enough people call, NBC just might listen?you never know.
cleverboySep 1, 2007
I'm only guessing, but I think EyeTV USES Applescripting to sync with iTunes (iTunes is obviously an Applescript-ready application). Which is cool, considering you can break it out further with Automator. I'd also like to get that new USB encoder that creates/converts-to H.264 movies in seconds.
livewell07May 31, 2008
They'll regret that decsionhxxp://makemoneyonline-internetbusiness.blogspot.com