Comments on: NBC Bails on iTunes

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Say It With Links #2 at The TrendWatch — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:28:22 +0000

[...] video projects, or the approximate cost of one episode of a high-end television drama. While NBC decides to stop selling its series on iTunes despite the huge success of The Office and Heroes to start a video-diffusion joint-venture with [...]

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No, I won’t watch it on Hulu… | the Blog of the Lion — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:01:19 +0000

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By: SplitReason.com » Blog Archive » Geeky Distractions 8/31/2007

SplitReason.com » Blog Archive » Geeky Distractions 8/31/2007 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:03:29 +0000

[...] big news is that NBC is dropping iTunes (no doubt cause of their stake in Hulu… nevermind the retarded name), and Apple in response [...]

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By: Teevieo » All the news and reviews for your TV viewing pleasure…

Teevieo » All the news and reviews for your TV viewing pleasure… — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:39:29 +0000

[...] with. This means there isn’t really that much content available and when companies like NBC pull their content your left half way through a season with no hope of getting the rest of the [...]

By: NBC + Amazon = Free Heroes Download BEFORE the Premiere! « Random Thoughts

NBC + Amazon = Free Heroes Download BEFORE the Premiere! « Random Thoughts — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:30:31 +0000

[...] week a lot of drama developed between Apple and NBC over who broke up with who. All we really know is that the pair [...]

By: NBC Runs From iTunes Into The Arms Of Amazon

NBC Runs From iTunes Into The Arms Of Amazon — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:56:55 +0000

[...] week a lot of drama developed between Apple and NBC over who broke up with who. All we really know is that the pair [...]

By: Community Guy » Let NBC know how you feel. Politely!

Community Guy » Let NBC know how you feel. Politely! — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:21:08 +0000

[...] a TechCrunch commenter on the topic of NBC jumping ship on iTunes: Feeling shafted by NBC’s proposed $4.99 an episode price hike that got their new fall season [...]

By: esteban

esteban — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:31:44 +0000

This is the worst decision that NBC could make. People are buying your shows! I hate DVDs, the only use they serve is to rip onto my computer. Give us a friggin break and let us download them through iTunes and give you money instead of downloading through Pirates Bay and everyone loses.

By: Abhishek

Abhishek — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 17:48:11 +0000

This is a growing trend among media entities. I am sure more content producers will go this route. Apple does have a monopolistic position in the online media commerce.

Also this will allow alternative business models and may make content cheaper for us consumers.

Read more of my thoughts here:
http://abhishek...ate-for-itunes/

By: Abhishek Tiwari

Abhishek Tiwari — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 17:40:50 +0000

Growing iHate for iTunes…

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Few weeks ago, I reported about Universal severing its ties with Apple. Universal had disagreements with Apple around the pricing structure, which led to refusal…

By: TechCrunch en français » Pendant que NBC et Apple se chamaillent, BitTorrent continue sa route

Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:06:04 +0000

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By: Community Guy » links for 2007-09-01

Community Guy » links for 2007-09-01 — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:25:22 +0000

[...] NBC Bails on iTunes “The New York Times is reporting that NBC will not renew its contract to distribute television shows via Apple’s iTunes service.” Sounds like the NBC has supreme confidence in their new Hulu site. Seems a bit risky to pull away all together this fast. (tags: television itunes) [...]

By: John

John — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:36:29 +0000

Can’t see how Hulu would make anything like the kind of money itunes was making for NBC. I guess we’ll find out. http://tinyurl.com/2j52vj

By: Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:03:15 +0000

Good for NBC, we are working to get them on xBox!

http://fakestev...er.blogspot.com

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:29:22 +0000

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.com
Joe 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.com
Ben Silverman, Co-Chairman, NBC Entertainment and NBC Universal Television Studio ben.silverman@nbcuni.com

Now, 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.

By: randy

randy — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:54:29 +0000

This is hilarious. NBC wants to charge even MORE for boring crap nobody was paying $2 for anyway because they can get it for free already, either on TV or via a Torrent.

By: PapiTheWriter

PapiTheWriter — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:09:36 +0000

When digital photos first started I jumped on. After several years I had to change providers since many failed. When iTunes came out I thought it was cool, but held off because I did not want to be in the same boat with my pictures when it came to music. I dont mind going to several sight to download my videos. Is it easy? No way – TV Shows and movies take time. I would rather have it all on iTunes (or one place) so it just downloads on its own. I dont want to join hulu or anything else only to see it close in a year (or worse mid-season). I pay for iTunes because it is simple and easy – I have not seen any other sites with such simplicity. If I have to waste time then I will just use bittorrent (which, for the record, I would rather not use).

By: KingJacob

KingJacob — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:58:15 +0000

I never really understood buying shows from itunes since nbc shows them online for free, you can watch some on tv(except black donnelys) or buy a dvd set for way cheaper.

By: SK

SK — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:52:26 +0000

@28/wlrock

I was noticing the EXACT same thing. It’s scary that so many people just seem to assume that unless it’s on Itunes, they’re fully justified in stealing it. People whine about the possibility of having to sync their music/video library with multiple platforms. Meanwhile these same people juggle 38 social networks, multiple IM/email accounts, etc. without batting an eye.

DRM is of course what makes this all so difficult. A lot of people are just more than happy to leverage themselves neck deep in Apple’s DRM that they don’t care to think about other alternatives. More competition for Itunes would help open up some of the DRM barriers making it easier to get a wider range of content from a wider range of sources.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:44:30 +0000

I seem to be the opposite of many other people here, I don’t mind a lack of box and physical DVDs when buying videos, I see it a big plus when buying.

It’s far far easier for me to click on a button to watch an episode of something than to find the right box on the shelf, and swap discs when I want to watch the next bit of the season or whatever.

Granted, I could rip DVDs to my computer, but It’s terribly time consuming and I really can’t be bothered.

By: Jim H

Jim H — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:42:41 +0000

First of all, Vivendi-GE — what’s the difference. My guess is, Universal wouldn’t have made move one if upper management hadn’t supported it.

As for you, wlrock, that’s a great idea. Start a business by calling your potential customers evil thieves. Good business plan. In order to seal it, threaten to more than double the price of the shows the audience wants to see, while giving them a discount, no doubt, on the first season of “Two and a Half Men.”

By: Trevor Poczynek

Trevor Poczynek — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:11:23 +0000

Apple and Vivendi (NBC Universal) have been at each other for a while over pricing of music and now video. Vivendi forgets that before iTunes the sale of music online had failed miserably! Now Apple has sold billions of songs they want to tell Apple what price to charge? Apple is right to offer one price for any song. The record companies have to rethink their models and realize that they have to be less controlling with how their music is distributed. This goes for movies and videos as well of course. As many have pointed out, you can easily steal any content you want. By taking their content off of iTunes NBC/Universal is shooting themselves in the foot. Good luck with your own store guys!